During our event with Neil at Litteraturhuset the audience sent in questions for Neil. Thank you everyone who sent in such good questions. In this episode you will have Neil's response to every single question. A lot of the topics included in the lecture are also covered in the regular episode with Neil that can be found on this podcast (#40 - Revealing the Missing Link to Climate Justice: Drug Policy). For anything Neil did not talk about in the episode, he gives the context for during the Q&A, so if you didn't make it to the lecture, you are still able to follow. The following time stamps can be used to navigate the episodes to find the questions you are the most interested in: 0:00 - Start
0:58 - Do you get recognised by people you arrested as an undercover cop?
3:35 - Will organised crime take advantage of the police informant system to get rid of opponents and then introduce a new drug?
10:18 - Norway has become a transit country for cocaine, does that mean we have corrupt assets?
14:20 - Would it be a strategic investment for organized crime to fund right wing parties and politicians?
20:40 - Do organised crime influence politics to avoid steps toward regulating the illegal market.
22:27 - What is polluting about the actual cocaine refining process and is there less pollution in legal cocaine production?
22:50 - Does decriminalisation have any impact on organised crime?
35:25 - What does regulation mean? Does it mean we have to legalise cocaine?
41:13 - The economic arguments for regulating cocaine are compelling, but how should this be balanced with public health concerns?
51:04 - Why are politicians fact resistant when it comes to the failures of the war on drugs?
1:07:30 - Isn’t the real problem that we don’t have the same amount of money as organised crime?
1:12:06 - Why is Trump so vocal about blowing up boats accused of being part of drugs trafficking?
1:16:38 - Is there a connection between these organised crime groups and UK football violence?
1:19:10 - What can we do to help?
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Link to report: "Revealing the Missing Link to Climate Justice: Drug Policy" (2022) - https://www.healthpovertyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/REPORT-Revealing-the-Missing-Link-to-Climate-Justice-Drug-Policy.pdfLink to report "From Forest to Dust" (2025) . https://static1.squarespace.com/static/67066f2ebf7a0922d6d337d3/t/69034d15fc9fc112cccff630/1761824021518/20251028_From+Forest+to+Dust_V3.pdfLink to lecture at Litteraturhuset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bsIbnazqi0