62 - America's Drug War, Part 1: Assassin of Youth

CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses mature themes, including illicit drug use and graphic details of murder. Listener discretion is advised. The War on Drugs in the United States has cost $1 trillion since 1971, and 20 percent of the prison population is incarcerated for drug offenses. Yet there is little evidence it is responsible for declining drug use. How did the War on Drugs truly begin? Jaye explores US history and explains how Prohibition led to our nation's drug war. Featured Podcast: Divisive Issues Website: http://frondsradio.com/divisiveissues Twitter: @potstirrercast IG: @potstirrerpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/ Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Flying Machine Network: http://flyingmachine.network Patreon: http://flyingmachine.network/support Source Links: https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/24153/reefer-madness-the-twisted-history-of-americas-weed-laws https://www.history.com/news/marijuana-criminalization-reefer-madness-history-flashback https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/etc/cron.html https://www.theatlantic.com/membership/archive/2019/01/25-years-reefer-madness/580351/ https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fdas-evolving-regulatory-powers/milestones-us-food-and-drug-law-history https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1273&context=wmjowl http://smtp.williamwhitepapers.com/pr/2002AlcoholProblemsinNativeAmerica.pdf https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bitter-aftertaste-prohibition-american-history-180969266/ Okrent, Daniel. 2010. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. New York: Scribner. https://www.npr.org/2011/06/10/137077599/prohibition-speakeasies-loopholes-and-politics https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/north-america/us/ku-klux-klan/the-second-ku-klux-klan https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/28/in-1927-donald-trumps-father-was-arrested-after-a-klan-riot-in-queens/ https://www.history.com/news/kkk-terror-during-prohibition https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/12/prohibition-history-how-the-ban-on-booze-produced-the-modern-american-right.html http://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/enforcing-the-prohibition-laws/the-supreme-court-and-prohibition/ https://timeline.com/harry-anslinger-racist-war-on-drugs-prison-industrial-complex-fb5cbc281189 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/column-war-on-drugs-merely-fights-the-symptoms-of-a-faulty-system/ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xd7d8d/how-marijuana-came-the-united-states-456 https://history.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/2006_Ari%20Cushner.pdf https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-anslinger-the-man-behind-the-marijuana-ban/ https://www.cbp.gov/about/history/did-you-know/marijuana https://www.cannabis-marijuana.com/assassin-of-youth.html https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/criminal-justice/reports/2018/06/27/452819/ending-war-drugs-numbers/ Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ Dana composed by Vibe Tracks Bayou State of Mind composed by Jingle Punks Temptation composed by Chris Haugen Almost a Year Ago composed by John Deley and the 41 Players Mist composed by Odonis Odonis White Hats composed by Wayne Jones