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Drug policy change to MDMA welcome

Is this another case of hippies yet again, having found another way, another substance, who are now getting run over by Big Pharma and Capitalism because if rebranded leads down a yellow brick road made of money? Is this the start of a another new wave once exclusive to Dr Feel Good’s ticket to a magical mystery tour?

Weed is being legalised or at least decriminalised. So much of  what was once declared evil is now being rinsed and cleansed again. Will we see coke put back into Coca Cola? Coca Cola wishes it would I’m sure.

Just a flip and systemic relabelling and what was pure evil becomes a medicinal godsend to be paid for at far far far higher prices. Insulin is almost beyond the reach of diabetics in the USA. Smuggled in from Canada because there it’s on the National Health program. Get to Cuba and its almost free. It amplifies the difference in degree between the values of three different economic systems and their goals because in the USA the price is only affordable to the rich and connected.

Welcomed by many in the medical community, the Federal Government recently announced the rescheduling of MDMA and psilocybin for treating PTSD and treatment-resistant depression, writes David McIlveen.

Source: Drug policy change to MDMA welcome

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How microdosing LSD is leading scientists to tackle ‘creative enhancers of choice’

Microdosing is an experimental trend of taking minute doses of illicit, psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, regularly to sharpen the mind.

Non-addictive, Life Changing, Politically Dangerous, the 70s, Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out Drug, is getting a second chance at life, along with Ecstasy, Mushrooms and other nonaddictive substances. Why were they thought to be so dangerous in the first place?

Multinational corporations had no control over their sales and they were proving to be safer and more beneficial than the drugs marketed legally. Worse formed a less competitive and divisive relationship between young people and the government. Make love not war had revolutionary potential according to Nixon.  A myth expressing personal harm was needed and created by Richard Nixon with his “War on Drugs” and the political dominoes followed him worldwide.

It seems today that multinational corporations see new marketing opportunities in controlling the distribution of these once illicit substances found in nature and which are still very much in demand. Marijuana was the first to be legalized, once again allowing the promotion of its benefits promoted. After all the marketing of oxycodone and other addictives like tobacco and alcohol is waning no longer seen as positive. How do you market Ice, and crystal meth into the future with their genuine tendency to drive anti-social behaviours.

Five years ago Christina*, a 43-year-old professional who worked in the book industry, started taking tiny amounts of LSD most mornings for four months.

Although the doses of the illicit substance were too small to induce hallucinogenic trips, Christina claims it had a significant impact on her anxiety, concentration and experience of life.

Source: How microdosing LSD is leading scientists to tackle ‘creative enhancers of choice’

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Canada’s drug experiment could work here. This is why

The criminalisation of drugs creates stigma towards people who use them.

The Canadian government’s announcement that it will trial decriminalisation of drugs in British Columbia for three years may seem radical to some outside observers, but for those of us in the alcohol and other drug field, it’s been a long time coming.

Source: Canada’s drug experiment could work here. This is why

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Canadian province to decriminalise cocaine, opioids and ecstasy

Cocaine, for personal use, will be temporarily decriminalised next year in British Columbia.

Vancouver, British Columbia: Canada’s government has announced it will allow the province of British Columbia to try a three-year experiment in decriminalising possession of small amounts of drugs, hoping it will ease the fear of arrest by those who need help and stem a record number of overdose deaths.

Source: Canadian province to decriminalise cocaine, opioids and ecstasy

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Pfizer refuses to share vaccine knowledge as it announces $US36 billion in vaccine revenue – Michael West Media

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While rich countries like Australia are reaching 80% or more double vaccination rates, less than 5% of people in many low income countries have received COVID-19 vaccines. Millions are dying while new more infectious strains of the virus develop, reports Patricia Ranald.

