Philosopher Antonio Escohotado dies at 80

The philosopher Antonio Escohotado has passed away this Sunday in Ibiza at age 80, according to the newspaper ‘El País’.

The essayist and university professor, born in 1941, became popular for his work ‘General history of drugs‘and was a regular on TV talk shows.

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To Ibiza, the island where he died, he arrived in 1970 with a civil servant position and there founded the Amnesia nightclub.

The writer served a two-year prison sentence in Albacete prison after being involved in a history of drug trafficking with the Corsican-Marsella mafia.

Reference-www.elperiodico.com

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