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“If we legalize drugs, addiction will skyrocket, crime will explode, and society will collapse.” That’s the prohibitionist greatest hit. You’ve heard variations a thousand times: drugs “destroy communities,” “ruin families,” and “turn cities into war zones.” The implied solution is always the same: criminalize, punish, and police our way to safety. Here’s the reality: the…
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Congress Tells the VA to Embrace Weed and Shrooms for Veterans
As summer appropriations season kicked off, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee quietly dropped a bombshell in its report on the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilConVA) spending bill: Maybe let veterans use cannabis and psychedelics. The July 21, 2025 report acknowledges that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has concurred with a Department of Health and Human Services…
The Financial Burden of Prohibition
The numbers are in… … and the news isn’t good Few things make less financial sense for a business than investing in ideas that don’t work. If finances are being used in a way that doesn’t make money directly, then it is almost always the case that there is a moral reason for such discretionary…
My Dream for America
It seems like every time I look at the internet, I see more bad news. It’s everywhere. Palestine attacking Israel. Vladimir Putin attacking Ukraine. Joe Biden attacking, well, Americans. So, instead of wallowing in all of this negativity, I decided to do something else. I decided to envision the type of world I want to…
The DEA Isn’t Broken – It’s Failing Intentionally
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was founded in 1973 under the guise of fighting drug trafficking and abuse. But after more than 50 years, trillions of dollars, and millions of arrests, drug markets remain as strong as ever. If the DEA were to succeed in its mission, it would eventually put itself out of a…
When “Responsible Prescribing” Becomes Cruelty
BytomThere is a quiet, growing practice in modern medicine that deserves a name. Not a euphemism. Not a press-friendly acronym. A name that fits. It is the deliberate denial of pain relief to post-operative patients.It is cruel, barbaric, and stunningly dishonest. Under the banner of “curbing opioid abuse,” some surgeons are now performing invasive procedures—real…