Drugs

Can Philippines War on Drugs Fight a $320 billion Global Trade?

he United Nations article below indicates that if the drug trade stopped it would collapse the global economy.  This is very concerning and reflects that this trade is out of control.   

Eckhart Tolle comes to mind whenever I hear about the war on anything.  Indeed war mindsets do create the conditions… Continue reading

Les Twentyman and Youth on Drugs

 Social disintegration fuels the drug trade and social alienation.  Drugs are used to sooth, to feel again yet in reality young people coming from difficult backgrounds have emotional issues that are unintegrated and projected into the world as despair, anger, grief etc.  I watched a documentary in the US and it was… Continue reading

Does the War on Drugs Work?

Below is a TED Talk by Ethan Nadelmann critiquing drug policy and suggesting other ways of seeing the problem.  He makes it clear that fear is at the core of the issue.   He is building a movement grounded in science, compassion and human rights.   He went from a Professor to… Continue reading

Mohandas Gandhi

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”

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