On today's episode, Johann Hari joins the show to share why he believes the War on Drugs is a horrible way to deal with drug abuse. Hari says that not only does the drug war fail to solve the drug problem, but it actually makes the situation much, much worse!
Johann Hari is a British journalist who has written for many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, the New Republic, the Nation, Slate, and the Sydney Morning Herald. For 9 years he was a lead op-ed columnist for the Independent, one of Britain’s leading newspapers. He graduated from King’s College, Cambridge with a double first in Social and Political Sciences in 2001. He is the author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs This book should be required reading for every individual. It's truly an eye opener.
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FF 116 - College Student Gets Jail Time for Selling a Couple Adderall
ELL 64: Bernie's "Inequality in America" Town Hall Is Just As Dumb As You'd Think
339. "Addiction is Not a Crime": U.S. Senate Candidate Dale Kerns
FF 115 - Freedom is the Answer to Addiction says Steven Slate
ELL 63: Deep Secretary of State and Clinton Goes Slippity Doo-Dah
338. Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor w/ Rodger F'in Paxton!
FF 114 - Gun Rights, Gun Fights and the 2nd Amendment with Salvatore DeGennaro
ELL 62: Even For Lefty Haters, Tame Oscars Are Lame Oscars
337. Gene Epstein on the Fiscal Time Bomb of U.S. Debt
FF 113 - The Felon Firefighter
ELL 61: We The Internet TV's Lou Perez Talks Guns and Comedy
336. Matthew C. Scaro Brings Liberty Fire to the IL Governor's Race
FF 112 - Shining a Light on the Con Game that is the Drug War with Brian Saady
ELL 60: Are Progressives Actually Causing More Mass Shootings?
335. Break the Media Blackout with LP Congressional Candidate Drew Miller
FF 111 - 13 Years in Prison for $500 Worth of Drugs
ELL 59: The Military Industrial Congress
334. Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor: Breaking News Edition!
FF 110 - Federal Prosecutors Gone Wild!
ELL 58: SOTU, Memos and Super Bowl Hangovers
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