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The Problem of Drugs
Christopher W Thomson
Published:
2010
Categories(s):
Non-Fiction, Body, mind & spirit, New Thought
Tag(s):
drugs prohibition rights responsibilities
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Introduction
I was 11 or 12 when I first came acrosserowid.org. At that age I wasalready quite aware of the inherent flaws in the world around me, andits resulting contradictions and problems. Even as a pre-pubescent, I waswell aware of the poisoning influence of capitalism and its ugly and stu-pid sidekick - the tabloid media - and their necessity to complicatesimple problems to create areas of profit.Sitting on the family PC night after night, waiting patiently for eachpage to dribble through the 56K modem, I was in tune with the notionthat this was a place where truth could not be held hostage to an agenda.It was a wild west war-zone where only the strongest ideas would win.Here, truth could conquer all. It was a great hope, but I couldn’t see howit would begin to make an acidic impact on the tumourous structures of the ‘real’ world. Over a decade later though, it’s pleasing to see the oldcontrol structures dissolving. I honestly didn’t think I’d see it in mylifetime.Another thing I didn’t expect to see in my lifetime was the end of ‘TheWar on Drugs’. Reading through the archives of Erowid at a tender, yetalready worldly-wise age, I could see how prohibition was society’sgreatest neurosis, and was the main barrier to its own healing process. Iparticularly remember reading a humorous, but heavily stereotypicalarticle about the authors’ experiences with different drugs. The experi-ence report that really stuck with me was that of mescaline, which theysaid had made them abandon clothing, money and possessions. Here, Icould see, was a way of medicating ourselves back to sanity.From that point and to the present day, I have been a strong believerin the failure of prohibition, and actively interested in its alternatives.Until now though, I haven’t considered myself an advocate. I felt it to betoo important an issue to be vocal about without research and experi-ence. As a result, I’ve spent many years swallowing when I should’ve been shouting, and my anger at the situation has festered and infected
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my persona. This cannot do. It is time to get this out in the open. It is OKthough; for the first time in modern history, I’m in good company. I'mwith the majority.
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