One of our readers doesn’t believe Frank Serpico is for legalization of drugs, despite what
filmmaker Connie Littlefield
and LEAP say.
Fair enough: that’s circumstantial evidence.
Let’s see what Serpico himself says.
Frank Serpico in his blog,
27 March 2007:
DAMAGE DONE
THE DRUG WAR ODYSSEY
THE FILM
THE COPS
THE FILM MAKERSAfter 30 years of drug war, illegal narcotics are decreasing in price,
increasing in purity and demand continues to surge. The heroes of
this film are veterans of the drug war and they urge us to consider
ending drug prohibition. They have had a complete revolution in their
thinking. Now they are working to end the War on Drugs. Find out what
happened to change their minds.
Serpico
quoted in the website for the film he recommends:
“I think Prohibition is causing the public to lose their respect because
they’re enforcing laws that basically aren’t hurting anybody. I think
we have to stop the hypocrisy.”
That website’s
summary of the film: