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A Glimpse of the World after the War on Drugs

Published on: 4 October 2011

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Report and videos from the recent openDemocracy symposium, "After the War on Drugs: Envisioning a Post-Prohibition World."
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How to Get Politicians to Admit in Public That the Drug War Has Been a Complete Failure

Published on: 8 July 2010

Written by: Sanho Tree All articles by Sanho Tree

We do not need yet another blue ribbon commission or academic study to tell us our current policies are not working.

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