By Any Means Necessary

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Matt Sutton, Director of Media Relations for the Drug Policy Alliance to discuss the group's successful drive to pass the country's first full drug decriminalization ballot initiative in Oregon, why the transition from criminalizing those in possession to directing them towards non-compulsory treatment services should begin to eliminate the racist disparities in drug enforcement, and what's next for the decriminalization movement in this country.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kambale Musavuli with the Centre for Research on the Congo to discuss the resignation of the prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo following a vote of no confidence, the meeting between DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and Chinese Foreign MInister Wang Yi, and why attempts to describe Chinese government involvement in Africa as akin to US imperialism are so off the mark.Later in the show, Sean and Jac