Ethan Nadelmann: Why we need to end the War on Drugs

Prevodilac: Milenka Okuka Lektor: Ivana Korom

What has the War on Drugs done to the world?

Šta je rat protiv droge učinio svetu?

Look at the murder and mayhem in Mexico,

Pogledajte ubistva i haos u Meksiku,

Central America, so many other parts of the planet,

u Centralnoj Americi i mnogim drugim delovima planete.

the global black market estimated

Svetsko crno tržište se procenjuje

at 300 billion dollars a year,

na 300 milijardi dolara godišnje.

prisons packed in the United States and elsewhere,

Zatvori su prenatrpani, kako u SAD-u, tako i drugde.

police and military drawn into an unwinnable war

Policija i vojska su uvučeni u nepobedivi rat

that violates basic rights, and ordinary citizens

koji krši osnovna prava, a obični građani

just hope they don't get caught in the crossfire,

se jedino nadaju tome da se ne zateknu u unakrsnoj paljbi.

and meanwhile, more people using

Istovremeno, sve više ljudi koristi

more drugs than ever.

sve više droge.

It's my country's history with alcohol prohibition

To je istorija moje zemlje u vreme prohibicije

and Al Capone, times 50.

i Al Kaponea, puta 50.

Which is why it's particularly galling to me

Zato me to naročito razdražuje,

as an American that we've been the driving force

kao Amerikanca, da smo mi pokretačka snaga

behind this global drug war.

iza ovog svetskog rata protiv droge.

Ask why so many countries criminalize

Zapitajte se zašto je toliko država inkriminisalo

drugs they'd never heard of,

droge za koje nikada nisu ni čuli,

why the U.N. drug treaties emphasize

zašto UN-ovi paktovi o drogama

naglašavaju ilegalizaciju, a ne zdravstvena pitanja.

criminalization over health,

even why most of the money worldwide

Pa čak i zašto novac širom sveta

for dealing with drug abuse goes not

za bavljenje narkomanijom,

to helping agencies but those that punish,

odlazi, ne agencijama za lečenje, već onim za kažnjavanje

and you'll find the good old U.S. of A.

i tu prednjače dobre stare SAD.

Why did we do this?

Zašto to radimo?

Some people, especially in Latin America,

Neki ljudi, naročito u Latinskoj Americi,

think it's not really about drugs.

misle da sve to nije zbog droga.

It's just a subterfuge for advancing

Već da je sve to mazanje očiju zbog razvoja

the realpolitik interests of the U.S.

makijavelističkih interesa SAD-a.

But by and large, that's not it.

No, uglavnom se ne radi o tome.

We don't want gangsters and guerrillas

Mi ne želimo gangstere i gerile,

funded with illegal drug money

koje finansira nelegalni novac od narkotika,

terrorizing and taking over other nations.

da terorišu i osvajaju druge nacije.

No, the fact is, America really is crazy

Ne, činjenica je da je Amerika zaista nenormalna

when it comes to drugs.

kada je droga u pitanju.

I mean, don't forget, we're the ones who thought

Mislim, ne zaboravite da smo mislili

that we could prohibit alcohol.

kako možemo da zabranimo alkohol.

So think about our global drug war

Zato posmatrajte svetski rat protiv droge,

not as any sort of rational policy,

ne kao nekakvu razumnu politiku,

but as the international projection

već kao internacionalnu projekciju

of a domestic psychosis.

domaće psihoze.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

But here's the good news.

Ali evo dobrih vesti.

Now it's the Russians leading the Drug War and not us.

Trenutno su Rusi vodeći u ratu protiv droge, ne mi.

Most politicians in my country

Većina političara u mojoj zemlji

want to roll back the Drug War now,

je za povlačenje iz ovog rata,

put fewer people behind bars, not more,

da što manje ljudi stave iza rešetaka, ne više

and I'm proud to say as an American

i ponosan sam, kao Amerikanac, što mogu da kažem

that we now lead the world

da smo trenutno vodeći u svetu

in reforming marijuana policies.

kada su u pitanju reforme zakona o marihuani.

