In The War On Drugs Show, we examine the social implications of prohibition worldwide.

Any attempt to shut down the trade in drugs such as heroin,
cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine or weed invariably sets off a chain of events that just makes things worse, leaving a trail of death, illness, violence, slavery, addiction, crime and inequality across the globe. Everyone loses – except, in a weird kind of way, the drugs themselves.

Around 58,000 Americans were killed in the Vietnam War. But in 2017 alone, 70,237 Americans died of drug overdoses; the War on Drugs is like a Vietnam War every year.

This is the story of the North America Opioid Crisis – how an oversupply of the prescription drug oxycodone collided with fifty years of drug prohibition to create an epidemic every bit as serious as COVID-19.

This terrifying crisis reaches every corner of American life, far beyond the clichés of the 'inner-city drug user'.

Watch more from this series:

Is the Netherlands Turning Into a Narco-State?
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Ketamine Explained, The Next Big Antidepressant
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‘Spice’ is Britain’s Most Dangerous Drug
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The Great MDMA Drought and Its Deadly Consequences
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Why Portugal Decriminalized All Drugs
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The Drug That Makes You Reek of Cat Piss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

How Super-Strength Weed Dominated the UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Why Taking Out Drug Lords is a Bad Idea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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