Colluding with drugs as the problem - when prohibition is the problem!

Episode 8 of the Making Sense of 'Drugs' podcast, hosted by Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhD, titled "Colluding with drugs as the problem - when prohibition is the problem!" was published on December 17, 2021 and runs 28 minutes.

December 17, 2021 ·28m · Making Sense of 'Drugs'

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Summary

It's not drugs that should be on trial - prohibition should be on trial. If we collude with the propaganda that drugs are inherently dangerous and fail to expose the real causes of harm we will prolong the tyranny and damage caused by prohibition. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://julianbuchanan.wordpress.com/2017/09/23/the-problem-is-drug-policy-not-drugs-and-regulation-isnt-the-solution-either/

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It's not drugs that should be on trial - prohibition should be on trial.

If we collude with the propaganda that drugs are inherently dangerous and fail to expose the real causes of harm we will prolong the tyranny and damage caused by prohibition.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://julianbuchanan.wordpress.com/2017/09/23/the-problem-is-drug-policy-not-drugs-and-regulation-isnt-the-solution-either/

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