Source: Pfizer refuses to share vaccine knowledge as it announces $US36 billion in vaccine revenue – Michael West Media

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Psychedelics can change humanity for the better. It’s time to unlock their power | Rick Doblin | The Guardian

‘Evidence indicates that psychedelic use is associated with pro-social, personal growth benefits including increased nature relatedness, potentiating conflict resolution and sustaining compassion among first responders.’

Last year, Oregon became the first US state to decriminalize the possession of most drugs and to create a legal system for supervised psilocybin experiences. California, Vermont and Hawaii are actively considering new legal frameworks for psychedelics; Texas is directing state funding to research. In the face of an epidemic of veteran suicide, the US veterans administration is hosting small psychedelic-assisted therapy trials. Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle support federal funding. Lawmakers, regulators, funders, insurance providers and therapists who take a clear-eyed look at the research may be surprised to find their fears dissolving.

Source: Psychedelics can change humanity for the better. It’s time to unlock their power | Rick Doblin | The Guardian

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Purdue Pharma Spent Over $1.2 Million on Lobbying

A coalition of survivors and advocacy groups are seen staging a die-in protest outside of The United States Bankruptcy Court, to call out the United States justice system for failing to hold the billionaire Sackler Family to account, in White Plains, N.Y. on Aug. 9, 2021.

At the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy trial that began Thursday, Judge Robert Drain is widely expected to approve a proposed settlement of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy that would release members of the billionaire Sackler family, the company’s owners, from all current and future opioid-related civil claims.

Source: Purdue Pharma Spent Over $1.2 Million on Lobbying

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As Overdoses Reach New Highs, Messaging on Addiction Needs More Nuance | Washington Monthly
Homeless Depressed Man Sitting in Cold Subway Tunnel

While Portugal fixes it’s drug problems. The LNP have allowed ourselves to become a carbon copy of America in every way and it’s cost lives (ODT)

Now is a good time to do some rethinking. Soon there will be new directors of key federal agencies with major public outreach responsibilities — the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration the Office of National Drug Control Policy (aka the office of the Drug Czar). We urge them and the Biden Administration to heed this insight on shaping public opinion about addiction and its treatment.

As Overdoses Reach New Highs, Messaging on Addiction Needs More Nuance | Washington Monthly
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‘The war on drugs failed’: California lawmaker will push to decriminalize psychedelics | US news | The Guardian
A California lawmaker plans to take on the arduous battle to decriminalize psychedelics in the state.

The movement to reform drug policy celebrated a number of victories in the recent election, with voters across America opting to legalize marijuana and decriminalize narcotics in an unprecedented overhaul.

‘The war on drugs failed’: California lawmaker will push to decriminalize psychedelics | US news | The Guardian
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The White Plague, by Giles Corey – The Unz Review

Arthur Sackler and his widow

The Anti- Semitism of Right-Wing White Christian Addiction and Nazi thought in the USA. Overlooks the fact America’s Capitalism was based on the backs of Addiction  and a drive to make it grow not Judaism alone. Finance in America is based on Addictions of all sort and given the money has run out Debt.(ODT)

No, the birth of the White Plague was largely iatrogenic, meaning “brought forth from the healer,” as legally prescribed OxyContin gave way to an opioid sea, as waves of oxycodone, hydrocodone, heroin, and fentanyl crested and crashed ashore, consuming our nation in its wake.

The White Plague is the handiwork of an irredeemably evil pharmaceutical industry, aided by innumerable pharmacists and physicians who both wittingly and unwittingly served as its facilitators and footsoldiers. However, if we peek behind the curtains of the great monolith of Big Pharma, we find the true culprits, the names and faces of the demons who deliberately crafted, planned, and inseminated the White Plague — the New York Jews known as the Sackler family, the patriarch of which was the architect of Big Pharma itself. Just as the Great Recession of 2008 provided us with a glimpse of the Jewish corruption of the American financial system into a malevolent oligarchy of organized crime, the tale of the Sacklers’ rise to power, of the Jewish perversion of the pharmaceutical industry, provides us with an incredible glimpse into the Jewish coup of the twentieth century, into the Jewish corrosion of every single one of our

via The White Plague, by Giles Corey – The Unz Review

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America’s Drug War Is Ruining the World | The Nation

