We need to change the narrative around substances, their use and abuse. Addiction is not a personal failure but a coping mechanism in the face of trauma and fa

We need to change the narrative around substances, their use and abuse. Addiction is not a personal failure but a coping mechanism in the face of trauma and failed social contracts. Drug enforcement is a tool of selective oppression and unchecked profit for many actors, from enforcement agencies to incarceration. Prisoners are extremely expensive in tax money, and are treated inhumanely + used for forced labor. We as society seem to be happy to pay very high cost, including in money, to treat people horribly. Prohibition is the main reason for substance prices to be high enough to support a powerful structure of organized crime which permeates and corrupts our society. Money continues to be the major force behind policy changes in the US and until we make corruption illegal (lobbying and campaign finance are out of control), our politicians and laws will serve corruption.