#drug prohibition

[theconcealedweapon]

This is what drug prohibition is like.

[blackcat-brazil]

[antiprohibit]

Is Drug Prohibition Compatible with American Ideals?

The American Flag is a symbol of the efforts of the people to form a more perfect union with their government. Drug prohibition, the legislative effort to outlaw the production, distribution, possession, and consumption of certain substances, stands in stark contrast to many core Western and American ideals. As the West prides itself on values such as personal freedom, limited government…

[probablyasocialecologist]

“The ‘war on drugs’ may be understood to a significant extent as a war on people. Its impact has been greatest on those who live in poverty, and it frequently overlaps with discrimination directed at marginalised groups, minoritiesand Indigenous Peoples. In our reporting and experience, we have found that such discriminatory impact is a common element across drug policies with regard to the widest range of human rights, including the right to personal liberty; freedom from torture, ill-treatment and forced labour; fair trial rights; the right to health, including access to essential medicines, palliative care, comprehensive drug prevention and education, drug treatment, and harm reduction; the right to adequate housing; freedom from discrimination and the right to equal treatment before the law; right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; cultural rights and freedoms of expression, religion, assembly and association. Globally, drug control has had massive costs for the dignity, humanity and freedom of people of African descent, with reports showing that people of African descent face disproportionate and unjust law enforcement interventions, arrests and incarceration for drug-related offences. In various countries, the ‘war on drugs’ has been more effective as a system of racial control than as a tool to reduce drug markets. Policing interventions based on racial profiling remain widespread, whilst access to evidence-based treatment and harm reduction for people of African descent remains critically low. Around the world, women who use drugs face significant stigma and discrimination in accessing harm reduction programmes, drug dependence treatment and basic health care. Although one in three people who use drugs are women, women constitute only one in five people in treatment. Women are also disproportionately affected by criminalisation and incarceration, with 35% of women in prison worldwide having been convicted of a drug-related offence compared to 19% of men. The causes of women’s interaction with the criminal justice system in relation to drugs are complex, often linked to other factors such as poverty and coercion, and may reflect systemic gender inequality in society more broadly. Of note, most women in prison for drug related offences have little education. Under international law, States that have not yet abolished the death penalty may only impose capital punishment for the ‘most serious crimes’, meaning crimes of extreme gravity involving intentional killing. Drug offences clearly do not meet this threshold. However, drug-related offences are still punishable by death in over 30 countries, and human rights experts have raised concerns about evidence of its discriminatory impact on individuals belonging to minorities. Everyone without exception has the right to life-saving harm reduction interventions, which are essential for the protection of the right to health of people who use drugs. However, according to UN data, only 1 in 8 people with drug dependence have access to appropriate treatment, and the coverage of harm reduction services remains very low. The situation is particularly critical for women, LGBTIQ+ persons, and other marginalised groups, for whom harm reduction and treatment services may not be adapted or respond to their specific needs. Women and LGBTIQ+ persons also face even higher levels of stigma, including self-stigma, and discrimination than men who use drugs.

As the world grows older, drug use among people over 65 has also increased. The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the health and well-being of older persons, and studies show an increased use of pain relievers, tranquillizers, and sedatives among this age group. Older drug users are also more often using the dark web, social media, and online forums to obtain illicit substances resulting in a rise of drug-related deaths among older populations. The criminalisation of substances traditionally used by Indigenous Peoples such as the coca leaf can also result in the suppression, undermining and marginalization of traditional and indigenous knowledge systems and medicine, which has wide-ranging health impacts and is rooted in discriminatory hierarchies and conceptions. Forced eradication of crops, including through the aerial spraying of highly hazardous pesticides, can cause serious harm to the environment and clean water, as well as to the health and welfare of Indigenous communities. Indigenous Peoples that might be affected by these and other drug control operations must be meaningfully consulted, and guarantees should be given that their lives, cultural practices, lands and natural resources are not violated. Criminal laws and the punitive use of administrative and other sanctions stigmatise already marginalised populations. Criminalisation results in significant barriers to access to health services (including those for HIV and palliative care) and in other human rights violations. As called for by the UN system Common Position on drug-related matters, drug use and possession for personal use should be decriminalised as a matter of urgency. Drug use or dependence are never a sufficient justification for detaining a person. Compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres need to be closed and replaced with voluntary, evidence-informed, and rights-based health and social services in the community.

[keylimegreendog20]

My 12 year old sister is being taught in public school that vaping is WORSE for your health than smoking and I cannot express how unbelievably angry I am that they are straight up LYING to these children!! Like by all means I don’t want children vaping but if you have to lie to get them to not vape? That’s a serious issue. If drug education programs have to rely upon misinformation to push their agenda, then maybe we need to rethink the entire agenda.

