November 11, 2011 9:01AM 

# Legalize Drugs? Greenwald v. Walters 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Best-selling author Glenn Greenwald debated former drug czar John Walters at [Brown University](http://www.browndailyherald.com/pro-legalization-speaker-dominates-debate-1.2669318#.Tr0nvkP7i2x) last night before 300 students and faculty. Glenn authored Cato’s landmark study on the [decriminalization of drugs in Portugal](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10080) and he will be speaking at our [drug conference](https://www.cato.org/drugconference/) next week.

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