Transcending the War on Drugs

Thumbnail credit: Al Margen Pagina at 22:47 I forget to say endquote to the Anna Lembke quote I reference! Just wanna say so it doesn't seem like I'm inappropriately attributing stuff to Dr Lembke Perhaps my most controversial episode so I may ruffle some feathers here!  Essentially this is a discussion on the absurdity of the 'drug' taboo and how drug laws represent a profound moral failure of our modern social arrangements. This episode is atleast a partial attempt to correct for the nonsense that is often spewed by politicians and public figures on the topic of drugs - nonsense that misinforms the public and contributes to the pernicious myth of the self-destructive 'drug user'. What I say here may sound counterintuitive and will certainly contradict alot of the received 'wisdom' that you often hear regarding drugs - so I would encourage you to critically examine any biases or prejudices that you associate with drugs and drug users prior to listening. Are these beliefs that you hold REALLY your beliefs? Or are they things that you've simply been told by certain authority figures, from schools and governments, who of course can always be relied upon to deliver impartial and trusted information... The paper quoted in the episode is the following: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2050324520904540#:~:text=Results%20show%20that%20the%20majority,so%20in%20the%20past%20year. 00:00 - waffly intro (skip ahead if ya fancy) 01:25 - Intro 02:57 - the absurd paternalism of drug laws 06:05 - legal distinctions are political not scientific 09:05 - drug bias and media stereotypes 12:00 - the pathology bias 15:55 - transcending the drug stigma 18:00 - who can regulate my consciousness? 20:35 - We are all addicts for dopamine 22:47 - Final remarks Hope you enjoy!