“The author isn't altogether certain that there is any such thing as exaggeration. Our brains permit us to use such a wee fraction of their resources that, in a sense, everything we experience is a reduction. We employ drugs, yoga techniques and poetics - and a thousand more clumsy methods - in an effort just to bring things back up to normal.” UseCertainEffortBrainDrugThousandNormalYogaResourcesMethodTechniquePermitReductionExaggerationFractionsClumsy Author:Tom Robbins
“U.S. domestic drug policy does not carry out its stated goals, and policymakers are well aware of that. If it isn't about reducing substance abuse, what is it about? It is reasonably clear, both from current actions and the historical record, that substances tend to be criminalized when they are associated with the so-called dangerous classes, that the criminalization of certain substances is a technique of social control.” IfsWellsDoeActionCertainSocialGoalClassClearRecordsDangerousPolicyDrugAbuseHistoricalCurrentsTechniqueSubstanceReducingSubstance AbuseSocial ControlDrug Policy Author:Noam Chomsky
“Drugs don't have spiritual potential, human beings have spiritual potential. And it may be that we need techniques to move us in that direction, and the use of psychoactive drugs clearly is one path that has helped many people.” PeopleNeedsHumansMayUseSpiritualMovingHuman BeingsPathDrugTechniquePsychoactive Drugs Author:Andrew Weil