This academic article reveals how criminalizing the opium poppy turned medicine into crisis—and how legal cultivation could end the opioid epidemic once and for all. Lessons from Portugal, Switzerland, and history show: prohibition kills, cultivation heals.
Abstract: Drug prohibition has been a cornerstone of global drug policy for decades. However, mounting evidence suggests that this approach is not only ineffective but also counterproductive in addressing drug-related issues. This article provides a comprehensive scientific analysis of why drug prohibition is failing to achieve its intended goals and proposes alternative strategies for mitigating…
by Gabriel Chance “The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana…
If the United States were to legalize heroin and other natural or semisynthetic opioids, the benefit to society would be enormous. Aside from alcohol, psychoactive drugs have been in a state of full or partial prohibition for over 100 years. The results have been disastrous for the country. In the time it takes to read…
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.