At the recent Canberra book launch for my just-released title, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, the Canberra Times interviewed the territory’s Justice Minister about his progressive views on drug reform. The article about it appears in today’s paper (and follows last weekend’s extensive coverage in the same newspaper of my book). The…
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Canberra book launch for Pills, Powder and Smoke
Last week in Canberra, Australia’s capital city, my book on the global drug war, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, was launched by the territory’s Justice Minister and Greens leader, Shane Rattenbury. Part of the Canberra Drug Policy Series organised by the Australian National University, other speakers included Professor Des Manderson…
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 TV interview on The World about the failing drug war
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:
Australian TV Channel 10’s Studio 10 program on the futile drug war
I recently appeared on Australia’s Channel 10 popular TV morning program, Studio 10, talking about the drug war and my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs
Literary journal Kill Your Darlings book review of Pills, Powder and Smoke
The following book review of my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, appears in the literary journal Kill Your Darlings and is written by Kylie Maslen: Dramatic news reports constantly warn us about the dangers of drugs, from the ‘ice epidemic’ to suburban drug busts to the increasing use of…
Pills, Powder and Smoke released as audio book
My new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, has been released as an audio book read by the acclaimed, veteran Australian actor John Derum. It’s available on whatever platform you use for audio books. Here’s a sample:
ABC Australia Radio PM interview on radically rethinking the never-ending war on drugs
My interview on ABC Australia’s leading current affairs program, PM, on the global drug war and my 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…