[crazyfeathers]

Au O'Faeries

Where even blood runs green

Le O'Faeries est, dans notre histoire fictive, un cabaret prestigieux situé à Germantown où Magdalena danse et travaille en tant que faerie. Tenue par la mafia irlandaise du secteur, la réputation du lieu est aussi étincelante que sulfureuse, s'y mêlent des hauts dignitaires mais aussi des individus ayant fait fortune dans la pègre de Philly.

Sur place, vous pouvez réserver la meilleure table à proximité de la scène pour ne rien manquer des spectacles de chants, de danse et d'agilité, mais vous pouvez également louer une loge d'où vous pourrez dominer les lieux sans êtres vus. Dans ce décor tout fait de velours et du vert irlandais, l'intimité est reine, et de magnifiques Faeries scintillantes dans leurs robes à sequins émeraude viendront vous servir leurs précieux nectar avec une grâce toute féérique comme si elles sortaient tout droit des contes celtes.

Prenez garde, cependant, à ne pas laisser leur irrésistible poudre de fée vous monter à la tête...

Sailing to Philadelphia - Crazyfeathers - Wattpad

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[postnuclearwar]

We had advocacy day today for school, where we go see the state senate and house in session, and lemme tell you if you ever want to lose hope for your fellow man that is definitely the place to go

[time4hemp]

I've started a NEW CANNABIS HEMP BLOG and will post to it each M-F. I only have 10 post on it right now. There is a FREE MARIJUANA MUSIC MP3 DOWNLOAD at the bottom of every post. Please share this.

[pensiveant]

I wish I had some sort of buffer in life, something to take the edge off. Everything is so real and stark and painful and I just arghh 🕳🚶‍♀️ <- walking into a hole for one thousand years or maybe more.

[theconcealedweapon]

The purpose of DARE is not to teach information about drugs. The purpose is to convince non-users that they're superior so they’ll continue to support giving more power to the police.

Anyone who's honest about drug use would say that people use drugs because society is designed to be such hell that the only way to cope is to use drugs.

But if children were taught that, their natural response would be "then let's stop making society hell". The ruling class wouldn't like that.

[antiprohibit]

The Case for Legalizing and Safely Producing All Drugs

A farmer gathers his crop’s production The argument for legalizing and safely producing all drugs is gaining traction, driven by a mix of public health and economic concerns. The current approach to drug policy has failed to stem the tide of overdose deaths, with over 600,000 people having lost their lives to acute drug overdoses. To put that in perspective, this is more than the combined combat…

[distopea]

(vex)

if they could meet/talk to one person, dead or alive, who would it be?  what would they say to them?

what do they have as their phone background?

favorite place they’ve ever been?  what made it their favorite?

+ one random q of your choice!

@tigermcth

THE REAL IMPORTANT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS

If they could meet/talk to one person, dead or alive, who would it be?  what would they say to them?

The only person that Vex would ever wish to talk to again is his caregiver, Lila. She was somehow very toxic with her old-fashioned manners (aka boys learn only when they are beaten or spanked), but she was probably the only person who had understood Vex like a person. She had encouraged him despite his violence and his rudeness, and she had pushed him to use his brain and reveal his mental capacities. Lila was the only source of comfort in his life, so I guess he would first insult her (because she died suddenly, and he wasn't aware of her cancer), and second well... I think he would hug her tightly. 

What do they have as their phone background?

Absolutely nothing, except the usual and first background you might get when you buy a new phone. He sometimes switched to torture scenes he had captured here and there, whenever he was in the mood. However, Vex tends to change his phone very often, so those photos are either lost with it, or simply somewhere else on his cloud. 

Favorite place they’ve ever been?  what made it their favorite?

The only place he tolerates the most is actually the Venus Bar in the Red District. Vex had never left his country and had never traveled at all. He was born in poverty, and he managed to attend a medical school before eventually dropping everything. 

The Venus Bar is the only place where he could do his three favorite things: getting drugged, messing with people and fucking strangers. 

[rynegaias]

i wonder if the demographic + area where the school is located determines/influences the policies on leaving during the day

[vio-starclad]

So this fentanyl scare is just one big scam isn't it. Something something boost law enforcement budgets something something fearmongering among the populace etc?

[bloodyethanol]

ah today we have a lot to do. which means usual chores and then going to my friends house which means a lot to do for me. my mom said she's not gonna get valium anymore because she wants to quit so that's nice too. let's see if it holds up. if it does then it's full blown alcoholism for pinkie