Listen on iTunes or stream above!The war on drugs, which in many ways is really a war on the freedom of our minds, restricts a natural, evolutionarily adaptive human behavior, that of exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness. Johann Hari — British journalist and author of Chasing the Scream — spent three years and journeyed thirty-thousand-miles investigating the war on drugs. In this show, Johann shares some of his discoveries through the stories of the people he met and interviewed along his journey. Let's have a look at some of the unexpected outcomes of restricting human access to psychoactive medicines.Episode Breakdown:Is drug addiction real?Substance abuse when coping with painThe cultural repercussions of prohibitionDrug-related violencePortugal’s experiment and the case for legalizationAnimals and drug useModern drug education for childrenIs there an end in sight for the war on drugs? click here to subscribe to the show on itunes I would really appreciate it if you could leave a rating and review on iTunes. It helps the podcast and will also help us improve quality and continue to bring on amazing guests! Let me know who you'd like to see on the podcast! Click here to rate and review.Episode Resources:UN Office of Drug ControlInuitDr. Gabor MatéBruce K. AlexanderPeter Donald Albert Cohen, Ph.D.Johann's InterviewsCocaMilton FriedmanMichele LeonhartJohann's QuizRonald K. SiegelHarry J. AnslingerConnect with Johann:ChasingTheScream.comJohann on Twitter @johannhari101Johann on Facebook Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs By Johann Hari Meet JohannJohann Hari is a British journalist. He has written for many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Le Monde, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, the New Republic, the Nation, Slate, El Mundo, and the Sydney Morning Herald. He was a lead op-ed columnist for the Independent, one of Britain’s leading newspapers, for nine years.He was born in 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has lived in London since he was a baby. His mother is from the Scottish tenements and his father is from the Swiss mountains. He graduated from King’s College, Cambridge with a double first in Social and Political Sciences in 2001.Johann was named ‘National Newspaper Journalist of the Year’ by Amnesty International twice. He was named ‘Environmental Commentator of the Year’ at the Editorial Intelligence awards, and ‘Gay Journalist of the Year’ at the Stonewall awards. He has also won the Martha Gellhorn Prize for political writing.He is currently working on his next book, and he is a Visiting Fellow with Purpose, the New York-based progressive campaigning group.
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