Ever wondered how drugs work? If you’ve ever played with Legos, you might understand more biochemistry than you think!
Why “rescheduling” drugs won’t cut it. Descheduling is the way forward, but what’s the difference?
The COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid epidemic are two of the most significant public health crises in recent U.S. history, but their impacts and responses have been markedly different. While COVID-19 captured global attention with its rapid spread, the opioid epidemic has quietly become the leading cause of death among young adults in the country….
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 has been a…
Despite imprisoning the most people, the United States opioid epidemic has claimed more lives than soldiers who have died in combat since World War I.
Drug prohibition in the United States has long been criticized not only for its ineffectiveness and punitive nature but also for its deeply rooted racial biases. The 1994 Crime Bill, officially known as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, was a pivotal piece of legislation that exemplified how drug laws disproportionately target and…
Have you ever wondered what the difference between an “opiate” and an “opioid” is? Perhaps you’re curious as to what the practical difference between heroin and fentanyl is. Or, maybe you’re curious as to what a morphine glow feels like. You’ll find all of that (and more!) on this page. What’s the difference between an…
For years, cannabis enthusiasts have rallied for the right to light up without legal repercussions, and their efforts are finally bearing fruit. The push for cannabis law reform is sweeping across the globe, turning a once-taboo topic into a mainstream conversation. From state legislatures to coffee shop debates, the question is no longer “if” but…
Are you or someone you know struggling with active addiction? One addict’s advice on how to overcome it in five practical steps.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. ~ Thomas Jefferson The above quote is one of my…