Yeah, actually I watched the interview last night too. It was interesting to say the least and I do think Sean seemed pretty honest and forthcoming but as you said, it (his original idea) would still be hard to wrap your head around given El Chapo's background. I mean my takeaway was that Sean's point was that if there actually wasn't a war on drugs, El Chapo never would hive risen to such power? So perhaps it was the illegality that made him that way.

And that may very well be true, but at the same time we can't just legalize everything out there or it would be complete mayhem. Because lets face it, we're not just talking about marijuana (which is how he got started) anymore. For example, heroin is currently a big problem in many areas and that is mostly because it has become harder for people to get prescription pills (which although regulated and possibly safer) are still illegal for abusers. Addicts are still gonna addict no matter what.

So although I could sort of see his plan, it just still seems ill- conceived and he seemed to admit as much. And he certainly should have at least suspected that having his name attached to the article was going to cause people to miss his real point since it was a celebrity that wrote it and since his point was pretty abstract anyway.

Based on other things I've read also since then, it would appear that other things he said in the interview may be in fact correct and that is that it appears that the Mexican government is probably lying about tracking El Chapo down based on their (he and the actress') actions.

Still, it was a huge risk and I still wouldn't feel very comfortable about the whole thing if I was him.