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Has any work been done to map out where the money lobbying for prohibition is coming from? Private prisons? Pharmaceuticals?
by programmarchy 6y ago
Has any work been done to map out where the money lobbying for prohibition is coming from? Private prisons? Pharmaceuticals?
- eurasiantiger 6y agoThe war on drugs was started by the white supremacist Harry J. Anslinger. One would think any and all institutions tenable to racism would be funding it.
- programmarchy 6y agoHard to dig up concrete info on this. I’ve found one article on lobbying [1], but it was pharma lobbying against the DEA, to prevent them going after opioid distributors. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/dea-drug-industry-congress/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/...
- chasethescream 6y agoChasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari profiles early figures in the drug war including Harry J. Anslinger, the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_Scream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_Scream