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Congress Tells the VA to Embrace Weed and Shrooms for Veterans
Byantiprohibit.org August 12, 2025

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…

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Heroin and Alcohol: The Hypocrisy of Our Policy of Prohibition of Opium
Byantiprohibit.org February 28, 2025

Heroin and Alcohol: One is a deadly, brain-rotting, violence-inducing poison. The other comes from a seed pod. If you’re a regular visitor of antiprohibit.org, you’ll know that we believe that drug prohibition isn’t compatible with American ideals. The most obvious of which are self-determinism, manifest destiny, personal liberty, bodily autonomy, and privacy. It has become…

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Rescheduling vs. Descheduling Substances: The Devil’s in the Details
Byantiprohibit.org July 3, 2024

Why “rescheduling” drugs won’t cut it. Descheduling is the way forward, but what’s the difference?

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Unmasking the Racism of Drug Prohibition: How Joe Biden’s 1994 Crime Bill Fueled Systemic Inequality
Byantiprohibit.org June 22, 2024

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…

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Up in Smoke: The Journey to Cannabis Law Reform
Byantiprohibit.org June 14, 2024

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…

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Why is the DEA teaching people how to make heroin?
Byantiprohibit.org April 28, 2024

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
Byantiprohibit.org February 5, 2024

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…

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Morality and Drug Use
Byantiprohibit.org January 20, 2024

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…

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