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    The Global War on Drugs Is a Failure

    This week nations from around the world gathered at the United Nations to agree on a new global drug policy. The meeting is the first since 1998, when the war on drugs was at its height. World leaders agree those policies failed, and that the way forward includes a softer approach to drug users. But there's little consensus on whether to legalize or decriminalize illicit substances.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Apr 22, 2016 • 52m Listen

    This week nations from around the world gathered at the United Nations to agree on a new global drug policy. The meeting is the first since 1998, when the war on drugs was at its height. World leaders agree those policies failed, and that the way forward includes a softer approach to drug users. But there's little consensus on whether to legalize or decriminalize illicit substances. Guest host Barbara Bogaev explores the UN's special summit on drug policy and the shift toward decriminalization.

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      Barbara Bogaev

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      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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