{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6281360903de790013c01ab1/65380b1ef60f870012272ccf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"605: Why Are Drugs Illegal?","description":"<p>Why are some drugs illegal and others are not? Learn the sordid history of the War on Drugs and why it doesn't work.</p><p><br></p><p>Covered topics: Allen Russell, Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914, War on Drugs, Magic mushrooms, John Stuart Mill, Rick Doblin</p><p><br></p><p>Further Reading:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pie2023_drugs.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pie2023_drugs.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2023.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2023.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-0e463c390bedc7f6b25fb7e54b955b74\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-0e463c390bedc7f6b25fb7e54b955b74</a></p><p><a href=\"https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/07/03/the-travesty-of-it-all-court-upholds-mississippi-mans-life-sentence-for-1-5-ounce-of-marijuana-possession-and-his-case-is-not-an-anomaly/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/07/03/the-travesty-of-it-all-court-upholds-mississippi-mans-life-sentence-for-1-5-ounce-of-marijuana-possession-and-his-case-is-not-an-anomaly/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://lawliberty.org/the-simple-truth-about-j-s-mills-simple-truth/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://lawliberty.org/the-simple-truth-about-j-s-mills-simple-truth/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Liberty\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Liberty</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.aclu.org/report/report-war-marijuana-black-and-white\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.aclu.org/report/report-war-marijuana-black-and-white</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-prisons-thriving-jim-crow-marijuana-arrests#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-prisons-thriving-jim-crow-marijuana-arrests#</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrbUwNGoWc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrbUwNGoWc</a></p><p><a href=\"https://fee.org/articles/how-15-ounces-of-marijuana-landed-this-man-a-life-long-prison-sentence/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://fee.org/articles/how-15-ounces-of-marijuana-landed-this-man-a-life-long-prison-sentence/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haT4FrOYPtk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haT4FrOYPtk</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Truth_and_Lies_in_a_Nonmoral_Sense\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Truth_and_Lies_in_a_Nonmoral_Sense</a></p>","author_name":"James Renner"}