Americas Shadow War on Clandestine Chemistry | Jordan Rubin
Source: YouTube · Danny Jones · published Aug 8, 2023 · 2:13:31
The video explores how a former NYC narcotics prosecutor became an author writing about America's War on Drugs 0:08. The guest discusses his experience as a prosecutor, the flawed Controlled Substances Act, and the problematic Analog Act that allows prosecution for substances "substantially similar" to illegal drugs 18:01.
Key Takeaways:
• The guest worked as a NYC narcotics prosecutor for about 5 years, handling international drug cases and wiretaps 0:56
• He explains prosecutors often focus on individual cases rather than questioning the effectiveness of the War on Drugs 8:01
• The Controlled Substances Act under Nixon created drug schedules, but the scheduling system is scientifically inconsistent 18:42
• The 1986 Analog Act was passed to prosecute dealers of slightly modified drugs by using the vague "substantially similar" standard 27:32
• Synthetic cannabinoids like K2/spice emerged as a direct consequence of cannabis prohibition 34:44
The interview reveals the bureaucratic nature of drug enforcement and how prohibition creates dangerous market alternatives that lawmakers struggle to control through increasingly vague legislation.
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foreign how the hell does a New York City narcotics prosecutor become this writer and write books like this about the War on Drugs I don't know hold your book up bizarre so people can see what it is The Surreal Saga of America's Secret war on synthetic drugs and Florida's kingpins that it captured I don't know you know if I had just woke up here you told me that 10 years ago I wouldn't have believed you or thought maybe I was kidnapped or something but it's really just an adventure that I'm still feeling out I loved being a prosecutor um I was doing that for about five years it wasn't that I was disillusioned or anything but wound up going on a bit of a new adventure in media and that's how I wound up getting your only age story you're only in your mid-30s how does one become a New York Ci…