i guess the question to both of you is if you're going to change these laws in maryland or be an example for the rest of the nation, ou talk about this as something that's logical because it might be overpunished in some places or do you stress the fact this is not just war on drugs but war on black and brown peop people? to ben and then dave. >> you look at the enforcement patterns. we talk about the violence in our city. i didn't start out planning for this to be a big issue. dave made the argument for about a quarter century. then something funny happened. i asked a retired member of the baltimore police department rkts he just retired to go talk to commanders across the city that he knew. ask them why violence was surging in our city.