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While in prison, did you see or hear exchanges where tricks of the trade were exchanged between prisoners? I know while I was in college many of my classes taught us that in prison, criminals just became better criminals by telling each other what worked and didn't work.

Do you believe that if the War on Drugs was ended tomorrow, gang violence would significantly decrease?

This one might seem a bit off topic, but since youre leading classes of at risk youth, I need to ask: Is drug education for not just at risk youth, but youth altogether (alcohol included), a priority? I ask because I feel that drug abuse has such a strong grasp on our society due to our lack of education on the matter

Excellent! It's something that I advocate and try to push more and more as to ensure that if the youth is going to be doing these things, they need to be doing them in a safe environment where they are educated on what they are taking, and what it does to their body. I look at things like DARE (which I was subjected to), and the "just say no" route isn't working anymore. That approach, combined with showing grotesque pictures of what happens in the worst case scenarios, is inefficient at this point. Kids are doing these things regardless of the horror stories. It's time to have them informed to cut back on the horror stories

thank you for your time!