It's now legal for medical purposes

Trenutno je ona legalna u medicinske svrhe

in almost half our 50 states,

u skoro polovini od naših 50 država.

millions of people can purchase their marijuana,

Milioni ljudi sada mogu da kupe marihuanu,

their medicine, in government- licensed dispensaries,

svoj lek, u apotekama koje je vlada ovlastila

and over half my fellow citizens now say it's time

i skoro polovina mojih sunarodnika smatra da je došlo vreme

to legally regulate and tax marijuana

da se zakonski reguliše porez na marihuanu,

more or less like alcohol.

više-manje kao i za alkohol.

That's what Colorado and Washington are doing,

To rade Kolorado i Vašington,

and Uruguay, and others are sure to follow.

a Urugvaj i ostali će ih sigurno slediti.

So that's what I do:

Evo čime se ja bavim:

work to end the Drug War.

radim na tome da se završi rat protiv droge.

I think it all started growing up

Mislim da je sve to počelo dok sam odrastao

in a fairly religious, moral family,

u prilično religioznoj, moralnoj porodici,

eldest son of a rabbi,

kao najstariji rabinov sin,

going off to university where I

potom sam otišao na fakultet,

smoked some marijuana

gde sam povremeno pušio marihuanu

and I liked it. (Laughter)

i svidela mi se. (Smeh)

And I liked drinking too, but it was obvious

Svideo mi se i alkohol, ali mi je bilo očigledno

that alcohol was really the more dangerous of the two,

da je alkohol zaista opasniji od marihuane,

but my friends and I could get busted

no prijatelje i mene bi uhapsili

for smoking a joint.

zbog pušenja džointa.

Now, that hypocrisy kept bugging me,

To licemerje me stalno nerviralo,

so I wrote my Ph.D dissertation on international drug control.

pa sam napisao doktorsku tezu o internacionalnoj kontroli narkotika.

I talked my way into the State Department.

Prokrčio sam sebi put do Stejt departmenta.

I got a security clearance.

Dobio sam sigurnosne dozvole.

I interviewed hundreds of DEA and other law enforcement agents

Intervjuisao sam na stotine agenata DEA i drugih agencija

all around Europe and the Americas,

širom Evrope i Amerike,

and I'd ask them,

pitao sam ih:

"What do you think the answer is?"

"Šta mislite da je rešenje?"

Well, in Latin America, they'd say to me,

U Latinskoj Americi su mi rekli:

"You can't really cut off the supply.

"Ne možete zaista da prekinete snabdevanje.

The answer lies back in the U.S.,

Odgovor je u SAD-u,

in cutting off the demand."

u ukidanju potražnje."

So then I go back home and I talk to people

Pa sam se vratio kući i razgovarao sam s ljudima

involved in anti-drug efforts there, and they'd say,

uključenim u napore za suzbijanje narkotika, a oni su rekli:

"You know, Ethan, you can't really cut off the demand.

"Znaš, Itane, ne možeš zaista da ukineš potražnju.

The answer lies over there. You've got to cut off the supply."

Odgovor je na drugoj strani. Moraš da prekineš snabdevanje."

Then I'd go and talk to the guys in customs

Onda bih otišao da razgovaram s momcima na carini,

trying to stop drugs at the borders,

koji pokušavaju da zaustave drogu na granici,

and they'd say, "You're not going to stop it here.

a oni bi mi rekli: "Ne možete je ovde zaustaviti.

The answer lies over there,

Odgovor leži na drugoj strani,

in cutting off supply and demand."

u ukidanju snabdevanja i potražnje."

And it hit me:

A onda mi je sinulo:

Everybody involved in this

svi koji su uključeni u ovo,

thought the answer lay in that area

mislili su da odgovor leži u onoj oblasti

about which they knew the least.

o kojoj su znali najmanje.

So that's when I started reading everything I could

Tada sam počeo da čitam sve što sam mogao

about psychoactive drugs: the history, the science,

o psihoaktivnim drogama: o istoriji, nauci,

the politics, all of it,

politici, svemu tome,

and the more one read,

i što više čovek čita,

the more it hit you how a thoughtful,

sve mu je jasnije kako su pažljivi,

enlightened, intelligent approach took you over here,

prosvetljujući, inteligentni pristupi koji vas vode dovde,

whereas the politics and laws of my country

dok vas politika i zakoni moje zemlje

were taking you over here.

vode dovde.

And that disparity struck me as this incredible

I ta nepodudarnost mi je izgledala poput nekakve neverovatne

intellectual and moral puzzle.

intelektualne i moralne zagonetke.

There's probably never been

Verovatno nikada nije postojalo

a drug-free society.

društvo lišeno droge.

