It had been alleged that George W. Bush had once upon a time used cocaine; he had refused to confirm or deny. In any case, WFB is moved to ask: "Should he take advantage of the questions raised to look at the drug laws and to propose reform?" This fast-paced conversation alternates between (from Mr. Glasser) the rights and wrongs of the drug laws per se and (from Mr. Morris) the political implications. DM: "I think George Bush got--in a way that nobody else in the political world got and very few journalists understood--that it wasn't a question of, The public didn't want to know. It was a question of, The public wanted not to know. Because the average voter, particularly young parents trying to raise children, were a lot less interested in whether the next President ... had ever used cocaine than in making sure their own children didn't come to them and say, 'Hey, I'm going to use some cocaine; Bush did.'"... IG:

"He seems to say, 'I believe in redemption; I believe in overcoming youthful errors. But meanwhile he has been supporting legislation that would take people who make the same mistake ... when they are young and irresponsible--18, 19, 20--and subject them to 15-year jail sentences."