I want to be clear as well that I don't think there's a person in this room or in the country who thinks that drug use, chronic drug use, is preferable or desirable or healthy. It's a recognition that the drug use is a symptom of underlying pain that ought to be treated. If we have learned anything as a country after 150 years, it's that throwing people in jail who are essentially sick or traumatized or in need of nurturing is not only the wrong approach, but it actually doesn't work.
On December 4th, 2018. See this statement in context.