How the Controlled Substances Act Hijacked Science and Criminalized Freedom
The United States didn’t “lose” the War on Drugs. It built the battlefield, rigged the rules, and then pretended the resulting carnage was an accident. At the center of this mess sits one law: the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970. It’s the legal backbone of U.S. drug prohibition — the scaffolding that props up…