Danny Kushlick - Beneficiaries and Benefactors: Winners and Losers in the Post-Prohibition World

Global drug prohibition is characterized as a failing, state-driven catastrophe with no benefit to citizens. Existing policies are driven by five key forces: nature, the state, government, citizens, and human behavior. These forces interact to maintain a dysfunctional system that treats drug use as an existential threat to humanity rather than a public health issue. Ultimately, prohibition persists despite its destructive nature because it serves specific state and geopolitical interests, effectively turning organized crime groups and governments into beneficiaries of the current status quo.