Billie Holliday’s Strange Fruit was one of the inspirations for the Drug War coming out of the failed prohibition against alcohol in America. How Harry Anslinger molded the drug war out of his racist hatred against Billie Holiday, and how that misguided effort has destroyed millions of lives is discussed with CHASING THE SCREAM author Johann Hari in this highlight from the Lip News Interview, hosted by Jackie Koppell.
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