Rescheduling vs. Descheduling Substances: The Devil’s in the Details
Why “rescheduling” drugs won’t cut it. Descheduling is the way forward, but what’s the difference?
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The Cost of Prohibition (Part I)
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.
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The Government is Creating Criminals and Profiteering Off of Their Destroyed Lives
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…
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Is the Increasing Potency of Opiods a Consequence of the Drug War?
Narcotics have been prohibited for more than 100 years, yet their strength keeps increasing. Is prohibition to blame?
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How to Avoid Being Scammed When Purchasing Drugs
If you’ve ever been the victim of a scam artist or been robbed or stolen from (in the drug world, we call that “getting beat”), you know how much it hurts. One minute, you’re excitedly contemplating the quality of the drugs you’re about to get, and the next, you’re sitting there with nothing but anger…
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The DEA Taught Me How to Make Dope
The DEA published detailed instructions on how to produce heroin.
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The Ineffectiveness of Drug Prohibition: A Scientific Analysis
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…
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What if alcohol were still prohibited?
It’s hard to imagine that there was a time when alcohol was illegal in the United States. In America, beer is almost synomyous with summer barbecues and good times. Absolut Vodka goes with clubs. Alcohol is associated with good times. Then, in 1920, prohibition reared its ugly head and began causing all sorts of problems,…
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Why is the DEA teaching people how to make heroin?
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…
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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…