Virtually every society

Skoro svako društvo

has ingested psychoactive substances

je uzimalo psihoaktivne supstance

to deal with pain, increase our energy, socialize,

da se izbori s bolom, poveća energiju, socijalizuje,

even commune with God.

čak i da opšti s bogom.

Our desire to alter our consciousness

Naša želja da izmenimo svoju svest

may be as fundamental as our desires

možda spada u osnovne pobude, poput naših žudnji

for food, companionship and sex.

za hranom, društvom i seksom.

So our true challenge

Zato je za nas pravi izazov

is to learn how to live with drugs

da naučimo kako da živimo s drogama,

so they cause the least possible harm

kako bi uzrokovale najmanju moguću štetu

and in some cases the greatest possible benefit.

i, u nekim slučajevima, bile zaslužne za najveću moguću dobit.

I'll tell you something else I learned,

Reći ću vam šta sam još naučio,

that the reason some drugs are legal and others not

razlog zašto su neke droge legalne, a druge nisu

has almost nothing to do with science or health

skoro da nema nikakve veze s naukom ili zdravljem,

or the relative risk of drugs,

ili relativnim rizikom od droga,

and almost everything to do with who uses

a skoro da je u potpunosti u vezi s tim ko je korisnik

and who is perceived to use particular drugs.

i koga vide kao potrošača određene droge.

In the late 19th century,

U kasnom 19. veku,

when most of the drugs that are now illegal were legal,

kada je većina droga, koje su sad nelegalne, bila legalna,

the principal consumers of opiates in my country

glavni potrošači opijata u mojoj zemlji

and others were middle-aged white women,

i drugde, bile su sredovečne belkinje,

using them to alleviate aches and pains

koje su ih koristile da uklone bolove,

when few other analgesics were available.

kada nije bilo mnogo dostupnih analgetika.

And nobody thought about criminalizing it back then

I niko tada nije razmišljao da ih kriminalizuje

because nobody wanted to put Grandma behind bars.

jer niko nije želeo da stavi baku iza rešetaka.

But when hundreds of thousands of Chinese

Ali kada je na stotine hiljada Kineza

started showing up in my country,

počelo da se pojavljuje u mojoj zemlji,

working hard on the railroads and the mines

vredno radeći na prugama i u rudnicima,

and then kicking back in the evening

da bi se potom opustili uveče,

just like they had in the old country

kao nekad u svojoj zemlji,

with a few puffs on that opium pipe,

pućkanjem dima ili dva iz te opijumske lule,

that's when you saw the first drug prohibition laws

tada smo dobili prve zakone o zabrani narkotika

in California and Nevada,

u Kaliforniji i Nevadi,

driven by racist fears of Chinese

podstaknute rasističkim strahom da bi Kinezi

transforming white women

mogli da transformišu belkinje

into opium-addicted sex slaves.

u seksualne robove navučene na opijum.

The first cocaine prohibition laws, similarly prompted

Prvi zakoni o zabrani kokaina, slično su podstaknuti

by racist fears of black men sniffing that white powder

rasističkim strahom od crnaca koji su ušmrkavali taj beli prah

and forgetting their proper place

i tako zaboravljali svoje mesto

in Southern society.

u južnjačkom društvu.

And the first marijuana prohibition laws,

A prvi zakoni o zabrani marihuane

all about fears of Mexican migrants

su vezani za strah od meksičkih emigranata

in the West and the Southwest.

na zapadu i jugozapadu.

And what was true in my country,

A ono što je istina za moju zemlju,

is true in so many others as well,

istina je i za većinu drugih zemalja,

with both the origins of these laws

i kad je poreklo zakona u pitanju

and their implementation.

i njihova implementacija.

Put it this way,

Gledajte na to ovako,

and I exaggerate only slightly:

ja samo blago preterujem:

If the principal smokers of cocaine

da su glavni pušači kokaina

were affluent older white men

bili imućniji stariji belci,

and the principal consumers of Viagra

a da su glavni potrošači vijagre

were poor young black men,

bili siromašni mladi crnci,

then smokable cocaine would be easy to get with a prescription from your doctor

onda bi kokain za pušenje bio dostupan na recept vašeg doktora,

and selling Viagra would get you five to 10 years behind bars.

a prodaja vijagre bi vam donela pet do deset godina zatvora.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

I used to be a professor teaching about this.

