Prohibition Blunder (@prohibitionblund2.bsky.social)

https://bsky.app/profile/prohibitionblund2.bsky.social/post/3mh6ywmhakk2w

> Drug Prohibition has blocked drug control measures such as: 1. Effective partnering with law-abiding companies; 2. Standards for safer drugs, and 3. More successful shielding of minors from drug use and drug dealing. #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs #LegalizeDrugs

"In references how in the past, major drug seizures would have a clear impact on consumption. That's no longer the case. According to the National Drug Intelligence Bureau, there was a 96% increase, in 2024, of the minimum annual consumption of methamphetamine compared to 2023."

#LillianHanly, Political Reporter, RNZ, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=0f53fc3a-0d35-4a91-8a3d-e6cdd4ed7d2a

(1/?)

#podcasts #RNZ #FocusOnPolitics #DrugProhibition #WarOnSomeDrugs #meth #NDIB

Opium’s Orphans: The 200-Year History of the War on Drugs

Upending all we know about the war on drugs, a history of the anti-narcotics movement’s origins, evolution, and questionable effectiveness.
Opium’s Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the “war on drugs.” A no-holds-barred but balanced account, it shows that drug suppression was born of historical accident, not rational design.

@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#DrugProhibition
#WarOnDrugs