Hit by a surge of heroin abuse during the 1980s, Portugal’s government first reacted with repression that, as everywhere else on the planet, did little to stanch rising drug abuse, crime, and infection. Gradually, a network of medical professionals across the country adopted harm-reduction measures that would provide a striking record of proven success. After two decades of this ad hoc trial, in 2001 Portugal decriminalized the possession of all illegal drugs, replacing incarceration with counseling and producing a sustained drop in HIV and hepatitis infections.

via America’s Drug War Is Ruining the World | The Nation

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Goodbye counterculture: what will happen when weed goes corporate? | World news | The Guardian

It is big corporations, not small independent producers, who will reap the benefits of cannabis legalization in Canada – but what will that mean for musicians and artists?

via Goodbye counterculture: what will happen when weed goes corporate? | World news | The Guardian

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Inside Tasmania’s drug trade: Bikies, dealers and addicts caught in ‘insidious web’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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I cuts across the class divide

People in Tasmania’s drug trade say it has never been easier to access illicit drugs, with end-to-end encrypted messaging services and the dark web helping users and sellers organise deals.

Data suggests the proportion of Tasmanian drug users taking ice over less concentrated forms of methamphetamine, like speed, has risen dramatically.

And a top investigator warns technology is making ice more available than ever before.

via Inside Tasmania’s drug trade: Bikies, dealers and addicts caught in ‘insidious web’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Cannabis: A Lost History (FULL DOCUMENTARY)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Cannabis has hit the headlines recently due to legalisation in many States across the US, however, prior to the legalisation, it was only illegal for a few short decades and was prescribed in many western countries up until the 1970s.”  That triggered a huge Global Criminal Industry bigger than Prohibition. ( OD )

Cannabis: A Lost History (FULL DOCUMENTARY)

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Sewer Water Reveals Which Cities In Europe Take The Most Drugs | IFLScience

 

A freshly published report from the EU drugs agency EMCDDA has used this inventive method to determine the patterns of drug use in 56 cities in 19 European countries, namely looking for concentrations of amphetamine, cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), and methamphetamine in a city’s wasteway. This data, combined with the area’s population and the flow of water, can provide researchers with some clues about a population’s drugs habits.

via Sewer Water Reveals Which Cities In Europe Take The Most Drugs | IFLScience

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California marijuana dispensaries open to recreational buyers for first time – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A close-up photo shows someone counting through money to buy marijuana.

Key points:

  • Marijuana has been legal for medicinal purposes in California since 1996
  • New Year’s Day marked the first time it was able to be bought and sold for recreational use
  • Confusion over licensing laws has left dispensaries around the state in limbo

via California marijuana dispensaries open to recreational buyers for first time – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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FDA Says Ecstasy Is ‘Breakthrough’ Drug For PTSD Patients | Crooks and Liars

If only we had a forward-looking federal government to research uses for more illegal drugs.

Source: FDA Says Ecstasy Is ‘Breakthrough’ Drug For PTSD Patients |

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Drugs: Cannabis country, heroin fix and India’s addicts | India | Al Jazeera

At least 15.3 million people have drug use disorders As of 2014 there were 230 million drug users worldwide Americans use around two-thirds of illegal drugs worldwide Injecting drug use is reported in 148 countries Of those 120 report HIV infection among this populationSources: WHO, Michael’s house

Source: Drugs: Cannabis country, heroin fix and India’s addicts | India | Al Jazeera

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Australian Drug Policy: ‘hypocrisy’ is not a strong enough word – » The Australian Independent Media Network

By James Moylan The 3.6 million dollar study testing the sewage in our capital cities for illegal drugs is simply more disinformation and bullshit. Let’s revisit the results from this study and consider them rationally. The study indicates that in Australia the use of alcohol is equivalent to 1.2 drinks PER PERSON per day. Yet…

Source: Australian Drug Policy: ‘hypocrisy’ is not a strong enough word – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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More than 20 people treated for drug overdoses at Melbourne dance party ‘awash with drugs’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

More than 20 people are taken to hospital, many in a critical condition, after overdosing on drugs at a dance party in Melbourne.

