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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Between the lines: How cocaine use soared despite the war on drugs
Description: The war on drugs has been going on for decades, yet the use of cocaine has continued to rise – especially in the UK. Why is that? Who are the international paramilitary groups playing a role in keeping supplies going? And is the problem being tackled by our government correctly? Genevieve Kotarska is a research fellow in the Organised Crime and Policing Team at the Royal United Services Institute. She joins Ros Taylor in The Bunker.
“I don’t think legalisation is the magic solution it’s sometimes suggested to be.” – Genevieve Kotarska
“The problem is that politics l...