'Serious reform' - The risky push to end drug prohibition
2GB Afternoons with Michael McLaren · 2GB
February 27, 20267m 49s
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Show Notes
Michael McLaren warns that government "addiction" to high taxes on legal products, like tobacco, inevitably drives consumers back to the black market and fuels organised crime.
While advocates argue that legalising illicit substances will dismantle criminal networks, recent international failures and the thriving black market for heavily taxed tobacco suggest that "regulating" the trade may only exchange one crisis for another.
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