...there could have been dozens if not hundreds of articles and TV features actively promoting incorrect information. Conditioning the audience against newer and more accurate findings, if they contradicted what had become popular belief.
Originally developed to replace PCP as a fast-acting anesthetic, it quickly morphed into a party drug, then as another product sold in street drug markets.
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Some will represent the very best medicine has to offer, and others will be, well, not so great.
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But then I remembered that many in law enforcement had never accepted the opinion of medical experts on the issue.
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Will we at some point begin to see people arrive in treatment programs primarily to deal with their own harmful, possibly obsessive-compulsive relationship with social media?
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It’s not one or the other, it’s about the synergy between them– toxic ideas, with a platform that allows them to spread.
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Arguing with believers about the merits of a pet conspiracy theory is ordinarily a waste of time. It’s too easy to ignore or discount any evidence that contradicts their beliefs.
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By adding statistics, charts, graphs, and other trappings of research, it’s possible to make even the most outlandish claim appear convincing.
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Wellness products, which unlike prescription drugs can be promoted with little or no oversight from the government, are ideal for the Wild West atmosphere of today’s Internet.
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It’s likely because of all the favorable attention that hallucinogens have received in the popular media.
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Meanwhile it’s tempting for politicians to point to a particular statistic that appears to support their position, regardless of evidence to the contrary. Think “alternative facts.”
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More likely the hope is to increase awareness of the risks, and encourage drinkers to limit consumption.
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