Synthetic Realities and the Iron Law of Prohibition

This week on Century of Lies: Synthetic Realities and the Iron Law of Prohibition.

The International Drug Policy Consortium recently hosted a fascinating discussion on new and emerging drugs entitled “Synthetic Realities: Global drug policies beyond the ‘new threat’ narrative.” On this edition of Century we hear from a few of the speakers including Doctor Adeeba Kamarulzaman Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy;  Daan van der Gouwe, a Drug Markets Researcher at the Trimbos Instituut in the Netherlands; and Andrzej Celinski, a Contract Manager and Executive Administrator at the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs.