Law Enforcement, Psyc. Societies

Law Enforcement Against Entheogens

This is a tough one, because I understand what the author is saying, that there are certain ways to change our bodies chemistry to allow for a devine expierence that involve crugs. It is crappy that the drugs used souly for religious purposes were outlawed along with the drugs that people used for fixes and are addictive. At the same time, though, they do have to make all mind altering drugs illegal because anyone could use the excuse that it is for religion(even when they are just doing it to get high.) Drugs have a lot of bad affects on our society.. "Having seen the guns of crack dealers, the skid rows where the junkies shuffle, the hospitals where inconsolable babies cry..." Unfortunately, the religious leaders who were using peyote as a means in thier ceremonies, have to be affected, because it is a mind altering drug. I am sure that everyone who uses peyote is not doing it for religious purposes...and then how do you define a religious purpose? I am sure someone desperate enough could make somthing up.



Psycodelic Societies
The statement, "When you believe something, you automatically preclude yourself from believing its opposite; which means that a degree of your human freedom has been forfeitedin in the act of committing yourself to this belief." This is pretty good..it has a huge point. Also..I agree that no reconstruction of scoeity can be done with the use of psycadelics because we have gone so long witout them. My generation has been raised(for the most part) to believe that 'drugs are bad' there is no gray area.