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How about we actually use science and facts to deal with addiction?

Good article in New York Magazine by Jesse Singal: The Tragic, Pseudoscientific Practice of Forcing Addicts to ‘Hit Rock Bottom’

He’s talking about Maia Szalavitz’s new book: Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction

Or, as Szalavitz put it to the Daily Beast: “If you don’t learn that a drug helps you cope […]

Going after the city councils (updated)

Tom Angell reports that Kevin Sabet’s “SAM” group is targeting city councils with anti-legalization efforts.

A group dedicated to keeping marijuana illegal has launched an effort to convince city councils across the country to actively oppose measures to end cannabis prohibition that are expected to appear on at least five state ballots this November. […]

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Son of Sam Walton on John Oliver on police drug raids: “When my homeboy’s house got busted, the cops came in just singing, though no shooting. A civil lawsuit over the…” Mar 8, 09:35
Son of Sam Walton on Billie Holliday and Harry Anslinger: “And to think she also lived in a whore house as a child, according to wiki. Forced to do things…” Mar 7, 09:08
Servetus on Billie Holliday and Harry Anslinger: ““I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for anarchy.” — Lawrence Ferlinghetti…” Mar 6, 15:28
Carlyle Moulton on Drug Wars are a Social Health Menace: “I tried to edit this comment but doing so was very difficult because the comment extended outside the bounds of…” Mar 3, 10:37
Carlyle Moulton on Drug Wars are a Social Health Menace: “There is not now nor in the past ever has been a “war against drugs” but there has been and…” Mar 3, 10:17
Servetus on Washington Supreme Court rules felony drug possession law unconstitutional: “Buprenorphine used by patients with opioid use disorder is safe to use with benzodiazepines while still reducing ODs: March 3,…” Mar 3, 09:47
Servetus on John Oliver on police drug raids: “Kamala Harris joined the Biden prohibition league and will not be supporting marijuana legalization at the federal level. What else…” Mar 2, 13:16

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