It’s not because they don’t know that it’s roughly 50 times stronger. It’s because it doesn’t get them as high. PLUS: Ways you can avoid accidentally ODing. Inside ➡️
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This title isn’t clickbait. The government organization that has been entrusted with keeping drugs off our streets has detailed instructions online, that anyone can access, detailing how to grow opium, isolate the active alkaloids in it, and then convert those into pure heroin. This would be humorous if they weren’t locking people up as we…
Ever wondered how drugs work? If you’ve ever played with Legos, you might understand more biochemistry than you think!
It’s no secret that despite our extensive technological advances over the last century, our knowledge of addiction remains woefully unexplored. This disparity is only made starker by the fact that, unfortunately, the most effective means of severe or chronic pain treatment still remains a steady supply of highly addictive drugs. Recently, I met a man,…
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 Cost As of 2023, the United States’ national debt has reached an astounding $34 trillion. This enormous figure reflects years of ineffective, wasteful fiscal policies, economic fluctuations, and substantial spending, particularly on the War on Drugs. Nixon’s war was aimed at reducing illegal drug use through strict enforcement and prohibition, but the result…
Drug Prohibition isn’t working, and it’s hurting everyone, especially marginalized communities. Join us as we take a deep dive into the effects of this harmful policy.
