"In references how in the past, major drug seizures would have a clear impact on consumption. That's no longer the case. According to the National Drug Intelligence Bureau, there was a 96% increase, in 2024, of the minimum annual consumption of methamphetamine compared to 2023."
#LillianHanly, Political Reporter, RNZ, 2025
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=0f53fc3a-0d35-4a91-8a3d-e6cdd4ed7d2a
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#podcasts #RNZ #FocusOnPolitics #DrugProhibition #WarOnSomeDrugs #meth #NDIB
Pluralistic: Expert agencies and elected legislatures (21 Nov 2024)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/21/policy-based-evidence/
Meanwhile, as the voting public of Aotearoa wring their hands over whether its OK to legalize and regulate cannabis ...
"Washington D.C. similarly passed Initiative 81 Tuesday night, which decriminalized the cultivation and possession of 'entheogenic plants and fungi'."
- #DanielKreps, 2020
settling for alcohol...
#settlingforalcohol #beer #smash #usebetterdrugs #takebetterdrugs #waronsomedrugs #dropped #animatedgif
settling for alcohol...
#settlingforalcohol #beer #smash #usebetterdrugs #takebetterdrugs #waronsomedrugs #dropped #animatedgif
under the thumb...
#thumb #pills #waronsomedrugs #corporatedrugs #swallow #animatedgif
under the thumb...
#thumb #pills #waronsomedrugs #corporatedrugs #swallow #animatedgif
Legal weed is 22.5% cheaper on the west coast https://boingboing.net/2018/08/22/pdx-v-sfo.html #marketfailures #waronsomedrugs #warondrugs #bongbong #wikileaf #drugs #Post #weed
114 candidates in Mexico's upcoming elections have been murdered, so far https://boingboing.net/2018/06/17/alejandro-chavez-zavala.html #politicalassassinations #waronsomedrugs #corruption #warondrugs #elections #mexico #Video #crime
Oregon employers warn that the state has run out of workers who can pass a drug test https://boingboing.net/2018/06/01/portlandia-as-documentary.html #stealthisurinetest #riskmanagement #waronsomedrugs #economics #bongbong #Business #oregon #Post #weed
Britain's hardline prohibitionist drugs minister is married to a weed grower https://boingboing.net/2018/05/21/victoria-atkins.html #hypocrisyonagrandscale #VictoriaAtkins #waronsomedrugs #thenastyparty #theresamay #bongbong #tories #ukpoli #Post #weed #uk
the war on farmer's markets...
#farmersmarkets #waronsomedrugs #endlesswars #buylocal #comic
The inexperienced man-child frat-rat that Trump made deputy drug czar got fired from his only real job for not showing up https://boingboing.net/2018/01/23/the-very-very-best-people.html #deconstructingtheadministrativestate #OfficeofNationalDrugControlPolicy #politicalpatronage #mediocrewhitemen #TaylorWeyeneth #waronsomedrugs #failingup #drugs #Post #bros
Trials confirm the use of psilocybin for depression without the "dulling" effects of traditional antidepressants https://boingboing.net/2018/01/18/enhance-mystical-type-experien.html #psychopharmacology #waronsomedrugs #mentalhealth #psychedelics #scholarship #depression #Science #shrooms #Post
A detailed look at how US police forces collude with spy agencies to cover up the origin of evidence in criminal cases https://boingboing.net/2018/01/09/foxes-in-henhouses.html #parallelconstruction #lawenforcement #waronsomedrugs #humanrights #corruption #snowden #police #spooks #crime #drugs #Post #CIA #dea #nsa
Big Weed: ten farms could supply all of America with marijuana https://boingboing.net/2017/12/31/amber-waves-of-green.html #latestagecapitalism #returnstoscale #waronsomedrugs #stopandfrisk #california #warondrugs #economics #bongbong #Business #bigweed #Post #race #weed
