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There's a strange hypocrisy or at least contrast in view on his wikipedia page. In a paragraph it mentions his work with the DEA, his seminars and reference bo
by netcan 12y ago
There's a strange hypocrisy or at least contrast in view on his wikipedia page.
In a paragraph it mentions his work with the DEA, his seminars and reference books. Immediately below he's photographed in an erowid t-shirt and talk about his experiments with friends.
Every time I read an article or have a discussion even remotely related to this topic I feel like I have to fight back the urge to go into rants and platitudes. Even the path to effective decriminalization of marijuana (and perhaps later some psychedelics) through medicinal use is enraging.
It's like ending race based slavery on the grounds that the majority of slaves have some white ancestry.
- yebyen 12y agoHe was doing experiments that you can only do with a special permissions grant from the DEA. A chemist, he was bestowed with the rights to house and manufacture the chemicals that are on Schedule I (no source, sorry) and later, when it was more convenient for the DEA to discredit him, they drummed up some phony test results showing slightly elevated levels of mercury in the ground around his lab, and used this as an excuse to destroy his lab and revoke his certifications. I never heard of this person before he died, but I did read about him after that, and he was no friend to a tyrant, let me assure you. Spend some time reading other sources about him if you are really interested, I'm sure the Wiki article as they tend to do paints both pictures, but I think you'll find very few (individual) people with a single mind about him that didn't like him a whole lot.