It is 100 years since prohibition came into force in the US - outlawing the sale of alcohol. It was derided as a public policy disaster and eventually overturned. But does banning things ever work?

Guests:

Niamh Eastwood

Chief Executive of Release

Axel Klein

Social Anthropologist

Dr. Jan Carney

Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont

Frank Furedi

Sociologist

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