Hot Takes #1: All drugs should be legal

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This edition:The so-called War on Drugs has clearly failed at its intended purpose - prohibited drug markets continue to expand; more people are using drugs, and they are cheaper and more potent than ever before. And the human cost has been immense, with countless lives destroyed by mass criminalisation and incarceration, drug market violence, and an unregulated toxic drug supply. Governance and economic development of entire regions has been undermined by the growing power of organised crime groups involved in drug production and trafficking. What is to be done?

Steve Rolles will join us to argue that the solution is to legalise and regulate ALL drugs. Yes, even (or especially) crack cocaine and heroin. He will argue that prohibition is in fact an unrealistic…