Author Archives: Servetus

The U.S. pharmaceutical industry is enormous. A recent analysis placed its 2025 market value at roughly $520 billion, making it the world’s largest national drug market. Government protection of the industry is achieved in part through enforcement of Schedule I … Continue reading →

Approximately $1 billion in annual U.S. foreign aid is provided for domestic drug enforcement operations in foreign countries. The money is allocated through multiple U.S. federal agencies. An exact number for the total funding is obtained only by adding up … Continue reading →

If winning the drug war means removing all access to illegal drugs then the odds of victory are close to zero. Supply‑side enforcement in the U.S. is unreliable. It fails to reduce drug availability or overall rates of addiction. Drugs … Continue reading →

Chemophobia is an irrational fear of chemicals and chemistry. Many examples exist. Some individuals believe certain synthetic chemicals are toxins whereas “natural” or derived substances are safe, even though the two substances are identical in every other respect. Similar reactions … Continue reading →

On February 25, 2025, the U.S. State Department under the direction of Marco Rubio accused several major drug cartels of being terrorist organizations. The accused include the Cártel de Sinaloa, Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Cártel del Noreste, the Gulf … Continue reading →

Regional political changes are a window of opportunity to fully legalize marijuana in Venezuela and other countries south of the U.S. border. Done properly it could lead to ending marijuana smuggling in the Western Hemisphere. Marijuana in Venezuela is currently … Continue reading →

In totalitarian societies, marijuana use is a crime of the mind. Its consumption is distinguished from crimes of violence and other types of offenses in that its use symbolizes a flagrant dissent that challenges the authoritarian ideologies prohibiting it. Marijuana … Continue reading →

CIA mind control experiments that exposed willing and more often unwilling people to mind-altering chemicals are the focus of an HBO series now in early production by David Chase. Chase is best known as the creator of the Emmy-winning mob … Continue reading →

Dogma is an ancient Greek word that originally meant opinion until it was repurposed in 1534 to be an authoritarian mandate with legal consequences for anyone questioning it. It was the same year the Church of England split from the … Continue reading →