Comments for Tidbits on Drug Policy http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog Another two cents thrown in Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:56:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on About by Cheap ambein. http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/about/#comment-1398 Cheap ambein. Tue, 06 May 2008 21:14:00 +0000 #comment-1398 <strong>Cheap ambein....</strong> Cheap ambein.... Cheap ambein….

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]]> Comment on Hallucinogens and Drug Policy by daksya http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/02/17/hallucinogens-and-drug-policy/#comment-1378 daksya Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:04:01 +0000 http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/02/17/hallucinogens-and-drug-policy/#comment-1378 <I>So, wouldn’t we actually be doing more harm by providing supervised environments for acid trippers?</i> Supervised doesn't have to mean constrained and sterile. Rick Strassman conducted supervised experiments of DMT administration to dozens of subjects in New Mexico almost a couple of decades ago. Being strapped to a bed is one thing, and having 2-3 sitters around in a vetted but open surroundings is another. <i>Basically, I am writing about this to demonstrate the rudimentary level of drug policy discourse when it comes to hallucinogens</i> News at 11. So, wouldn’t we actually be doing more harm by providing supervised environments for acid trippers?

Supervised doesn’t have to mean constrained and sterile. Rick Strassman conducted supervised experiments of DMT administration to dozens of subjects in New Mexico almost a couple of decades ago. Being strapped to a bed is one thing, and having 2-3 sitters around in a vetted but open surroundings is another.

Basically, I am writing about this to demonstrate the rudimentary level of drug policy discourse when it comes to hallucinogens

News at 11.

]]> Comment on What are our laws based on? by Pat Rogers http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/01/06/what-are-our-laws-based-on/#comment-1376 Pat Rogers Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:15:55 +0000 http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/01/06/what-are-our-laws-based-on/#comment-1376 There is a very good and simple reason that our drug laws are NOT based on fact, science or reality. They are based on Jim Crow. "[President Nixon] emphasized that you have to face the fact that the whole problem is really the blacks. The key is to devise a system that recognizes this while not appearing to." H.R. Haldeman's diaries. The war on drugs was then and still is today that "system". And it is a huge success at it too. See my essay today on my blog, A Left Independent for more on this. http://aleftindependent.blogspot.com/ Bill Clinton's Jim Crow Legacy http://aleftindependent.blogspot.com/2008/02/bill-clintons-jim-crow-legacy.html There is a very good and simple reason that our drug laws are NOT based on fact, science or reality. They are based on Jim Crow.

“[President Nixon] emphasized that you have to face the fact that the whole problem is really the blacks. The key is to devise a system that recognizes this while not appearing to.” H.R. Haldeman’s diaries.

The war on drugs was then and still is today that “system”. And it is a huge success at it too.

See my essay today on my blog, A Left Independent for more on this. http://aleftindependent.blogspot.com/

Bill Clinton’s Jim Crow Legacy
http://aleftindependent.blogspot.com/2008/02/bill-clintons-jim-crow-legacy.html

]]> Comment on (One of the reasons) why marijuana is still illegal by admin http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2007/07/14/one-of-the-reasons-why-marijuana-is-still-illegal/#comment-1333 admin Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:38:21 +0000 http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2007/07/14/one-of-the-reasons-why-marijuana-is-still-illegal/#comment-1333 I know quite a few law enforcement personnel from various bureaus and I am yet to meet a sincere prohibitionist of marijuana among them - the cynicism inherent to their "anti-drug efforts" is pervasive. Similarly, the folks at ONDCP are either severely delusional or are, quite simply, insincere in their public pronouncements. I suspect it's the second one. Then they would be saying what they are saying simply because the current situation suits them just fine. While the general population may have been extensively educated about the "marijuana threat", the officials at DEA or ONDCP must surely realize... actually, maybe I am being too optimistic? :) Maybe, they are the righteous warriors they make themselves out to be?... That's one scary thought. I know quite a few law enforcement personnel from various bureaus and I am yet to meet a sincere prohibitionist of marijuana among them - the cynicism inherent to their “anti-drug efforts” is pervasive.