Nekada sam kao profesor podučavao o ovome.

Now I'm an activist, a human rights activist,

Sada sam aktivista, aktivista za ljudska prava,

and what drives me is my shame

i ono što me pokreće je stid

at living in an otherwise great nation

što živim, u inače divnoj naciji,

that has less than five percent of the world's population

koja čini manje od pet procenata svetske populacije,

but almost 25 percent of the world's incarcerated population.

ali i skoro 25 procenata zatvorenika celokupnog čovečanstva.

It's the people I meet who have lost someone

Ljudi koje srećem su izgubili nekoga koga vole

they love to drug-related violence or prison

zbog nasilja u vezi s drogom ili zatvora

or overdose or AIDS

ili predoziranja ili side,

because our drug policies emphasize

jer naši zakoni o narkoticima naglašavaju

criminalization over health.

kriminalizaciju nauštrb zdravlja.

It's good people who have lost their jobs,

Dobri ljudi su izgubili posao,

their homes, their freedom, even their children

dom, slobodu, čak i decu

to the state, not because they hurt anyone

zbog države, ne zato što su povredili nekoga,

but solely because they chose to use one drug

već samo zato što su izabrali da koriste jednu drogu,

instead of another.

a ne neku drugu.

So is legalization the answer?

Dakle, da li je legalizacija rešenje?

On that, I'm torn:

Dvoumim se po tom pitanju:

three days a week I think yes, three days a week I think no,

tri dana u nedelji mislim da jeste, tri dana u nedelji mislim da nije,

and on Sundays I'm agnostic.

a nedeljom sam agnostik.

But since today is Tuesday,

No, kako je danas utorak,

let me just say that legally regulating and taxing

dozvolite da kažem da bi se zakonskom regulacijom i oporezivanjem

most of the drugs that are now criminalized

većine droga koje su trenutno nelegalne,

would radically reduce the crime, violence,

radikalno smanjio broj prekršaja, nasilje,

corruption and black markets,

korupcija i crno tržište,

and the problems of adulterated and unregulated drugs,

i da bi bio rešen problem sa štetnim i neispravnim drogama,

and improve public safety,

unapredila bi se javna sigurnost

and allow taxpayer resources to be developed

i novac poreskih obveznika bi se trošio

to more useful purposes.

u korisnije svrhe.

I mean, look, the markets in marijuana, cocaine,

Mislim, pogledajte tržišta marihuane, kokaina,

heroin and methamphetamine

heroina i metamfetamina,

are global commodities markets

to su svetska tržišta robe,

just like the global markets in alcohol, tobacco,

baš kao i svetska tržišta alkohola, duvana,

coffee, sugar, and so many other things.

kafe, šećera i mnogih drugih stvari.

Where there is a demand,

Dok postoji potražnja,

there will be a supply.

biće i ponude.

Knock out one source and another

Oborite jedan izvor

i drugi će se neizbežno pojaviti.

inevitably emerges.

People tend to think of prohibition

Ljudi imaju običaj da misle o zabrani

as the ultimate form of regulation

kao krajnjem obliku regulacije,

when in fact it represents the abdication of regulation

dok ona, zapravo, predstavlja odricanje od regulacije

with criminals filling the void.

gde kriminalci ispunjavaju prazninu.

Which is why putting criminal laws and police

Zbog čega je stavljanje zakona i policije

front and center in trying to control

u prve i cetralne redove, u pokušaju kontrolisanja

a dynamic global commodities market

dinamičnog svetskog tržišta robe,

is a recipe for disaster.

recept za katastrofu.

And what we really need to do

A ono što bi zaista trebalo da uradimo

is to bring the underground drug markets

je da izvedemo podzemna tržišta droge,

as much as possible aboveground

koliko god je moguće, na površinu

and regulate them as intelligently as we can

i da ih regulišemo što pametnije

to minimize both the harms of drugs

kako bismo sveli na minimum i štetu od droge

and the harms of prohibitionist policies.

i štetne zakone o zabrani.

Now, with marijuana, that obviously means

Kad je marihuana u pitanju, to očigledno znači

legally regulating and taxing it like alcohol.

da je zakonski regulišemo i oporezujemo, poput alkohola.

The benefits of doing so are enormous, the risks minimal.

Korist od ovog čina je ogromna, rizik minimalan.

Will more people use marijuana?

