Neill Franklin, a former undercover drug investigator from Maryland, spoke to a group of Cocoa Beach Daybreak Rotarians over breakfast this morning, advocating for decriminalization of drugs to curb crime and dangerous addictions.

Franklin is executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a decade-old non-profit that advocates a stop to the so-called "War on Drugs" based on the belief that current drug policies fail to address problems of drug abuse. Franklin said legalizing and regulating drugs will save law enforcement time and money, as well as potentially create a profit for government.

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