Im super, super thrilled to be hosting what i think is the first talk weve ever hosted for a book that has been blurbed by both noam chomsky and elton john. [laughter] this blew my mind. So that is really also for my exciting. And then finally im excited to have a book that says something a little new about the drug war. We all know the drug war is bad and awful right . I dont want need to tell you that right . If youre living in baltimore, you know that the drug war is bad and awful. But what its really exciting, when someone with the talent writing journalism like johann hari comes along and is able to look at that history, look at where we are today, talk to people, go to place figure out a way to tell the story in a way that makes us see new things but gives us a different lens and a different optic on something that we know is horrible and in telling that story gives us a way to deal with it and create a better future. So im terribly excited to welcome him here, and im glad you al