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The drug war is based on two huge lies: 1) that there are no upsides to drug use, and 2) that there are no downsides to prohibition. More at abolishthedea.com.
When employers say piss, Americans ask, 'How Much?'
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A Principle-Driven Approach to Ending Drug Prohibition
an open letter to American academics
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Pundits tell us that there are medical reasons not to "snort" cocaine. So what? There are medical reasons not to drive a car: you may have an accident. The question is: does cocaine use or car driving make sense in a given case! Details matter!
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In America, they save the depressed from cocaine and opium by turning them into patients for life with dependence-causing "meds." Now 30-year-old doctors get to treat 67-year-olds like children, with new visits every damn three months.
07.11.2025 04:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Hidden Drug War Prejudices of Modern Authors
an open letter to Andrew Monteith, author of Christian Nationalism and the Birth of the War on Drugs
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I come not to praise coca but to use it
(for improving my health, that is)
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Amazing. Conservatives say they're against Big Government -- but they let bureaucrats decide what medicines they can use.
04.11.2025 19:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We give kids drugs to improve their concentration -- but if adults use drugs to improve their concentration, we throw them in jail.
04.11.2025 19:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0More on Jeffrey Singer's great book:
Your Body, Your Health Care
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More on Melvin Sheldrake and drugs.
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Addiction is a political term -- updated
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The Impact of Drug War Propaganda on Legalization Advocates
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Helping the Elderly with Drugs - update
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The Depressing Truth about SSRIs -- update
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How the Justice Department uses drug prohibition to outlaw religions.
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I only wish we could turn our drunkards into opium smokers. If the change would only save those wretched wives and their helpless children from ill-treatment by their husbands and fathers, we should have secured one valuable end. -- William Brereton
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When is the medical industry going to stand up to the beer-bellied prohibitionists and remind them that the right to heal is a basic human right?
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Cocaine in the Cockpit
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Ten Trips -- thoughts on Andy Mitchell's book about psychedelics
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Shut Up and Take Your Meds!
(update)
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How Drug Prohibition Turns Adults into Children
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Prohibition is the Problem, Not Drugs UPDATE
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45 rpm record: 'O Say Can You See?' by The Drug War Philosopher
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24.10.2025 17:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Incredible! This guy frets about giving the depressed access to time-honored medicines beloved of Freud and Ben Franklin-- yet he is absolutely blind to the hideous downsides of today's psychiatric drugs! abolishthedea.com/our_short_si...
24.10.2025 17:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Self-interested doctors scared us into outlawing the sacred plant of the Incas, and the depressed have been paying for it ever since. abolishthedea.com/the_drug_war...
24.10.2025 15:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Most drug pundits have NO IDEA about the true evils of drug prohibition, and that includes DJ Nutt, Michael Pollan, and Rick Strassman.
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Dear DJ Nutt: Prohibition is the problem, not DRUGS!
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What drug use could tell us about the rationalist triumphalism of Immanuel Kant
(at least in a world in which academics were still free)
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Bullet-riddled sign in slum reading: 'Pardon our drug prohibition'
21.10.2025 22:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Time to Exterminate Hippopotami UPDATE
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