This week we're looking at the very interesting intersection of drugs, politics, and capitalist history. It's a fascinating topic, and one that is widely considered taboo because of the subject matter. This is a fun one, so I hope you enjoy!
The Weird History Of Drugs, Politics, And Capitalism – Second Thought
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SOURCES
Portugal’s success with drugs
https://drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/dpa-drug-decriminalization-portugal-health-human-centered-approach_0.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/05/portugals-radical-drugs-policy-is-working-why-hasnt-the-world-copied-it
https://transformdrugs.org/blog/drug-decriminalisation-in-portugal-setting-the-record-straight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYVctc-87b8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dU5yiKBqCk
https://time.com/longform/portugal-drug-use-decriminalization/
The war on drugs and decriminalization
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/war-drugs-report-global-commission-drug-policy https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/quiet-revolution-drug-decriminalisation-policies-practice-across-globe
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/opinion/sunday/election-marijuana-legalization.html
Drug histories
https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/farrell-audrey/1997/12/drugs.htm
http://www.organized-crime.de/revmcc01.htm
https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-assets/81662_book_item_81662.pdf
https://books.google.com/books?id=GHqV3elHYvMC&printsec=frontcover
https://books.google.com/books?id=6SihAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover
https://search.proquest.com/openview/5ae9a6c0cb161b2230a9481b0c67b11e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202501/
https://evolvetreatment.com/blog/history-drug-use/
Drugs as a catalyst of capitalism
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080%2F01436597.2017.1411187
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24583625
Drug-offense imprisonment
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html
Imprisonment and drug use
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2022/02/drug-arrests-stayed-high-even-as-imprisonment-fell-from-2009-to-2019
Cannabis use by Canadian youth (auto-translate CC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKkjPjpVF5Q
A caveat on libertarian narratives
https://jacobinmag.com/2014/07/the-limits-of-libertarianism
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