Author Archives: Servetus

Regional political changes are a window of opportunity to fully legalize marijuana in Venezuela and other countries south of the U.S. border. Done properly it could lead to ending marijuana smuggling in the Western Hemisphere. Marijuana in Venezuela is currently … Continue reading →

In totalitarian societies, marijuana use is a crime of the mind. Its consumption is distinguished from crimes of violence and other types of offenses in that its use symbolizes a flagrant dissent that challenges the authoritarian ideologies prohibiting it. Marijuana … Continue reading →

CIA mind control experiments that exposed willing and more often unwilling people to mind-altering chemicals are the focus of an HBO series now in early production by David Chase. Chase is best known as the creator of the Emmy-winning mob … Continue reading →

Dogma is an ancient Greek word that originally meant opinion until it was repurposed in 1534 to be an authoritarian mandate with legal consequences for anyone questioning it. It was the same year the Church of England split from the … Continue reading →

The anti-marijuana movement is a major obstacle to ending the drug wars that have raged across continents for over fifteen centuries. Beginning in 5th century North Africa, religious factions targeted users of illicit substances in much the way prohibitionists do … Continue reading →

American drug treatment programs specializing in cannabis use disorder (CUD) achieve long term marijuana abstinence rates of only 14-to-22 percent. Opioid addictions treated using buprenorphine have a 90 percent abstinence rate over two-to-five years. The differences in treatment success highlight … Continue reading →

The holy grail of industries catering to marijuana drug enforcement is to create a workable marijuana breathalyzer so THC detection is as simple as detecting alcohol use. There are problems with the venture. Alcohol and cannabis are two distinctly different … Continue reading →

Post hoc ergo propter hoc is Latin for ‘after this, therefore because of this’. The phrase refers to a common logical fallacy. An example would be ‘the rooster crows before sunrise, therefore the rooster causes the sun to rise’. Or … Continue reading →

The words toxic and intoxicated were derived from the Greek word toxon, which refers to a bow and arrow that featured arrowheads dipped in poison. The poison was sufficient in most cases to kill a soldier on the battlefield, even … Continue reading →

Marijuana use is considered taboo by the Catholic Church. With this the Catholic pope holds a decisive power to influence marijuana laws and legalization efforts throughout the world. Pope Francis and his predecessors have employed this power since December 5, … Continue reading →