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In 2017, late Tanzanian President John Magufuli publicly declared a
war on drug users in Tanzania, an unprecedented change in policy in
a country leading harm-reduction initiatives in East Africa. In the
fall of 2018, Dane Degenstein travelled to Dar es Salaam to learn
about these policy changes from those directly impacted, on the
ground in Tanzania's largest city. The War on Drugs in Tanzania:
Prohibition and Punishment examines the impact of crackdowns on
people who use drugs and the impact of policy changes that curtail
progressive and humane approaches to improving services for drug
users. Degenstein explores how the Tanzanian government sidelined
donors and NGOs, undertook a project that directly impinged on
human rights, and produced narratives contributing to a global war
on drugs. Using the case study of Tanzania, Degenstein draws out
larger lessons on the continued international commitment to the war
on drugs, how old ideologies that see drug users as criminals and
failures continue to be produced, and how the war on drugs erases
the perspectives of drug users themselves. Focusing on the
experiences of drug activists themselves, the author argues for a
radical rethinking of global drug policy.
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