Click the link above to listen! American Top 40: Drug War Edition!
Science knows nothing of the human spirit and of the hopes and dreams of humankind. Science cannot tell us whether a given drug risk is worthwhile given the human need for creativity and passion in their life. Science has no expertise in making such philosophical judgements.
The DEA is still saying that psilocybin has no medical uses and is addictive. They should be put on trial for crimes against humanity for using such lies to keep people from using the gifts of Mother Nature.
That's how antidepressants came about: the idea that sadness was a simple problem that science could solve. Instead of being caused by a myriad of interrelated issues, we decided it was all brain chemistry that could be treated with precision. Result? Mass chemical dependency.
Drug prohibition is a caustic lye that destroys every democratic freedom that it comes in contact with.
"The depression lifted from my mind like the sun coming out of the clouds." -- Arthur Crowley after using cocaine
America is an "arrestocracy" thanks to the war on drugs.
The massive use of plea deals lets prosecutors threaten drug suspects into giving up their rights to a fair trial.
After over a hundred years of prohibition, America has developed a kind of faux science in which despised substances are completely ignored. This is why Sci Am is making a new argument for shock therapy in 2023, because they ignore all the stuff that OBVIOUSLY cheers one up.
Someday the world will realize that Freud's real achievement was his discovery of the depression-busting power of cocaine.
The DEA should be put on trial for crimes against humanity for withholding godsend medicine from the depressed. Here is just one typical drug-user report that appeared in "Pihkal": "A glimpse of what true heaven is supposed to feel like..."
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