#3: Myths

Power works, in part, through the creation and sustainment of cultural myth, and the US has no shortage of mythological identities which don't pan out when closely examined: Santa Clause, meritocracy, justice, delicious diet products, slavery reparations, and (central to this podcast) the war on drugs as a righteous endeavor of harm reduction. Before the war on users began, drugs were legal in the United States. And believe it or not, everything was fine. Few people had issues with add...