Re: We didn't start the fire? was Re: Alignment and 4E

On 2008-06-17, Malachias Invictus <invictusebay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I do. Drug prohibition is largely supported by religious moralists.

And even more largely supported by drug dealers and sellers of competing
products.

There is a widespread rumor that the original impetus to ban the plant
with THC in it was concerted lobbying by *cotton farmers* -- who didn't want
the competition from hemp fiber.

Drug
prohibition is a strong reason why experiments with what are considered
"recreational drugs" are difficult to set up, especially for measuring such
ephemeral things as spiritual experiences.

There are tons you can use for such experiments still, and really, I don't
think it's a religious question to begin with.

It's a political and economic question, into which some gullible religious
people have been coopted.

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