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He was in a treatment program for marijuana. Most would agree that marijuana is portrayed by the US government and its law enforcement as being far more dangero
by ditonal 14y ago
He was in a treatment program for marijuana. Most would agree that marijuana is portrayed by the US government and its law enforcement as being far more dangerous than it actually is. I wonder if someone who hears this portrayal of marijuana and realizes it's inaccurate also questions our government's accuracy when characterizing other more dangerous drugs like bath salts. If he had checked less biased sources like Erowid, he might have learned that he wouldn't be the first person to have a terrible experience with MDPV.
Also I liked the following quote:
“It's so hard to understand how something sold over the counter can result in death,” Julie Sanders said. “I can't grasp it, I just still can't grasp that thought.”
I guess she's not too familiar with Aspirin.
Drug education in the United States is dangerously flawed.
- zafka 14y agoI agree with your sentiment on the second point, but a better example would be acetaminophen.
- makomk 14y agoI believe part of the problem with "bath salts" and other quasi-legal drugs is that it's impossible to characterize how dangerous they actually are. The government keeps outlawing the existing formulations and the sellers keep coming up with new formulations using tweaked molecular structures, so no formulation stays on the market for long enough to get a good idea of its effects.