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Drug Warriors Anonymous

a new group for those who have been brainwashed by drug war propaganda

by Brian Ballard Quass, the Drug War Philosopher

January 29, 2023



As a foe of the childish War on Drugs, I am always casting about for a way to really make a difference in ending this nightmare, and today I have hit upon an idea that I think could really make a difference -- with the help of people like yourself, that is. I hereby propose that Americans (and westerners in general) begin coming together in groups called 'Drug Warriors Anonymous,' to expose and discuss the many unacknowledged downsides of Drug War prohibition as well as the way in which we are all brainwashed on a daily basis by Drug War propaganda, first and foremost by the fact that positive stories about drug use are never published today in books, movies 1 2 and other media.

That's it. I cannot advocate that we get together to use drugs sensibly, thanks to drug laws, but I can suggest that we get together to 'hate on the Drug War' and clearly enunciate all the ways that it is destroying democracy and rendering life miserable -- even resulting in unnecessary suicides and shock therapy for the depressed who could have been cheered up by a wide variety of drugs that America prefers to demonize rather than to use for the benefit of humanity.

Any person who fears that such a group would quickly run out of topics is a person who does not understand the full injustice of the Drug War, how its hateful and childish ideology affects every aspect of American life. To get the cogs turning for those seeking to organize such get-togethers as I recommend under the title of 'Drug Warriors Anonymous,' here are some suggested topics for discussion.




These are just a few topics that come instantly to mind. Feel free to browse this website for many, many more suggestions. If your group is philosophically inclined, they might want to discuss a series of meetings to discuss the following topic: 'How scientists collaborate with the War on Drugs by insisting that materialist scientists are the experts when it comes to mind and mood medicine.'

Hint: They collaborate by insisting that all drug benefits be established on a quantifiable basis -- which means, in practical terms, that they are blind to all glaringly obvious benefits of drug use. Soma 5 inspired the Hindu religion and laughing gas 6 makes the depressed -- and everybody else -- laugh, and yet our materialists will agree with the DEA that these substances have no positive uses whatsoever? Why? Because of their inhumane philosophy of behaviorism, which tells them that all that counts is quantifiable data.

Please, get started today. Hold a meeting for Drug Warriors Anonymous in your neighborhood. Let me know how it goes. Contact Brian @ quass@quass.com.



Here's the recording of one possible meeting of Drug Warriors Anonymous.







Notes:

1: Glenn Close but no cigar DWP (up)
2: Running with the torture loving DEA DWP (up)
3: Freedom of Religion and the War on Drugs DWP (up)
4: Drug Testing and the Christian Science Inquisition DWP (up)
5: Blue Tide: The Search for Soma: a philosophical review of the book by Mike Jay DWP (up)
6: Forbes Magazine's Laughable Article about Nitrous Oxide DWP (up)








Ten Tweets

against the hateful war on US




The benefits of outlawed drugs read like the ultimate wish-list for psychiatrists. It's a shame that so many of them are still mounting a rear guard action to defend their psychiatric pill mill -- which demoralizes clients by turning them into lifetime patients.

Someone needs to create a group called Drug Warriors Anonymous, a place where Americans can go to discuss their right to mind and mood medicine and to discuss the many ways in which our society trashes godsend medicines.

There would be almost no recidivism for those trying to get off drugs if all drugs were legal. Then we could use a vast variety of drugs to get us through those few hours of late-night angst that are the bane of the recidivist.

The drug war has created a whole film genre with the same tired plots: drug-dealing scumbags and their dupes being put in their place by the white Anglo-Saxon establishment, which has nothing but contempt for altered states.

Imagine the Vedic people shortly after they have discovered soma. Everyone's ecstatic -- except for one oddball. "I'm not sure about these experiences," says he. "I think we need to start dissecting the brains of our departed adherents to see what's REALLY going on in there."

Prohibitionists have nothing to say about all other dangerous activities: nothing about hunting, free climbing, hang-gliding, sword swallowing, free diving, skateboarding, sky-diving, chug-a-lug competitions, chain-smoking. Their "logic" is incoherent.

In the 19th century, poets got together to use opium "in a series of magnificent quarterly carouses" (as per author Richard Middleton). When we outlaw drugs, we outlaw free expression.

We need a Controlled Prohibitionists Act, to get psychiatric help for the losers who think that prohibition makes sense despite its appalling record of causing civil wars overseas and devastating inner cities.

Even when laudanum was legal in the UK, pharmacists were serving as moral adjudicators, deciding for whom they should fill such prescriptions. That's not a pharmacist's role. We need an ABC-like set-up in which the cashier does not pry into my motives for buying a substance.

I'm interested in CBD myself, because I want to gain benefits at times without experiencing intoxication. So I think it's great. But I like it as part of an overall strategy toward mental health. I do not think of CBD, as some do, as a way to avoid using naughty drugs.


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