Everything is a drug

I've been seeing a Puritan streak in NZ media regarding drug use. People are talking about giving up coffee and alcohol as if drugs are inherently bad, but I distinctly remember Fiona Hutton saying at a conference that everything is a drug. One of my favourite tidbits regarding this view is that 100% pure water is potentially lethal. We're all contantly dying. Every Day A Little Death... that's a Sondheim reference. https://open.spotify.com/track/5ZwoPmA7yPBkCP1XDxoGHx?si=e4e2f8d5e29a44e8 - So, yeah, it's not drugs that are bad: it's people being arseholes and climbing on their high horses to claim moral superiority, then marginalising and criminalising people. For example, kava and psychedelics are as close to harmless as it's possible to be, plus there's the classic factoid that there has never been a death from a cannabis overdose. If our legislation didn't entrench two drugs that significantly reduce life expectancy over the dozens of drugs that have a minimal effect, we'd all be less hypocritical and probably much happier, given that MDMA, cannabis, psychedelics and other lower-risk drugs produce feelings of euphoria and positive vibes. My own view of psychosis and cannabis is that there isn't a causal link, and psychosis itself is the byproduct of an interaction between an individual and society, rather than a byproduct of any particular drug. People become psychotic without cannabis or alcohol or LSD, and without having an underlying mental health disorder... life's fucking nuts. As Chris Fowlie points out in the Dakumentary, cannabis can be seen as a food, and hemp seeds are actually really healthy for people. Hemp is still cannabis sativa. It's all the same bloody plant. 👍🏻