Politics

America’s war on drugs was designed to fail…

*Distribution of Federal prisoners in the United States since 1950 ​ In the face of this [overdose] crisis, Jeff Sessions has re-declared the war on drugs, a five-decade old boondoggle that civil-rights organizations, economists and even some law-enforcement groups believe to be discredited by years of failure. The war on drugs has already cost U.S.…

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Politics

‘America’s war on drugs’: Inside new mini-series exposing hypocrisy of U.S. drug policy

“America is more addicted to drug money than they are addicted to drugs.” -former DEA agent named Celerino Castillo “We have a [current] administration … promising to bring back the War on Drugs’ most draconian policies, including mandatory sentencing laws,” Lappé says. “Policies that most experts on all ends of the spectrum agree do little…

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Politics

Local authorities profit from ‘drug war’

Government policies are clear, and they encourage local police to allow drugs to flow on the streets. Here’s why: If the police seize drugs, they have to destroy them. If the police seize cash they get to keep it. This is a huge incentive for cash-strapped police departments to allow drugs to be “liquidated” –…

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Science

Change, grow, live

We recognise that entering structured treatment is not always possible, or even desired by some individuals, and these people would be most likely to benefit from Safer Consumption Rooms. While we are not currently looking to establish any facilities of this nature, we would certainly be open to working with any of our commissioners who…

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Anthropology

Risks associated with combining Bufo Alvarius with ayahuasca

The fact that there is no Indigenous group that is known to combine these compounds orally – despite their widespread availability and the broad knowledge surrounding them throughout the Amazon – is a good indicator that caution should be used when combining them. Pharmacological studies have shown that at least one harmalinic compound (THH-tetrahydroharmine), as…

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