#4 Ethan Nadelmann. Drug policy, corruption and authoritarianism

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Episode 4: Ethan Nadelmann, founder and former executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance and host of the Psychoactive podcast.

This episode was recorded on July 20th, 2022. Video version: https://youtu.be/c0_X6qdVgic Download mp3 on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/curiousonearth/4-ethan-nadelmann Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3fxHaRL Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3sZy6bi RSS: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:879419647/sounds.rss

00:00:00 Foreword 00:02:04 Ethan and Finland. 00:02:47 Ethan's interest in drugs. 00:05:09 Cannabis, psychedelics and drug policy activism. 00:08:07 Psychedelic exceptionalism. 00:11:07 US Constitution and freedom. 00:15:31 Drugs and poison in Portugal. 00:17:26 The Founding Fathers and drug policy. 00:21:31 Freedom of religion and drug use? 00:27:50 Ethan's interest in drug policy reform. 00:32:11 Does the drug war equal prohibition? 00:34:18 Drug war rhetoric in the Philippines. 00:38:30 Drug policy, racism and stigmatization. 00:43:38 Jewish roots as a motivational force. 00:49:49 Drugs and the Third Reich. 00:55:49 Recognizing the end of the drug war. 01:01:12 The war on e-cigarettes. 01:08:47 Snus and nicotine harm reduction. 01:14:11 Black market cannabis after legalization. 01:22:33 Why does prohibition make organized crime more violent? 01:27:20 More effective policing, more violent gangs. 01:34:59 The drug war makes cops stupid and corrupt. 01:39:24 Finnish cops and drug policy reform. 01:44:18 The rise of American neo-fascism. 01:53:10 Reform and anti-drug conservatives. 02:02:28 Liberty, freedom and the left. 02:06:40 Should all drugs be legally regulated? 02:10:52 A dark legalization scenario. 02:14:00 The idea of "a drug free world" as a form of totalitarianism. 02:17:40 Short final questions. 02:22:49 Afterword

Ethan's Twitter https://twitter.com/ethannadelmann The Psychoactive podcast https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-psychoactive-84544756 Drug Policy Alliance's web site https://drugpolicy.org/ Drug Policy Alliance's Twitter https://twitter.com/DrugPolicyOrg

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