Da li će više ljudi da koristi marihuanu?

Maybe, but it's not going to be young people,

Možda, ali to neće da budu mladi ljudi,

because it's not going to be legalized for them,

jer neće da bude legalna za njih,

and quite frankly, they already have

i da budem iskren, oni već imaju

the best access to marijuana.

najbolji pristup marihuani.

I think it's going to be older people.

Mislim da će to da budu stariji ljudi.

It's going to be people in their 40s and 60s

Biće to ljudi u 40-im i 60-im

and 80s who find they prefer a little marijuana

i 80-im godinama, koji će da otkriju da više vole malo marihuane

to that drink in the evening or the sleeping pill

od tog večernjeg pića ili tablete za spavanje,

or that it helps with their arthritis or diabetes

ili će im to olakšavati tegobe od artritisa ili dijabetesa

or maybe helps spice up a long-term marriage. (Laughter)

ili će im možda pomoći da začine dugotrajni brak. (Smeh)

And that just might be a net public health benefit.

A to bi mogao da bude značajan doprinos zdravlju.

As for the other drugs,

Što se tiče drugih droga,

look at Portugal, where nobody goes to jail

pogledajte Portugal, gde niko ne ide u zatvor

for possessing drugs,

zbog posedovanja droge,

and the government's made a serious commitment

a vlada je posvećena tome

to treating addiction as a health issue.

da zavisnost tretira kao zdravstveno pitanje.

Look at Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands,

Pogledajte Švajcarsku, Nemačku, Holandiju,

Denmark, England, where people who have

Dansku, Englesku, gde ljudi koji su

been addicted to heroin for many years

zavisni o heroinu mnogo godina

and repeatedly tried to quit and failed

i koji su više puta prestajali i nije im uspelo,

can get pharmaceutical heroin and helping services

mogu da dobiju medicinski heroin i službenu pomoć

in medical clinics, and the results are in:

u domovima zdravlja, a rezultati toga su:

Illegal drug abuse and disease

upotreba nelegalnih droga, bolesti,

and overdoses and crime and arrests all go down,

predoziranja, kriminal i hapšenja, sve je u padu,

health and well-being improve,

dok zdravlje i dobrobit napreduju,

taxpayers benefit,

poreski obveznici imaju koristi,

and many drug users even put their addictions behind them.

a mnogim korisnicima je zavisnost postala prošlost.

Look at New Zealand, which recently enacted a law

Pogledajte Novi Zeland, gde je nedavno na snagu stupio zakon

allowing certain recreational drugs to be sold legally

kojim se dozvoljava legalna prodaja određenih lakih droga,

provided their safety had been established.

ukoliko se potvrdi njihova neškodljivost.

Look here in Brazil, and some other countries,

Pogledajte ovde u Brazilu i u još nekim zemljama,

where a remarkable psychoactive substance,

gde se izuzetno psihoaktivna supstanca,

ayahuasca, can be legally bought and consumed

ajahuaska, može legalno kupiti i konzumirati,

provided it's done so within a religious context.

ukoliko se to radi u religijske svrhe.

Look in Bolivia and Peru,

Pogledajte Boliviju i Peru,

where all sorts of products made from the coca leaf,

gde se razni proizvodi napravljeni od lista koke,

the source of cocaine,

izvora kokaina,

are sold legally over the counter

prodaju legalno na tezgama,

with no apparent harm to people's public health.

bez vidljive štete po javno zdravlje.

I mean, don't forget, Coca-Cola had cocaine in it until 1900,

Mislim, ne zaboravite da je Koka-kola sadržala kokain do 1900.

and so far as we know was no more addictive

i, čini se da nije izazivala veću zavisnost

than Coca-Cola is today.

od današnje Koka-kole.

Conversely, think about cigarettes:

Nasuprot tome, razmislite o cigaretama.

Nothing can both hook you and kill you like cigarettes.

Ništa vas ne može tako navući i ubiti kao cigarete.

When researchers ask heroin addicts

Kada istraživači pitaju heroinske zavisnike,

what's the toughest drug to quit, most say cigarettes.

s koje se droge najteže skinuti, većina kaže da su to cigarete.

Yet in my country and many others,

Ipak u mojoj i mnogim drugim državama,

half of all the people who were ever addicted

polovina svih ljudi koji su ikada bili zavisni od cigareta

to cigarettes have quit

su prestali da puše,

without anyone being arrested or put in jail

a da niko nije pritvoren ili smešten u zatvor

or sent to a "treatment program"

ili poslat na "tretman lečenja"

by a prosecutor or a judge.

od strane tužioca ili sudije.

