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It's the Talk Show for people who don't even listen to talk shows. This week you will be glued to the radio as Allan and his guests discuss the things you talk about with your friends when you're alone.
This July 4th Weekend Allan's guests include the ex-wife of Warren Zevon about his wild secret life. Her new book I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life And Times Of Warren Zevon is filled with stories of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Then Allan speaks Law Enforcement about their desire to legalize all drugs. Allan also plans a tribute to a longtime friend to the Allan Handelman Show. Al "GRAMPA" Lewis.
When Warren Zevon was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2002, he asked his ex-wife, Crystal, who he stayed close with, to write his biography when he died. Filled with stories of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll told by those who knew him best, the book is an honest look at the life of a brilliant but troubled artist.
Warren Zevon, iconoclastic singer-songwriter who was perhaps best known for dark rock-and-roll classics like "Werewolves of London" and "Roland, the Headless Thompson Gunner," made a final request before he died. He asked his former wife and lifelong companion to compose his memoir and Crystal Zevon complied. Coming up later an inside look at the extraordinary life of this rock legend, told from her experiences as well as through the words of Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Mitch Albom, Bonnie Raitt, and more. She's the author of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of the Late Warren Zevon."
Since the President commuted the sentence of Scooter Libby, many are asking for the same consideration for the people in jail for using marijuana and other drugs. Peter Christ from LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition joins Allan and says its time to legalize all drugs. Not what you would expect from Police.
President Bush has repeatedly said that if you do drugs, pot in particular, you're supporting terrorism.
Cops who say one thing publicly, and another privately.
What happens to police personality and health who are dealing with the war on drugs?
What to do when you come in contact with police?
COPS SAY LEGALIZE DRUGS! After nearly four decades of fueling the U.S. policy of a war on drugs with over a trillion tax dollars and 37 million arrests for nonviolent drug offenses, our confined population has quadrupled making building prisons the fastest growing industry in the United States. More than 2.2 million of our citizens are currently incarcerated and every year we arrest an additional 1.9 million more guaranteeing those prisons will be bursting at their seams. Every year we choose to continue this war will cost U.S. taxpayers another 69 billion dollars. Despite all the lives we have destroyed and all the money so ill spent, today illicit drugs are cheaper, more potent, and far easier to get than they were 35 years ago at the beginning of the war on drugs. Meanwhile, people continue dying in our streets while drug barons and terrorists continue to grow richer than ever before. We would suggest that this scenario must be the very definition of a failed public policy. This madness must cease!
The stated goals of current U.S.drug policy -- reducing crime, drug addiction, and juvenile drug use -- have not been achieved, even after nearly four decades of a policy of "war on drugs". This policy, fueled by over a trillion of our tax dollars has had little or no effect on the levels of drug addiction among our fellow citizens, but has instead resulted in a tremendous increase in crime and in the numbers of Americans in our prisons and jails. With 4.6% of the world's population, America today has 22.5% of the worlds prisoners. But, after all that time, after all the destroyed lives and after all the wasted resources, prohibited drugs today are cheaper, stronger, and easier to get than they were thirty-five years ago at the beginning of the so-called "war on drugs". With this in mind, we current and former members of law enforcement have created a drug-policy reform movement -- LEAP. We believe that to save lives and lower the rates of disease, crime and addiction. as well as to conserve tax dollars, we must end drug prohibition. LEAP believes that a system of regulation and control of production and distribution will be far more effective and ethical than one of prohibition. We do this in hopes that we in Law Enforcement can regain the public's respect and trust, which have been greatly diminished by our involvement in imposing drug prohibition. Please consider joining us. You don't have to be a cop to join LEAP! Find out more about us by reading some of the articles in our Publications section or by watching and listening to some of our multimedia clips,. You can also read about the men and women who speak for LEAP, and see what we have on the calendar for the near future.
A TRIBUTE TO AL "GRAMPA" LEWIS. He made it to 95 still Rockin!
"Grampa was a great friend and one of the most amazing guests on my radio show. His wisdom and passion was truly compelling. His political views, keen sense of fairness, and ability to communicate them on the radio are why many of us consider him a visionary. Sharp as a tack and always in tune, Al 'Grampa' Lewis is going to be deeply missed and never forgotten."
Al Lewis is best known as the actor who played Grampa on The Munsters and Snouser on Car 54. What makes Grampa so interesting is his ability to talk about anything with intelligence and a strong street sensibility. Great stories, common sense wisdom and a "tell-it-like-it-is" attitude are some of the reasons he's so relevant today. He has toured with AC/DC, fought the FCC against censorship restrictions and run for governor of New York. He even rallied to induct AC/DC into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
Just give him a topic and let him go! Just ask Grampa. At some point during tonight's show, Allan will pay tribute to Al "Grampa" Lewis.
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