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…
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…
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…
Is using substances immoral, and if so, where should the line be drawn? Are certain substances acceptable? How about certain amounts? What’s the difference between “problematic substance use”, “substance abuse”, and drinking? Join us as we unpack one of the most convoluted and ill-defined issues of our time. Drugs are Bad, mmm’kay? This is the…