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Mind Altering Drugs

Effective ways to control the trade in illegal drugs from the Amazon basin

Nick Rankin sheds light on the power of plants in the Amazon, as studied by ethnobotanist Richard Evans, from which has grown the multi-billion dollar drugs trade. Looking to traditional Andean cultures, he also discusses with experts, effective ways to control the trade and addiction.

Contributors:
Colombian economist Oscar Rodriguez Aguilar,
anthropologist Wade Davis, Professor William Emboden,
author Anthony Henman,
Secretary General of Interpol, Raymond Kendall,
Ethan Nadelmann, Lindesmith Centre

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28 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project