In this second of the two-part "special", as it were, we further uncover what it was that took the independent Indian government, one that was tolerant, if not proud, of its habit of vices, and drove it to the point of a blanket ban and social stigmatization. We're talking about the forces of the United States and the side-effects of its largely political War on Drugs™.

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This podcast is hosted by Amanbeer Khanduja.

The transcript and other information about this episode are available on the Inside India Medium blog.

References:

https://legacy.npr.org/assets/news/2013/onion-drugs.pdf

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/index.html

https://www.vox.com/2016/3/29/11325750/nixon-war-on-drugs

https://drugpolicy.org/issues/brief-history-drug-war

https://www.history.com/topics/crime/the-war-on-drugs

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/the-shocking-and-sickening-story-behind-nixons-war-on-drugs-that-targeted-blacks-and-anti-war-activists/

https://www.incb.org/incb/en/precursors/1988-convention.html

https://danbaum.com/smoke-and-mirrors-the-war-on-drugs-and-the-politics-of-failure/

https://www.lawyered.in/legal-disrupt/articles/marijuana-illegal-india/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jul/24/war-on-drugs-40-years

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rEzsK6F8joWolEPVOzSfH