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Drug War Dictionary

Find out why prohibition is wrong by definition

by Brian Ballard Quass, the Drug War Philosopher

December 23, 2025



Addiction Condition brought about by drug prohibition thanks to which users have limited choices and are not educated in the rules of safe drug use. This condition is aggravated by the Iron Law of Prohibition, which states that the outlawing of one drug leads to the sale of more potentially dangerous replacements on the black market1.

Drug A psychoactive substance of which racist and xenophobic politicians disapprove, chiefly because they associate its use with people whom they dislike. As opposed to "med" (which see).

Drug testing A blatant violation of Fourth Amendment rights designed to remove Christian Science heretics from the workforce. Note that this testing is not designed merely to flag impairment: instead it flags the mere trace of substances of which politicians disapprove and uses such findings as an excuse to remove the heretic from the American workforce, through a non-judicial process, without so much as a trial or even the filing of charges. This is cruel and unusual punishment, denying the "flagged" individual the right to earn a living2 3 4 5.

MDMA A substance that Drug Warriors hate because it brings about nothing but peace, love and understanding, which they cannot abide6 7.

Med A psychoactive substance of which politicians approve because it turns users into wards of the healthcare state without empowering them to live large8.

Opioid Use Disorder The correct name for this condition is actually Prohibition Disorder, but our government is in denial. Our country does everything it can to make drug use as dangerous as possible and then turns around and blames the victim when they have issues with use: nay, they invent entire new diseases to account for the problems that they themselves are causing with their drug prohibition, their refusal to educate, and their refusal to regulate product as to dosage and quality9 10 11.

Self-censorship Practiced by almost all American authors, especially in the non-fiction genre. This is why one can enter an American library and search in vain for books that speak positively of time-honored panaceas like coca and opium12 13.

The DEA The American Gestapo. The DEA uses America's ignorant terror of psychoactive medicines as an excuse to wreck houses, confiscate property and throw otherwise law-abiding citizens in jail14 15 16.









Notes:

1: Iron Law of Prohibition Made Drugs Dangerous McKenna, Stacey, R Street, 2024 (up)
2: Drug Testing and the Christian Science Inquisition DWP (up)
3: Drug Testing Fascism DWP (up)
4: Pissed off about Drug Testing DWP (up)
5: Eight Reasons to End Drug Testing DWP (up)
6: How the Drug War killed Leah Betts DWP (up)
7: The Drug War and Armageddon DWP (up)
8: Meds fry the brain, not drugs DWP (up)
9: Medications for so-called 'opioid-use disorder' are legion: it's just that we have outlawed them all DWP (up)
10: Bad Guy to the Rescue in the Opioid Crisis DWP (up)
11: Drug War Hysteria and the Opioid Crisis DWP (up)
12: Self-Censorship in the Age of the Drug War DWP (up)
13: How the Drug War Censors Free Speech DWP (up)
14: The American Gestapo DWP (up)
15: Drug Warriors and Their Prey: From Police Power to Police State Miller, Richard Lawrence, Bloomsbury Academic, New York, 1996 (up)
16: Drug Warriors and their Prey DWP (up)




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The drug war is a meta-injustice. It does not just limit what you're allowed to think, it limits how and how much you are allowed to think.

Brits have a right to die, but they do not have the right to use drugs that might make them want to live. Bad policy is indicated by absurd outcomes, and this is but one of the many absurd outcomes that the policy of prohibition foists upon the world.

Drug prohibition is a crime against humanity. It is the outlawing of our right to take care of our own health.

We won't know how hard it is to get off drugs until we legalize all drugs that could help with the change. With knowledge and safety, there will be less unwanted use. And unwanted use can be combatted creatively with a wide variety of drugs.

Big Pharma drugs have wrought disaster when used in psychotherapy, but it does not follow that the depressed should become Christian Scientists. The use of outlawed drugs can obviate the need for shock therapy.

Scientists are responsible for endless incarcerations in America. Why? Because they fail to denounce the DEA lie that psychoactive substances have no positive medical uses.

The drug war is a way for conservatives to keep America's eyes OFF the prize. The right-wing motto is, "Billions for law enforcement, but not one cent for social programs."

No wonder conservatives are terrified of drugs. It is not safety that worries them, else they would demand education. They are terrified of new ways of seeing life. The outlawing of drugs is the outlawing of whole mindsets. It is a meta injustice.

I'm looking for a United Healthcare doctor now that I'm 66 years old. When I searched my zip code and typed "alternative medicine," I got one single solitary return... for a chiropractor, no less. Some choice. Guess everyone else wants me to "keep taking my meds."

I hated the show "The Apprentice," because it taught a cynical and hate-filled lesson about the proper way to "get ahead" in the world. I saw Trump as a menace back then, long before he started declaring that American elections were corrupt before the very first vote was cast!


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