Chasing the Scream: Everything We Know About the Drug War & Addiction is Wrong FreeSpeechTV
go to original February 4, 2015

British journalist Johann Hari talks about the century-old failed drug war and how much of what we know about addiction is wrong. Over the past four years Hari has traveled to the United States, Mexico, Canada, Uruguay and Portugal to research his new book, "Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War of Drugs."

His findings may surprise you — from the U.S. government’s persecution of Billie Holiday, to Vancouver’s success in addressing its heroin epidemic, to Portugal’s experiment with full decriminalization of all drugs.

If there's anything you need to know about the impact the war on drugs has on minority communities, it's this chart:

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