cocaine
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On drugs and drug laws.
Humans have long restricted access to spiritual sacraments. Perhaps its not surprising that psilocybin is illegal, whereas the drugs that harm other people are easy to come by.
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On vengeance and Ahmed Saadawi’s ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad.’
We all share blame for the ills perpetrated in our names, but some among us are made to suffer outsize portions of the costs.
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On happiness and mind control.
We could change our brains enough to feel happy with the world as it is … or we could use our unhappiness as a motivation to fix things.
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On overdose.
Minority heroin users were anonymously demonized for decades; now they’re being killed.
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On neural plasticity.
What would it take to convince yourself that you are worthy of love?
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On Tara Westover’s “Educated.”
How can you learn to trust in a world where your beloved family member’s visage might conceal a monster?
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On Ioan Grillo’s ‘Gangster Warlords.’
At great personal risk, Ioan Grillo documents the horrific violence fueled by U.S. & European drug policy.
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