Richard Watkins & Roger Goodman. Roger Goodman has for 20 years served the State of Washington as a representative. He directs the House Public Safety Committee on Crime and Justice. Richard Watkins was a Viet Nam Army pilot and for twenty years was a Texas Prison Warden. Topics include drug war, Iran war, criminal justice disparities from state to state and more.

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On this edition of Century: Racism and the Drug War. The International

Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in

the context of Law Enforcement met for its fifth session March 24 and

25 at the UN in New York. They held two days of public in-person

consultations on systemic racism against Africans and people of

African descent in the enforcement of drug laws and policies. This

week we hear some highlights from day one of the Fifth Session

including remarks by Dr. Tracie Kesee, one of the co-moderators at

this session and an Expert Mechanism Expert; Trevor Velinor, the

retired Commissioner of the US Virgin Islands Police Department and a

board member of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership; and Ajeng

Larasati, Human Rights Lead at Harm Reduction International.

Cele Castillo & Debby Goldsberry. Cele was a Viet Nam veteran and later became an agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration. Debby is an entrepreneur, author and cannabis dispensary owner.