U.S. DEA claims that nobody has ever died from overdosing on marijuana.
Still feels the need to raid homes, shoot pets, and incarcerate people on our dime.
SMH.

Odd Bird: sotua: And for the munchies, they have their delicious national sandwich, the Chivito:

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WTF? WANT!

Yes you do. Beef, ham, hardboiled eggs, mayo, lettuce, tomato, olives, cheese. Bacon optional obligatory (I think they call the bacon one "Chivito Canadiense").

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How are those contradictory? I'll add that most neuroscientists can't stand big pharma either.

Even worse:

Guillermo Castro, head of psychiatry at the Hospital Britanico in Montevideo says marijuana is a gateway to stronger drugs.

They've got a head of psychiatry believing the nonsense gateway drug angle so they're farked no matter what. Hell, caffeine could be considered more of a gateway to stronger drugs just from the fact that you get psychoactive effects; a short jump from trying different psychoactive effects.

This is the only way to stop the drug war.

Decriminalization is not necessarily bad policy, but it does nothing to stop the drug war. Sadly, decriminalization can actually feed the illegal drug trade.

The only real solution is this one. Fully legalized, regulated, reported, and TAXED sales. Were the US federal government to do this, the drug war would end that very day. The illicit drug industry couldn't begin to compete with legal, because only a tiny percentage of the cost of illicit drugs is production. Most of the price is set by the massive costs of keeping everything secret and paying people to take huge risks.

Even taxed at 1000%, the illicit trade could never compete with regulated drugs produced using modern industrial farming.

...and I'm off to Uruguay to start a Phish cover band. I will live out the rest of my days like a king.

Good job, Uruguay!

One down, the majority of the world to go.