Akwasi Owusu-Bempah
Associate professor of sociology and race equity lead at the Center on Drug Policy Evaluation, focusing on race, crime, and drug policy and co-author of Waiting to Inhale.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 26min
Was the War on Drugs the Worst Policy Failure in American History?
Carl Hart, Columbia neuroscientist who studies responsible adult drug use. Tahira Rehmatullah, entrepreneur in the cannabis industry and advocate for inclusion. Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, sociologist focused on race and drug policy. They discuss how prohibition functions as social control, the need for expungement and reinvestment, opening cannabis industry access, and reframing recreational use and harm reduction.
