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: Hari highlights the work of scientist Bruce Alexander, who discovered that rats in a "happy" cage with friends and toys shunned drug-laced water , while isolated rats in bare cages became addicted. This led to Hari's famous conclusion that "the opposite of addiction is not sobriety; it's connection".

The "war" didn't start with a focus on health, but rather with a specific target. In 1939, Billie Holiday stood on a stage in New York and sang a powerful protest song about lynchings in the South. Tras el grito - Johann Hari.epub

: Even after her release, Anslinger continued to pursue her. When Holiday was eventually hospitalized, dying of liver and heart failure, Anslinger's agents handcuffed her to her hospital bed and arrested her for drug possession after allegedly planting heroin on her. She died while under arrest in that hospital bed at only 44 years old. Other Key Stories from Tras el grito : Hari highlights the work of scientist Bruce

: The story of how Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, choosing to spend money on housing and jobs for addicts instead of prison—a move that saw addiction and overdose rates plummet. In 1939, Billie Holiday stood on a stage

: Anslinger , who held deeply racist views and hated jazz, assigned a Black agent named Jimmy Fletcher to stalk her for two years to find a way to arrest her. Fletcher eventually found her using drugs, and she was sentenced to a year in prison.