As a newcomer to Substack, I have been attempting to seek out Substack leaders in the realm of healthcare freedom and the field of so-called mental health. I am told that this is how one makes friends and grows one's Substack audience in one's chosen niche, by finding such movers-and-shakers and commenting usefully on their own posts and notes. "Fine," I think to myself, "let's get to work, then, shall we? We've got this." And yet in trying to stick to this sensical protocol, I am discovering a big problem. It seems that my outlook on these topics is so far ahead of the curve that any comments I might make on the work of my mainstream contemporaries are sure to "come off" as sounding like a reproach. This is because I have yet to find one psychiatrist or psychologist who sees -- or is willing to admit to seeing -- any connection between drug prohibition and the disempowerment of the depressed in the age of the psychiatric pill mill. Imagine that: no one can see why folks like you and I should have the right to take care of our own health as we see fit. Alas, Drug Warriors understood all too well that propaganda works, especially when the conglomerate media refuses to publish any stories about the wise, positive and beneficial use of demonized substances.
Both physical and psychological addiction can be successfully fought when we relegalize the pharmacopoeia and start to fight drugs with drugs. But prohibitionists do not want to end addiction, they want to scare us with it.
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies." -- Groucho Marx
Conservatives say they're against Big Government -- but they let bureaucrats decide what medicines they can use.
The war on drugs has destroyed America's faith in the power of education. In fact, it has made us think of education as WRONG in and of itself. It has made us prefer censorship and fear-filled ignorance to education!
Q: Where can you find almost-verbatim copies of the descriptions of religious experiences described by William James? A: In descriptions of user reports of "trips" on drugs ranging from coca to opium, from MDMA to laughing gas.
We've created a faux psychology to support such science: that psychology says that anything that really WORKS is just a "crutch" -- as if there is, or there even should be, a "CURE" for sadness.
I'm grateful to the folks who are coming out of the woodwork at the last minute to deface their own properties with "Trump 2024" signs. Now I'll know who to thank should Trump get elected and sell us out to Putin.
Most people think that drugs like cocaine, MDMA, LSD and amphetamines can only be used recreationally. WRONG ! This represents a very naive understanding of human psychology. We deny common sense in order to cater to the drug war orthodoxy that "drugs have no benefits."
Imagine educational documentaries showing how folks manage to safely incorporate today's hated substances into their life and lifestyle.
Wanna show drug warriors the error of their ways? Legalize all less dangerous drugs than alcohol and then deny work to those who test positive for liquor and confiscate their property if beer cans are found on-site.
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