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Antony Loewenstein

Independent journalist, author and film-maker

ABC Australia TV interview on The World about the failing drug war

Posted on September 13, 2019

My interview this week on ABC Australia TV program The World on the drug war and my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs:

Tags: drug war, human rights, war on drugs
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