Source: More than 20 people treated for drug overdoses at Melbourne dance party ‘awash with drugs’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Legal marijuana sales in US ‘bigger than dot-com boom’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

New figures put North America’s legal marijuana green rush above the dot-com boom in terms of industry growth.

Source: Legal marijuana sales in US ‘bigger than dot-com boom’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Amphetamine abuse surges, half seeking help for addiction admit to using drug: report – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A record number of Australians are addicted to amphetamines like ice, with half of those seeking help for addiction using the drug, according to a report by a drug rehabilitation organisation.

Source: Amphetamine abuse surges, half seeking help for addiction admit to using drug: report – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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How the desire for masculinity might drive some disadvantaged young men to substance abuse

Awareness of social factors, such as society’s perpetuation of masculinity, are critical to understanding the interconnections between trauma, disadvantage and substance abuse in young men.

Source: How the desire for masculinity might drive some disadvantaged young men to substance abuse

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New Study Reveals Marijuana Use Among Teenagers In The United States Has Reduced As States Legalize The Plant AnonHQ

Since 1996, 24 US states and the District of Columbia (DC) have approved medical use of marijuana. In the states of Colorado, Washington, Alaska, Oregon and DC recreational use is also legal. These moves towards permissiveness, even where possession of the drug is restricted to …

Source: New Study Reveals Marijuana Use Among Teenagers In The United States Has Reduced As States Legalize The Plant AnonHQ

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Which Substance Is Your Country Addicted to? | IFLScience

For thousands of years, drugs have been a fundamental part of culture, society, and the human experience. Even as we zip into the current age of technological growth and boundless information, a surprising amount of the world is still viewed through a mind-altered haze. Statistics on the world’s drug use provides interesting insight into how we view these habits and how we try to tackle abuse of these substances.

Source: Which Substance Is Your Country Addicted to? | IFLScience

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Drugs are destructive – but criminalisation has proven to be worse – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Society’s puritanical blindness to the near-universal drive to get intoxicated has come at the cost of young people’s lives. It doesn’t need to be like this.

Source: Drugs are destructive – but criminalisation has proven to be worse – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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What’s The Most Dangerous Drug In The World? | IFLScience

What is the most dangerous drug in the world? This sounds like a relatively simple question: Surely it’s the one most likely to kill you, right? As it turns out, it depends on a multitude of things, from the individual risk to the owner to the wider risk to society – and perception plays a large part.

Source: What’s The Most Dangerous Drug In The World? | IFLScience

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Saudi Prince Caught Smuggling Tons Of ISIS’ Favorite Drug At Beirut Airport AnonHQ

Saudi Prince Caught Smuggling Tons Of ISIS’ Favorite Drug At Beirut Airport

Saudi prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz and four others were detained by Beirut airport officials while attempting to smuggle about two tons of Captagon pills and some cocaine packed in 40 suitcases. In the largest drug bust in the history of the Beirut …

Source: Saudi Prince Caught Smuggling Tons Of ISIS’ Favorite Drug At Beirut Airport AnonHQ

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We must find a better way – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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While we all enjoy the Aussie wit unleashed by helicopter ‘misjudgements’ and raw onion eating gaffes, our obsession with gotcha moments often overshadows the good work that politicians do. Greens leader Richard di Natale decided to take a few weeks off over the winter break and take his family to Portugal for a holiday. While…

Source: We must find a better way – » The Australian Independent Media Network