Why you should know: This is important for a majority of Americans, who consume “drugs” like cannabis and psychedelics, because law enforcement will be willingly conscripted into violating your peace and civil rights for religious gain. Drugs are dangerous primarily because LEOs are violent and eager to punish perceived heresies. This effort by the Trump Administration is yet another coup against normal, good people and should be obviously evil to you.
The more you know…
…I’m fairly certain monitoring waste waters to determine the rate of drug use is a common and widely used procedure. Like, it is happening and it has been happening for a while now.
Yeah, they have been monitoring the amount of various drugs for as long as I’ve been paying attention.
Now the religious leo bullshit, that is entirely expected and I don’t have the words to say how much I hate it. But like i guess it’s just one more front to fight
It sounds like he’s using bipartisan rhetoric to justify funding a reasonable strategy. Knowing how many people are taking which psychoactives is important for making policy decisions.
… An accurate monitoring system is needed to prove the effectiveness of different harm-reduction strategies. People lie on self-surveys.