.-- expderiment ation. that would be a major shift in direction and not a particularly easy one to perform. with that as a caveat, let's launch into -- why don't we go into -- we've got 35 minutes. we've got some extraordinary people in the audience. we have respective of foreign governments that are directly involved in drug enforcement. we've got people from the drug enforcement administration. we've got white house off of drug controlled policy. we may have others judging from the rsvp list. oh, by the way. i forgot to mention. now we have a twitter #. the twitter # is brmj. if it's not a good question don't bother.[laughter] so there's a roving mic. let's see who will break the ice. i can not resist his hand with a cowboy hat. >> we know where that is going. >> thank you. howard wooldridge founder of leap. i'm concerned with this panel and the one i saw in october the lack of discussion on public safety. from my perspective 18 years a street cop, marijuana pro he-- prohibition reduces greatly public saf