This episode looks at how, over time, drugs have become progressively more illegal. We particularly look at the history of the USA for this progression and how it may not be about dangers of drugs. Below are just some of the links for this, basically everywhere you look you can find information about Drugs.

https://archive.attn.com/stories/1934/why-is-opium-illegal
http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/opiates_outlawed.htm
http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/shrthist.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_of_drugs
http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/history/e1910/harrisonact.htm
http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/history/e1910/great_dangers_of_heroin_.htm
http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/history/negro_cocaine_fiends.htm
https://www.quora.com/What-year-did-recreational-drugs-become-illegal-in-the-United-States
http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/cu/cu1.html
https://www.ibtimes.com/pros-cons-drug-legalization-us-246712
http://mentalfloss.com/article/12662/5-historical-attempts-ban-coffee
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/02/21/from-colorado-glimpse-life-after-marijuana-legalization/rcccuzhMDWV74UC4IxXIYJ/story.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/judge-frederic-block/war-on-drugs_b_2384624.html
https://www.marijuanaandthelaw.com/americas-racist-war-on-drugs/
http://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/race-and-drug-war
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/1/9/16866754/marijuana-legalization-racism-alford-kansas-republican
https://www.law.ua.edu/pubs/lrarticles/Volume%2054/Issue%202/Sandy.pdf
http://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/brief-history-drug-war
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/04/28/how-racism-and-bias-criminalized-marijuana/?noredirect=on