I think it's important to recognize the distinction between methamphetamine and other drugs out there. They could blow up your house. If children are present in that house, children are being exposed to toxic hazards. There's no cocaine registry because people don't make it in their basement.

There have been some very positive results and legislators have seen the benefits of proving an innocent person innocent. If anything, there is public pressure to expand the use of these types of post-conviction re-evaluations because of the obvious public benefit to making sure that you have got the right person.

There have been some very positive results and legislators have seen the benefits of proving an innocent person innocent. If anything, there is public pressure to expand the use of these types of post-conviction reevaluations because of the obvious public benefit to making sure that you have got the right person.

Money doesn't play in to this debate as much as it does in many others because it is so emotionally charged.

So just take a look at the different prosecution rates and sentencing rules for ghetto drugs like crack and suburban drugs like cocaine, or for drunk drivers and drug users, or just between blacks and whites in general―the statistics are clear: this is a war on the poor and minorities. Or ask yourself a simple question: how come marijuana is illegal but tobacco legal? It can't be because of the health impact, because that's exactly the other way around―there has never been a fatality from marijuana use among million reported users in the United States, whereas tobacco kills hundreds of thousands of people every year. My strong suspicion, though I don't know how to prove it, is that the reason is that marijuana's a weed, you can grow it in your backyard, so there's nobody who would make any money off it if it were legal. Tobacco requires extensive capital inputs and technology, and it can be monopolized, so there are people who can make a ton of money off it. I don't really see any other difference between the two of them, frankly―except that tobacco's far more lethal and far more addictive.

It comes down to how good they are as drugs.