Bill O’Reilly Debates Against Marijuana Legalization On Behalf Of Abused Children

A couple of weeks ago, the Drug Policy Alliance, an organization funded by George Soros and dedicated to fixing our nation’s drug laws (particularly the laws prohibiting marijuana), released a PSA featuring Sting and Montell Williams. We’ve already gotten Megyn Kelly and John Stossel’s views on the subject (he’s for the repeal, she isn’t), so, last night, it was time for Bill O’Reilly to voice his opinion. He brought Ethan Nadelmann, the DPA’s founder, on for what turned out to be a pretty interesting debate.

O’Reilly spent most of the debate pointing out statistics from the Center for Alcohol and Substance Abuse that say that 70% of abused and neglected children have “alcohol or drug involved” parents while Nadelmann claimed that most of those figures came from alcohol and alcohol prohibition failed in this country. Both men put forth good points but they were never really able to come to any common ground, although Nadelmann tried very hard to do so which led to an incredibly awkward moment where he presented O’Reilly with his hand to shake and the Factor host rejected it. Ouch!

While it seemed to be a tie based on facts, O’Reilly looked like the winner merely because of how desperate Nadelmann seemed to be for his opponent’s approval. What do all of you think? Who won the debate and, more importantly, who was right? Should we repeal legalize marijuana or not?

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