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Cato Video • July 30, 2015 

# Designer Drugs: A New Futile Front in the War on Illegal Drugs? 

View the full event: [https://​www​.cato​.org/​e​v​e​n​t​s​/​d​e​s​i​g​n​e​r​-​d​r​u​g​s​-​n​e​w​-​f​u​t​i​l​e​-​f​r​o​n​t​-​w​a​r​-​i​l​l​e​g​a​l​-​drugs](https://www.cato.org/events/designer-drugs-new-futile-front-war-illegal-drugs) 

News organizations have recently documented the proliferation of synthetic or “designer” drugs that produce physical and psychological effects similar to those of traditional mind-altering substances such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. Cato senior fellow Ted Galen Carpenter will discuss his recent study on synthetic drugs.

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##### [Ted Galen Carpenter](/people/ted-galen-carpenter)

Former Senior Fellow, Cato Institute