What did it were higher taxes

Do toga su doveli veći porezi

and time and place restrictions on sale and use

i ograničenja vremena i prostora za prodaju i konzumiranje,

and effective anti-smoking campaigns.

kao i efikasne kampanje protiv pušenja.

Now, could we reduce smoking even more

E sad, da li bismo još više smanjili broj pušača

by making it totally illegal? Probably.

kada bismo ga učinili skroz nelegalnim? Verovatno.

But just imagine the drug war nightmare

Ali samo zamislite kakva bi noćna mora od rata protiv droge

that would result.

iz toga proizašla.

So the challenges we face today

Dakle, izazovi s kojima se danas suočavamo

are twofold.

su dvostruki.

The first is the policy challenge

Na prvom mestu je izazov sa regulativama,

of designing and implementing alternatives

kako osmisliti i implementirati alternative

to ineffective prohibitionist policies,

neefikasnim propisima o zabrani,

even as we need to get better at regulating

čak moramo i da popravimo regulative

and living with the drugs that are now legal.

i život uz droge koje su trenutno legalne.

But the second challenge is tougher,

Ali drugi izazov je teži

because it's about us.

jer se tiče nas samih.

The obstacles to reform lie not just out there

Prepreke reformama, ne leže samo na drugoj strani,

in the power of the prison industrial complex

u nadležnosti industrije zatvorskih kompleksa

or other vested interests that want to keep things

ili u interesima onih koji bi da održavaju stanje

the way they are,

kakvo jeste,

but within each and every one of us.

već u svakome od nas.

It's our fears and our lack of knowledge

Naši strahovi i neznanje

and imagination that stands in the way of real reform.

i uobrazilje stoje na putu istinskih reformi.

And ultimately, I think that boils down to the kids,

I konačno, mislim da se sve svodi na decu

and to every parent's desire to put our baby in a bubble,

i na potrebu svakog roditelja da drži svoje dete pod staklenim zvonom,

and the fear that somehow drugs will pierce that bubble

i na strah da će droge nekako probiti to stakleno zvono

and put our young ones at risk.

i izložiti našu omladinu riziku.

In fact, sometimes it seems like the entire

Zapravo, ponekad se čini da se čitav

War on Drugs gets justified

rat protiv droge opravdava

as one great big child protection act,

kao jedan veliki čin zaštite dece,

which any young person can tell you it's not.

što će vam svaka mlada osoba opovrgnuti.

So here's what I say to teenagers.

Evo šta ja kažem tinejdžerima.

First, don't do drugs.

Pod jedan, ne drogirajte se.

Second, don't do drugs.

Pod dva, ne drogirajte se.

Third, if you do do drugs,

Pod tri, ako se drogirate,

there's some things I want you to know,

želim da nešto znate,

because my bottom line as your parent is,

jer ja, kao roditelj, samo želim

come home safely at the end of the night

da na kraju večeri dođete bezbedno kući

and grow up and lead a healthy and good adulthood.

i da odrastete i da vodite zdrav i dobar život.

That's my drug education mantra: Safety first.

To je moja obrazovna mantra za droge: sigurnost na prvom mestu.

So this is what I've dedicated my life to,

Evo čemu sam posvetio život,

to building an organization and a movement

izgradnji organizacije i pokreta ljudi

of people who believe we need to turn our backs

koji veruju da moramo da okrenemo leđa

on the failed prohibitions of the past

neuspelim zabranama iz prošlosti

and embrace new drug policies grounded in science,

i da prigrlimo nove zakone o drogama, zasnovane na nauci,

compassion, health and human rights,

saosećanju, zdravlju i ljudskim pravima,

where people who come from across the political spectrum

gde će da budu ljudi različitih političkih pogleda,

and every other spectrum as well,

kao i drugih shvatanja,

where people who love our drugs,

gde ljudi koji vole droge,

people who hate drugs,

ljudi koji mrze droge

and people who don't give a damn about drugs,

i ljudi koje baš briga za droge,

but every one of us believes that this War on Drugs,

ali gde svi oni veruju da ovaj rat protiv droga

this backward, heartless, disastrous War on Drugs,

ovaj nazadni, okrutni, katastrofalni rat protiv droge

has got to end.

mora da prestane.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you. Thank you.

