This is your brain on Drug War propaganda
If you want evidence that the American people have been bamboozled by the Drug War, just search the Web for “famous drug users.” Almost all of the “hits” will feature the judgmental term “addiction” (rather than “habituation” or “use”)...
Why American Drug Policy is Insane
First America takes away the citizens’ right to manage their own pain by rendering opium illegal. Then the American psychiatric field decides that it will treat the resultant epidemic of depression by damaging the patient’s brain, i.e. by treating...
Why Hollywood Owes Richard Nixon an Oscar
Hollywood owes Richard Nixon a posthumous Oscar. If the 37th president of the United States had not launched a paramilitary crackdown on the use of naturally-occurring substances in the early ‘70s, we would have no movies like the following:
American...
You are immortal. The drug war isn’t.
Recent research has clearly demonstrated that psychedelic inebriation is associated with decreased activity in the brain. That’s right: the more vivid the imagery and insights that you access in your “trip,” the less active the brain is. This is...
Legalise the supply and possession of psilocybin (magic mushrooms)
To Sarah Newton MP, minister for drugs:
We call on you to legalise the supply and possession of psilocybin ('magic') mushrooms.
Psilocybin-containing mushrooms have thousands of years of recorded human use. Studies indicate that they can leave people calmer, happier, kinder...
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