Actual human neurons. That's us. We have so far to go to untangle this mess.
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ashesofarrogance retweeted
Who wants to cover up what? You can't cover something up that's out in the open. Do you actually help anyone get off the street or just shame them for struggling?
ashesofarrogance retweeted
Cost effectiveness studies estimate return to community on investment different kinds of drug interventions. Often show supply reduction expensive way making bad problem worse. Demand reduction better results but harm reduction often substantial benefits for modest cost
There is a widespread view that drug policy should be based on the principle of harm minimisation. If only it was that simple. d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.ne…
ashesofarrogance retweeted
No you don't. By shutting down almost all the sales to adults you're just turning over the market to crime which doesn't card. Your youth vaping rate will rise and your adult smoking rate will rise. As is already happening. Your country already is the example of what not to do.
ashesofarrogance retweeted
Your new laws do not put kids first at all. Adult only shops are a far better solution than turning the majority of the market over to crime and the black market which doesn't care about age. A regulated adult market has an incentive to keep vapes away from children. #yourafool
Pro-stigma pusher Keith Humphreys in the Atlantic - "Destigmatizing Drug Use Has Been a Profound Mistake"
"Blue America needs to send a stronger, more consistent message that hard drugs should be shunned."
FREE LINK
theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
ashesofarrogance retweeted
Based on my own observations, vaping now appears to be far more popular than smoking cigarettes, it's also much cleaner with no need for ashtrays, or the smell of cigarette smoke. This ban is going to really screw with millions of people that have used vaping as a way to stop smoking. Of course, the Government doesn't care about people's health, they care about the tax revenue they are missing out on, and will happily force nicotine addicts to return to smoking cigarettes at exorbitant prices.
ashesofarrogance retweeted
Get your head out of the vape cloud? lol. I buy cigarettes for a friend, never pay $45. $18 a pack with no health warnings available from numerous outlets all within walking distance in inner city Melb.
ashesofarrogance retweeted
I'm pretty firm on retaining the government as an independent umpire. I'm a Friedman libertarian.
But what we have is the TGA is just a mouthpiece for pharmaceutical companies providing >90% of funding for a government department.
Both options can't co-exist.
ashesofarrogance retweeted
@FDATobacco in America is much the same. Completely funded by user fees from the products they are charged with regulating. Its insane.
According to the BEST science from multiple researchers nicotine vaping is probably even MORE than 95% safer than smoking. This has been known for years. It's time to accept the truth.
Just an alert from someone Tahir blocked for suggesting he was lonely, He is busy posting rn, and needs some serious correction, as Simon has provided here.
First, NPR leaves Twitter, now NYT sues OpeenAI and MS for copyright infringement, 2 examples of big liberal media failing to meet the challenges of modern society. Yes, I'm shocked, but wiser.
🤖 NYT goes after ChatGPT axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiospm
ashesofarrogance retweeted
Surprising fact alert! In France, vaping is a suggested method to help smokers quit. But wait, it's not limited to Europe—outside the EU, the United Kingdom, Health Canada, and New Zealand's Ministry of Health also endorse vaping as an effective tool for smokers seeking to quit.
ashesofarrogance retweeted
Black Markets don't protect kids. They endanger them. That's all your making is a stronger black market. And by making vaping less appealing and harder to get for adult smokers you will have more smokers and more death. Congrats on the genocide @TahirTturk
ashesofarrogance retweeted
"Papers with female lead authors get fewer citations than do those led by male authors in subsequent male-led papers."
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
