DM Turner- The Esseential psychedelic guide

FURTHER EXPLORATIONS
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
I am often asked questions regarding the overall role that psychedelics are
to play in the world, and what effects they will have on both a planetary and
individual scale. I would like to speculate on three such questions: What is
the purpose of psychedelics? What lasting benefits and changes can be
derived from their use? What will be the role of psychedelics in future
societies?
There are numerous possible answers to these questions, and how the future
develops is dependent on the decisions and actions of people in the world
today. One possible scenario for the future is that all countries will become
police states, psychedelic use will be completely suppressed, and life on this
planet will be totally destroyed through nuclear or chemical warfare, or
through the poisoning of earth's environment. I prefer to consider the
brighter alternatives and attempt to do my part, however small, to make
them reality.
THE LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS AND HEALING SOCIETY'S
VIEW OF SUBSTANCE USE - I consider worldwide legalization of drugs
to be inevitable. Recently major steps have been taken towards this in the
European Community. Legalization is the only sane solution to the
social/criminal mess that currently exists, and the first step to be taken in the
readjustment of society's view of substance use. Being a drug user in
America today is like being a Jew in Nazi Germany around 1938. Let's hope
this situation stops escalating before cannabis smokers are sent to the gas
chamber.
Within the current situation, anyone who wants drugs can find most items
with little difficulty. The users are subject to highly inflated prices, possibly
impure substances, the risk of arrest, and sometimes need to deal with
criminal elements to obtain the drugs. There is a void of accurate unbiased
information available to those who use or wish to use drugs, and the cultural
attitude toward drug use is quite negative. The public is put at risk due to
the violence that occurs in black-market drug wars. And since the price of
drugs is inflated, addicts of certain substances must frequently steal to
support their habit. All this could immediately end if drugs were legalized.