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opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/how-much-your-money-wasted-war-drugs?utm_source=chatgpt.com
drugabusestatistics.org/drug-related-crime-statistics/#:~:text=1.16%20million%20Americans%20are%20arrested%20annually%20for%20the%20sale,or%20possession%20of%20illegal%20substances.
prisonpolicy.org/profiles/US.html#:~:text=With%20nearly%20two%20million%20people,1%25%20of%20our%20adult%20population.
prisonpolicy.org/global/2024.html?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=186025911&gbraid=0AAAAADuNMRnjf4LRe8rUoxPSbjML2SlPx&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjdTCBhCLARIsAEu8bpLonj7X13rD_aF6mnTcSgvAFDja1gzjS0TLB2JZ1Q6elwzs2QWVyWMaAuLJEALw_wcB
cnbc.com/2021/06/17/the-us-has-spent-over-a-trillion-dollars-fighting-war-on-drugs.html
nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/data-download/costs-war-drugs-continue-soar-rcna92032
crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/afghanistan/340-trouble-afghanistans-opium-fields-taliban-war-drugs
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/special/cia.html?
unodc.org/roseap/en/2024/12/myanmar-opium-survey-report-launch/story.html#:~:text=Myanmar%20remains%20the%20world's%20leading%20source%20of%20opium%20and%20heroin
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Mejia-Colombia-final-2.pdf
https://hir.harvard.edu/americas-failed-war-on-drugs-in-colombia/
museum.dea.gov/exhibits/online-exhibits/cannabis-coca-and-poppy-natures-addictive-plants/coca#:~:text=Today%2C%20groups%20in%20Colombia%20produce,imported%20from%20Peru%20and%20Bolivia.
cfr.org/article/what-usaid-and-why-it-risk
sencanada.ca/en/content/sen/committee/371/ille/library/history-e#G.%20The%201946%20Lake%20Success%20Protocol
opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/how-the-united-states-fueled-a-global-drug-war-and-why-it-must-end
businessinsider.com/biden-apologizes-for-pushing-hardline-laws-on-crime-immigration-in-1990s-2019-1
edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/06/06/joe-biden-defends-1994-crime-bill-zeleny-pkg-lead-vpx.cnn
apnews.com/article/biden-marijuana-pardons-clemency-02abde991a05ff7dfa29bfc3c74e9d64
pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/07/biden-granted-more-acts-of-clemency-than-any-prior-president
vox.com/politics/402530/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-explanation
nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-wants-expand-federal-death-penalty-setting-legal-challenges-seco-rcna178979
reuters.com/article/world/trump-administration-drops-obama-era-easing-of-marijuana-prosecutions-idUSKBN1ET2J6
nytimes.com/2017/10/26/us/politics/trump-opioid-crisis.html
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/356541
leafwell.com/blog/cole-memo
brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/thousands-prisoners-now-eligible-receive-fairer-sentences
aclu.org/news/smart-justice/how-1994-crime-bill-fed-mass-incarceration-crisis?
nnedv.org/content/violence-against-women-act
counciloncj.foleon.com/reports/crime-bill/overview-and-reflections#:~:text=The%20Crime%20Bill%20imposed%20restrictions,on%20the%20streets%3B%20prohibited%20the
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-the-national-drug-control-strategy?
youtube.com/watch?v=KjCPX5eQwik&pp=ygUiZ2VvcmdlIHcgYnVzaCBob2xkcyBhIGJhZyBvZiBjcmFjaw%3D%3D
blog.oup.com/2015/12/reagan-era-imprisonment
eji.org/news/sentencing-commission-finds-black-men-receive-longer-sentences
https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2413&context=articles
drugpolicy.org/drug-war-history/#:~:text=President%20Reagan%20expanded%20the%20drug,to%20over%20400%2C000%20by%201997.
americanaddictioncenters.org/blog/new-dare-program-work#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20the%20DARE%20program,program%20simply%20did%20not%20work.
