The Free Press, 07 Oct 2010 – I, too, was lucky enough to hear Ira Glasser’s recent spirited address to the Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations on the subject of our ill-considered War on Drugs. Ira made a few points that struck me as fascinating, but which didn’t get into Mac Deford’s article ["Marijuana and Prohibition," September 30, 2010]. Consider: – – We’re forever hearing about prominent crack or cocaine dealers busted, but the enormous majority of arrests are not for hard drug offenses but for simple nonviolent marijuana possession.