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How the Controlled Substance Act Created a New Form of Modern Slavery

Perhaps, it’s time to accept that, “We the People” like to get a bit crunked-up every now and then and that it’s completely okay. It’s much more effective to control the drugs than it is to prohibit them, and if you tax recreational drug use like any other recreational substance – the problem would essentially fund the only solution that would have ever worked – education, harm reduction, supply chain management, purity controls.

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