If Howard Wooldridge had it his way, all illicit drugs in America would be as legal as tobacco and alcohol.

The retired Michigan police detective is traveling across West Virginia this week speaking on behalf of the organization Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

The nation's drug policy is badly in need of reform, Wooldridge said in an interview with the Gazette, and the best reform is to legalize all drugs so their sales are regulated and managed by the government, not criminals, he said. - advertisement

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