RE: Alcohol is the drug of the obedient (A totally exaggerated hate speech [or not?])
It's really awful seeing the stigma around substances. My most favourite ones, psychedelics, especially. People would rather have you snorting cocaine cut with strychnine and/or PMA than dropping LSD or taking some mushrooms.
"That stuff kills your brain cells, mate" - He said, as he went on drinking pints of vodka as if it was going out of fashion very very soon
That being said, "the poison is in the dosage"as Paracelsus used to say.
Alcohol has some pharmacological use in the low consumption spectrum of administration/low dosage. Same with methamphetamine actually.
Of course, with some substances the moderation part can't even take exist if factors such as social stigma/pressure and current mood (depressed) are at play.
Alcohol is the perfect drug for the perpetuation of a doomed society.
At times i wonder...if alcohol wasn't taxed, given the kind of social damage it does...how would society react? Going back into prohibition? Investing in safe use campaigns/free mental health care?
It's so weird what is going on there. I mean when we look at normal diet there is so much things going on: vegan, paleo, keto, whatever. But for drugs there is still such a standardized opinion. Much much education is needed there. Thanks for your nice comment, I followed you back :)
Yea, Education is K E Y. I am seeing good in that department coming off youtube. But also, there's some bad too. Entertainment disguised as information resulting in lousy and harmful information (e.g. Drugslab channel) .
If you think about it, in the past decade there was an even more biased view for some drugs, mostly hallucinogenic (psychedelics, dissociatives...and well, even deliriants although these last ones is a bit hard to support lol)
If we keep fueling the right engine, i do believe one can truly not only change the view on drug use but actually change the view on views (point of views) hence promote critical thinking. Erowid was such a blessing to kickstart all these movements based on psychonautics and...i guess safe navigation?
Resteemed and followed, by the way!