Rand Paul calls for leader outside of politics ‘to preach a gospel of hope and prosperity’

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, wrote Tuesday that tensions in communities such as Ferguson, Missouri, are emblematic of larger problems with the country’s criminal justice system and the so-called “War on Drugs,” pledging to continue the fight for reforms while calling for a leader outside of politics to preach “a gospel of hope and prosperity.”

“In Ferguson, the precipitating crime was not drugs, but theft,” Mr. Paul wrote in a piece for Time. “But the War on Drugs has created a tension in some communities that too often results in...