Podcast
Massacres and Marijuana: Vietnam and the Drug War
Chris Calton explains how the US government escalated the War on Drugs at home, while serving as a drug runner in Southeast Asia.
Jacob Lindsey: NFL Hopeful from Harvard on Why He Loves Austrian Economics
Scott Horton on the Endless War in Afghanistan
The Great Depression, Jazz, and Harry Anslinger: The War on Drugs Before Nixon
Chris Calton details FDR's "Narcotic War".
Dave Smith: Libertarians and the Culture Wars
Culture, Coca-Cola, and the CIA: The History of Cocaine
In the fourth episode of Historical Controversies, Chris Calton traces the history of cocaine in the US.