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Cosmic Horror Ebook: dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb
Storyrant: youtube.com/@storyrant
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Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39
Subscriptions available here: patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine
Karl's Socials:
Fact Fiend: youtube.com @FactFiend
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Untitled Side Channel: youtube.com @untitledsidechannel
Twitter: twitter.com/KarlSmallwood
Further Reading:
opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/how-much-your-money-wasted-war-drugs?utm_source=chatgpt.com
drugabusestatistics.org/drug-related-crime-statistics/#:~:text=1.16%20million%20Americans%20are%20arrested%20annually%20for%20the%20sale,or%20possession%20of%20illegal%20substances.
prisonpolicy.org/profiles/US.html#:~:text=With%20nearly%20two%20million%20people,1%25%20of%20our%20adult%20population.
prisonpolicy.org/global/2024.html?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=186025911&gbraid=0AAAAADuNMRnjf4LRe8rUoxPSbjML2SlPx&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjdTCBhCLARIsAEu8bpLonj7X13rD_aF6mnTcSgvAFDja1gzjS0TLB2JZ1Q6elwzs2QWVyWMaAuLJEALw_wcB
cnbc.com/2021/06/17/the-us-has-spent-over-a-trillion-dollars-fighting-war-on-drugs.html
nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/data-download/costs-war-drugs-continue-soar-rcna92032
crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/afghanistan/340-trouble-afghanistans-opium-fields-taliban-war-drugs
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/special/cia.html?
unodc.org/roseap/en/2024/12/myanmar-opium-survey-report-launch/story.html#:~:text=Myanmar%20remains%20the%20world's%20leading%20source%20of%20opium%20and%20heroin
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Mejia-Colombia-final-2.pdf
https://hir.harvard.edu/americas-failed-war-on-drugs-in-colombia/
museum.dea.gov/exhibits/online-exhibits/cannabis-coca-and-poppy-natures-addictive-plants/coca#:~:text=Today%2C%20groups%20in%20Colombia%20produce,imported%20from%20Peru%20and%20Bolivia.
cfr.org/article/what-usaid-and-why-it-risk
sencanada.ca/en/content/sen/committee/371/ille/library/history-e#G.%20The%201946%20Lake%20Success%20Protocol
opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/how-the-united-states-fueled-a-global-drug-war-and-why-it-must-end
businessinsider.com/biden-apologizes-for-pushing-hardline-laws-on-crime-immigration-in-1990s-2019-1
edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/06/06/joe-biden-defends-1994-crime-bill-zeleny-pkg-lead-vpx.cnn
apnews.com/article/biden-marijuana-pardons-clemency-02abde991a05ff7dfa29bfc3c74e9d64
pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/07/biden-granted-more-acts-of-clemency-than-any-prior-president
vox.com/politics/402530/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-explanation
nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-wants-expand-federal-death-penalty-setting-legal-challenges-seco-rcna178979
reuters.com/article/world/trump-administration-drops-obama-era-easing-of-marijuana-prosecutions-idUSKBN1ET2J6
nytimes.com/2017/10/26/us/politics/trump-opioid-crisis.html
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/356541
leafwell.com/blog/cole-memo
brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/thousands-prisoners-now-eligible-receive-fairer-sentences
aclu.org/news/smart-justice/how-1994-crime-bill-fed-mass-incarceration-crisis?
nnedv.org/content/violence-against-women-act
counciloncj.foleon.com/reports/crime-bill/overview-and-reflections#:~:text=The%20Crime%20Bill%20imposed%20restrictions,on%20the%20streets%3B%20prohibited%20the
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-the-national-drug-control-strategy?
youtube.com/watch?v=KjCPX5eQwik&pp=ygUiZ2VvcmdlIHcgYnVzaCBob2xkcyBhIGJhZyBvZiBjcmFjaw%3D%3D
blog.oup.com/2015/12/reagan-era-imprisonment
eji.org/news/sentencing-commission-finds-black-men-receive-longer-sentences
https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2413&context=articles
drugpolicy.org/drug-war-history/#:~:text=President%20Reagan%20expanded%20the%20drug,to%20over%20400%2C000%20by%201997.
americanaddictioncenters.org/blog/new-dare-program-work#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20the%20DARE%20program,program%20simply%20did%20not%20work.
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