Anyone who purchases manufactured drugs in the U.S. finds out after a while that there's no telling what is really being purchased. Certain dealers are honest, some aren't. Unfortunately, that's the way an illegal market works.
Govt officials apparently aren't actually concerned with making people safer or they wouldn't go after free test groups like DanceSafe.org that offer harm reduction services in clubs. Organizations that try to help the public out by testing their pills and telling them what's in them have traditionally been harassed and threatened. Then the politicians and drug enforcement groups turn around and use cases of bad drug buys to demonize the drugs and promote their own careers??
"I helped criminal groups successfully sell drugs cut with bad chemicals in them to the public by going after testing centers and by keeping regulation out of the picture. I deserve a promotion for showing you cases of teenagers and adults in emergency rooms due to swallowing pills with PMA, BZP, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine in them by accident."
I personally had a few bad experiences with pills that were cut with other drugs. When an experience that is supposed to last 6 hours turns into a 12 hour experience, there's something else in the pill. When muscles lock up, eyes roll back, speech becomes incoherent, and friends think you're fixing to die, there's something else in the pill.
The whole point of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) within the U.S. was to promote public health by making sure people knew what was in their food and medication -- to regulate people selling such items to the public. It was a form of harm reduction. They could still buy fatty foods and beverages such a Coca Cola with cocaine in them but the idea was to let people know what they were really consuming.
By keeping illicit drugs illegal and promoting a black market, the situation is worse than in the early 1900s... now people are arrested for trying to seek help figuring out what they're putting in their bodies. They're arrested for telling authorities they were sold bad pills. They're harassed for helping people figure out what's in their pills before they take them.
This war on drugs has so many bad consequences and has harmed so many lives. It has dialed public safety back to the early 1900s -- when people had no idea what was being sold to them. Then the authorities made things even worse by going after people who try to help.
How politicians and drug enforcement officials can stand up on stages and say they're helping the public is beyond me. They don't deserve thanks... they don't deserve admiration... they don't deserve jobs.
If you want real change, make yourself heard. Write politicians, write news agencies, distribute truthful information to others. Join activism groups that promote legalization and regulation. Donate money to them if you can't donate time. Educate yourself and educate others.
One person -can- make a difference. So what are you waiting for? Go make a difference!
Submitted by Anonymous () on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 06:29.
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Anyone who purchases manufactured drugs in the U.S. finds out after a while that there's no telling what is really being purchased. Certain dealers are honest, some aren't. Unfortunately, that's the way an illegal market works.
Govt officials apparently aren't actually concerned with making people safer or they wouldn't go after free test groups like DanceSafe.org that offer harm reduction services in clubs. Organizations that try to help the public out by testing their pills and telling them what's in them have traditionally been harassed and threatened. Then the politicians and drug enforcement groups turn around and use cases of bad drug buys to demonize the drugs and promote their own careers??
"I helped criminal groups successfully sell drugs cut with bad chemicals in them to the public by going after testing centers and by keeping regulation out of the picture. I deserve a promotion for showing you cases of teenagers and adults in emergency rooms due to swallowing pills with PMA, BZP, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine in them by accident."
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I personally had a few bad experiences with pills that were cut with other drugs. When an experience that is supposed to last 6 hours turns into a 12 hour experience, there's something else in the pill. When muscles lock up, eyes roll back, speech becomes incoherent, and friends think you're fixing to die, there's something else in the pill.
The whole point of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) within the U.S. was to promote public health by making sure people knew what was in their food and medication -- to regulate people selling such items to the public. It was a form of harm reduction. They could still buy fatty foods and beverages such a Coca Cola with cocaine in them but the idea was to let people know what they were really consuming.
By keeping illicit drugs illegal and promoting a black market, the situation is worse than in the early 1900s... now people are arrested for trying to seek help figuring out what they're putting in their bodies. They're arrested for telling authorities they were sold bad pills. They're harassed for helping people figure out what's in their pills before they take them.
This war on drugs has so many bad consequences and has harmed so many lives. It has dialed public safety back to the early 1900s -- when people had no idea what was being sold to them. Then the authorities made things even worse by going after people who try to help.
How politicians and drug enforcement officials can stand up on stages and say they're helping the public is beyond me. They don't deserve thanks... they don't deserve admiration... they don't deserve jobs.
If you want real change, make yourself heard. Write politicians, write news agencies, distribute truthful information to others. Join activism groups that promote legalization and regulation. Donate money to them if you can't donate time. Educate yourself and educate others.
One person -can- make a difference. So what are you waiting for? Go make a difference!