My book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, is out in the UK on 9 January 2020. British magazine GQ has published an edited extract of the Guinea-Bissau chapter. Here’s the PDF of the story: How South American drug cartels created a narco-state in West Africa | British GQ
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South American cocaine is ruining Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau is a West African country suffering hugely from South American drug cartels. It’s a major cocaine transit nation between South America and Europe. Vice has published my major investigation, with heaps of fresh reporting, on the country. It also features heavily in my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs.…
Talking serious drug reform at the Melbourne Town Hall
During my recent Australian tour for my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, the biggest event, organised by Drug Policy Australia, was held at the Melbourne Town Hall in front of 700 people. Alongside star panelists Fiona Patten, Mick Palmer, Laura Turner, Greg Barns and Tania de Jong, and host…
The Saturday Paper praises Pills, Powder and Smoke
One of Australia’s major weekend newspapers, The Saturday Paper, reviews my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, in a piece by Louise Swinn: While our government, under the guise of “compassionate conservatism”, announces plans to drug-test welfare recipients, journalist Antony Loewenstein brings us Pills, Powder, and Smoke, the result…
Murdoch’s Tasmanian newspaper publishes piece on legalising drugs
Tasmania’s Mercury newspaper is the state’s major newspaper and it’s owned by Rupert Murdoch. Today prominent lawyer Greg Barns writes his column in the paper about my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, and why the drug war should end: lowens-16092019104600
Wrestling with Murdoch columnist who embraces the drug war
During the research of my just-released book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, I interviewed one of Australia’s most prominent Murdoch columnists and supporters of the drug war, Miranda Devine. The book features the full version of this exchange but Australian outlet Crikey published an edited extract this week: The Kings…
ABC Australia Radio National’s Late Night Live interview on ending the war on drugs
My interview on ABC Australia Radio National’s Late Night Live on the drug war and my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs:
Why Australians are increasingly looking for serious drug reform
My interview in the Canberra Times about the war on drugs and my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. Both stories appeared on the same day written by Blake Foden: Article one: Antony Loewenstein wants to set things straight about the global war on drugs. The author of Pills,…
Ethical ways to end the brutal war on drugs
My interview in the Guardian about my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, by Jenny Valentish: In August 2018 there was a flurry of headlines about the hypocrisy of middle-class cocaine users, dubbed “the woke who do coke”. Hot takes were prompted by the comments of UK Metropolitan police commissioner…