In the late 2000s, a global cocaine and ecstasy drought led to the rise of a new drug that changed the way people get high forever: Mephedrone. Legal, dirt cheap and as easy to order online as pizza, for a while mephedrone boomed in countries worldwide. Within a few years, it had been outlawed almost everywhere, but not before introducing a generation to the online drugs market – where narcotic oblivion is only ever a few clicks away.

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.

Watch more episodes from the series:

Ketamine: The Next Big Antidepressant youtube.com/watch?v=XfmPu8l24wY
‘Spice’ is Britain’s Most Dangerous Drug youtube.com/watch?v=L62rHDJFAkg
The Great MDMA Drought and Its Deadly Consequences youtube.com/watch?v=RUNvLPNLxSw
Why Portugal Decriminalized All Drugs youtube.com/watch?v=9dU5yiKBqCk

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