Gabriel Sayegh

A conversation about bail reform, mass incarceration and the movement to close Rikers Island with Peter Goldberg, Gabriel Sayegh and Wes Caines. 

Cannabis decriminalization and legalization ballot initiatives had an almost 100% success rate this year. After a euphoric 2014, cannabis reformists are looking ahead to 2015 and beyond.

It’s Public Safety Week on the Brian Lehrer Show’s election series “30 issues in 30 Days.” See the full 30 Issues schedule and archive here.

Both Joe Lhota and Bill de Blasio have indicated that they would decriminalize certain types of marijuana usage and try to reform the way New York City treats marijuana arrests. Gabriel Sayegh, New York Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, discuss their proposals and the future of drug policy under the next mayor and police commissioner.

David Evans, special adviser to the Drug Free America Foundation, and Gabriel Sayegh, New York State Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, discuss Proposition 19 in California and whether marijuana should be legal, regulated, and taxed. 

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