Everything You've Been Told About Drug Addiction Is Wrong

Everything you thought you knew about addiction is wrong – and your government is lying to you.
These are the secrets Johann Hari believes underpin the "catastrophic failure" of the global war on drugs.

There are places that have tried what your government is doing and all those places saw addiction get worse.
Johann Hari.

The author and drug reformer says there is no greater example of this failure than Australia's battle with ice.
"What Australians have been told about ice is really misleading and wrong and the solutions you are being offered will make the problem worse," he told Fairfax Media.
"Methamphetamine addiction is a real tragedy but we have to step back and look at the facts. Only 15 per cent of people who use ice will become addicted. That's about the same rate as alcohol."

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