Similarly, the folks at ONDCP are either severely delusional or are, quite simply, insincere in their public pronouncements. I suspect it’s the second one. Then they would be saying what they are saying simply because the current situation suits them just fine.

While the general population may have been extensively educated about the “marijuana threat”, the officials at DEA or ONDCP must surely realize… actually, maybe I am being too optimistic? :) Maybe, they are the righteous warriors they make themselves out to be?… That’s one scary thought.

]]> Comment on (One of the reasons) why marijuana is still illegal by daksya http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2007/07/14/one-of-the-reasons-why-marijuana-is-still-illegal/#comment-1332 daksya Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:00:07 +0000 http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2007/07/14/one-of-the-reasons-why-marijuana-is-still-illegal/#comment-1332 <I>the DEA will always oppose the rescheduling of marijuana simply because they want to retain their allowance</i> Although that sounds like an obvious answer, it's more plausible that prohibitionists see marijuana legalization as a stepping stone to dismantling the WoD altogether. Of course, bureaucrats are obviously interested in maintaining their jobs, but it's not the immediate financial impact of marijuana legalization that is behind the opposition by the establishment. The cultural wars are still potent in some ways. the DEA will always oppose the rescheduling of marijuana simply because they want to retain their allowance

Although that sounds like an obvious answer, it’s more plausible that prohibitionists see marijuana legalization as a stepping stone to dismantling the WoD altogether. Of course, bureaucrats are obviously interested in maintaining their jobs, but it’s not the immediate financial impact of marijuana legalization that is behind the opposition by the establishment. The cultural wars are still potent in some ways.

]]> Comment on The Ethics of Heroin Maintenance by admin http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2007/08/25/the-ethics-of-heroin-maintenance/#comment-1268 admin Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:19:37 +0000 http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2007/08/25/the-ethics-of-heroin-maintenance/#comment-1268 Heroin maintenance might work for some people - apparently it does in England. Your brother's story is very informative and very touching - I wish more people would read it: it is striking how much of a difference social attitude to addicts makes - compare his treatment in Alberta vs. Charlottetown. For many people addiction can definitely become an insurmountable disease; however the punitive approach likely does more harm than good. For one reason or another, your brother was able to live a normal life in Alberta for years on methadone maintenance. Heroin maintenance is very similar - if anything, heroin is less physically toxic than methadone. Heroin maintenance might work for some people - apparently it does in England.

Your brother’s story is very informative and very touching - I wish more people would read it: it is striking how much of a difference social attitude to addicts makes - compare his treatment in Alberta vs. Charlottetown. For many people addiction can definitely become an insurmountable disease; however the punitive approach likely does more harm than good.

For one reason or another, your brother was able to live a normal life in Alberta for years on methadone maintenance. Heroin maintenance is very similar - if anything, heroin is less physically toxic than methadone.

]]> Comment on The Ethics of Heroin Maintenance by canucck http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2007/08/25/the-ethics-of-heroin-maintenance/#comment-159 canucck Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:07:26 +0000 http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2007/08/25/the-ethics-of-heroin-maintenance/#comment-159 Heroin Maintenance is not a good option. My brother used methadone, and ultimately abused methadone. We came to find out what the life of an addict is like through his writings, and if you are interested in an addicts perspective of what life on methadone is like, or unplanned heroin withdrawal, check out this site, http://mereggie.com/reg/methadone.html Heroin Maintenance is not a good option. My brother used methadone, and ultimately abused methadone. We came to find out what the life of an addict is like through his writings, and if you are interested in an addicts perspective of what life on methadone is like, or unplanned heroin withdrawal, check out this site, http://mereggie.com/reg/methadone.html

]]> Comment on Are the Supreme Court Justices biased? by Green http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2007/05/04/8/#comment-126 Green Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:04:40 +0000 http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2007/05/04/8/#comment-126 <strong>Green...</strong> You are probably wrong.... Green…

You are probably wrong….

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