Hvala vam. Hvala vam.

Chris Anderson: Ethan,

Kris Anderson: Itane,

congrats — quite the reaction.

čestitam - poprilična reakcija.

That was a powerful talk.

To je bio snažan govor.

Not quite a complete standing O, though,

Ne baš ovacije, no ipak,

and I'm guessing that some people here

i pretpostavljam da neki ljudi ovde

and maybe a few watching online,

i možda nekolicina njih koji prate preko interneta

maybe someone knows a teenager or a friend

možda neko od njih zna tinejdžera ili prijatelja

or whatever who got sick,

ili bilo koga, ko je oboleo,

maybe died from some drug overdose.

možda i umro od predoziranja.

I'm sure you've had these people approach you before.

Ubeđen sam da su ti takvi ljudi prilazili.

What do you say to them?

Šta im kažeš?

Ethan Nadelmann: Chris, the most amazing thing that's happened of late

Itan Nejdlman: Kris, najdivnije što mi se desilo

is that I've met a growing number of people

je da srećem sve više ljudi

who have actually lost a sibling or a child

koji su zapravo izgubili brata ili dete

to a drug overdose,

zbog predoziranja,

and 10 years ago, those people just wanted to say,

i pre 10 godina, ti ljudi bi samo rekli,

let's line up all the drug dealers and shoot them

poređajmo sve dilere i streljajmo ih

and that will solve it.

i to će da reši problem.

And what they've come to understand

A ono što su shvatili

is that the Drug War did nothing to protect their kids.

je da rat protiv droge nije zaštitio njihovu decu.

If anything, it made it more likely

Štaviše, povećao je šanse

that those kids were put at risk.

da ta deca budu u rizičnoj grupi.

And so they're now becoming part of this

I zato se oni sada uključuju

drug policy reform movement.

u ovaj pokret za reforme o drogama.

There's other people who have kids,

Tu su i drugi ljudi koji imaju decu,

one's addicted to alcohol, the other one's addicted to cocaine or heroin,

jedno je zavisno od alkohola, drugo od kokaina ili heroina

and they ask themselves the question:

i oni se pitaju:

Why does this kid get to take one step at a time

zašto ovo dete može malo-pomalo

and try to get better

da pokušava da ozdravi,

and that one's got to deal with jail

dok je drugo suočeno sa zatvorom,

and police and criminals all the time?

policijom i kriminalcima, istovremeno?

So everybody's understanding,

Svima je jasno

the Drug War's not protecting anybody.

da rat protiv droge ne štiti nikoga.

CA: Certainly in the U.S., you've got political gridlock

KA: Svakako ne u SAD-u, gde politika koči

on most issues.

mnoga pitanja.

Is there any realistic chance of anything

Postoji li realna šansa da će se išta

actually shifting on this issue in the next five years?

zapravo promeniti po ovom pitanju u narednih pet godina?

EN: I'd say it's quite remarkable. I'm getting all these calls

IN: Izvanredno je što primam silne pozive

from journalists now who are saying to me,

od novinara koji mi govore:

"Ethan, it seems like the only two issues

"Itane, izgleda da se jedino po dva pitanja

advancing politically in America right now

trenutno u SAD-u postiže politički pomak,

are marijuana law reform and gay marriage.

a to su marihuana i homoseksualni brakovi.

What are you doing right?"

Kako ti to uspeva?"

And then you're looking at bipartisanship breaking out

Potom vidite kako se dvostranačje usaglašava

with, actually, Republicans in the Congress

sa, zapravo, republikancima u kongresu

and state legislatures allowing bills to be enacted

i državnim zakonodavnim telima, kako zajedno donose zakone

with majority Democratic support,

uz većinsku podršku demokrata,

so we've gone from being sort of the third rail,

tako smo prešli put od crne tačke na putu,

the most fearful issue of American politics,

najstrašnijeg pitanja u američkoj politici,

to becoming one of the most successful.

do toga da smo postali najuspešnije pitanje.

CA: Ethan, thank you so much for coming to TEDGlobal. EN: Chris, thanks so much.

KA: Itane, hvala što si došao. IN: Kris, mnogo hvala.

CA: Thank you. EN: Thank you. (Applause)

KA: Hvala. IN: Hvala. (Aplauz)