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And, it could undermine the last few decades of anti-drug propagandizing by the government, DARE, etc. If the government can't justify its War On Drugs, the bil
by spiralganglion 15y ago
And, it could undermine the last few decades of anti-drug propagandizing by the government, DARE, etc. If the government can't justify its War On Drugs, the billions of dollars funding it[1] would have to go somewhere else, and I'm sure the military (and other recipients of this budget) would rather keep that cash flowing.
I'm completely with you. These hallucinogenics have a growing mountain of scientific evidence pointing to their substantial, measurable, repeatable benefits. It's a crying shame that they're still being lumped in with the other destructive, unhealthy, justifiably illegal substances.
[1] http://www.drugsense.org/cms/wodclock http://www.drugsense.org/cms/wodclock
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- JoshTriplett 15y agoConsider how many of those problems would go away. Drugs fund crime because drugs are crime; drugs fund organized crime because getting them from point A to point B requires an organized network.
- Scaevolus 15y agoPeople will abuse drugs whether or not they're legal. Organized crime will profit off of drugs as long as they're not legal.
- philwelch 15y agoMuch of this scientific evidence--enough to incite further research and almost enough to put the lie to the "no currently accepted medical use" criterion for Schedule I drugs--is decades old and often predated prohibition.