Daily: Our Chemical Romance – Ending the WAR ON DRUGS

With a decades-long failed War on Drugs behind us, is it finally time to accept the inevitable – and let the state regulate illegal substances? Steve Rolles, author and policy analyst at Transform Drug Policy Foundation, tells Ian Dunt how we can break a destructive deadlock. What would public health-oriented drugs policies look like? And what can we learn about what not to do from the commercialisation of alcohol and tobacco?

• “There is a growing consensus that the War on Drugs has failed…but no one agrees on what’s next.”
• “Prohibition encourages risky drug use. Regulation reverses that.”
• “We’re not talking about Ecstasy World Snooker. We’re talking about a strictly regulated market.”
• “A state monopoly model, with pharma-style vending. It’s not that difficult.”

Presented by Ian Dunt. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic  and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.

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