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Juan Manuel Santos in Al Jazeera: “Repression is very popular politically”

On Posted on May 7, 2020 by Global Commission On Drug Policy to Latest, Media

Juan Manuel Santos in Al Jazeera: “Repression is very popular politically”

On May 7, 2020 Former President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia spoke with Al Jazeera’s Lauren Taylor on how prohibition and failing drug policies are contributing to money-laundering, corruption and mass incarceration.

Link to the report: https://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/reports/enforcement-of-drug-laws
Link to the report launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3RpfxlAh3U

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