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Colombia advertising the drug war!

OK, this is just bizarre. Via the drug czar’s “blog” comes this truly surreal item:

Colombia will launch a hard-hitting advertising campaign in London next week aimed at raising awareness that cocaine use in Europe is killing hundreds of children and wiping out pristine rain-forests in South America. The “cocaine curse” campaign will be unveiled […]

10 Steps to End the Drug War from DrugSense

An interesting message from Mark Greer at DrugSense:

While the main purpose of DrugSense is to encourage accuracy and honesty in the media with respect to illegal drugs, our goal is ultimately to stop the costly and ineffective drug war. Through our extensive archive of more than 170,000 articles on all aspects of drug policy, […]

Open Thread

I’m a bit busy right now with photography (doing 75 actor head shot sessions and two theatre production photography shoots in three days), so talk amongst yourselves. Here are a couple of things to check out. “bullet” Daksya notes what could possibly be the biggest advance related to opiates in the last 30-40 years. It […]

Servetus on Taking bets: “At CU Boulder, Colorado, machine learning is being applied to distinguishing little-studied cannabinoids and other compounds in marijuana: 29-SEP-2020…beyond intoxicating…” Sep 29, 21:31
darkcycle on The war on drugs complicity in the death of Breonna: “Thanks, Servetus and DdC. That is effectively a bombshell.” Sep 29, 12:37
Servetus on The war on drugs complicity in the death of Breonna: “My information came from a piece on Tucker Carlson who says Breonna, George Floyd, and Jacob Blake had it coming,…” Sep 28, 19:12
DdC on The war on drugs complicity in the death of Breonna: “Lawyer: Plea offer tried to link Breonna Taylor to drug ring https://www.local10.com/news/national/2020/09/01/lawyer-plea-offer-implicated-breonna-taylor-in-drug-ring/ Wine said Glover, Taylor’s former boyfriend implicated Taylor…” Sep 28, 16:54
DdC on The war on drugs complicity in the death of Breonna: “This is more “Bad Laws” enforced that make cops look more racist and brutal than normally. These “laws” were written…” Sep 28, 15:15
darkcycle on The war on drugs complicity in the death of Breonna: “Servetus, do you have a link to where you saw that one reason given for the Taylor raid was police…” Sep 28, 14:01
Servetus on Taking bets: “The epigenetics of cocaine addiction is highlighted by researchers in a rat study: Summary: Individuals suffering from substance-use disorders develop…” Sep 27, 08:11

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