Drug‑policy debate: treatment‑first, evidence‑based framing (Sam/Toby) vs. political sellability and electoral caution (Kiefer/Leo/Josh) — a struggle to convert moral/scientific truth into persuadable public policy.
Drug‑policy debate: treatment‑first, evidence‑based framing (Sam/Toby) vs. political sellability and electoral caution (Kiefer/Leo/Josh) — a struggle to convert moral/scientific truth into persuadable public policy.
Events in This Arc
Walking across a D.C. street, Sam erupts with moral urgency — "Mandatory Minimums are racist" — pressing for the administration to tackle sentencing policy alongside treatment. Toby calmly shuts him …
A pitched ideological clash over whether to frame addiction as a medical disease collapses into a question of political sellability. Sam and Toby invoke the authority of the A.M.A. and …
Late at night in the President's bedroom Bartlet soothes anxieties and forces forward motion: Leo confesses unease about revealing his rehab, C.J. sheepishly apologizes for a press gaffe and is …