You put coke as an example of a drug that “even doing safety once will absolutely ruin your life.” That is word-for-word DARE propaganda.
The research cited above suggests putting even heroin or crack in that category is a stretch. I’m going to put a lot more weight on that than on anyone’s anecdotes.
That’s just flat-out untrue about coke, not even an argument. Like DARE, the fact that you’re wrong on that and lumping it in with scarier-sounding drugs shows (at minimum) you aren’t actually knowledgeable about these drugs and their effects.
Even with those scarier-sounding drugs, there’s research suggesting they’re more demonized than destructive:
Dr. Carl L. Hart, Ziff Professor at Columbia University and former chair of the Department of Psychology, is one of the world’s preeminent experts on the effects of so-called recreational drugs on the human mind and body. Dr. Hart is open about the fact that he uses drugs himself, in a happy balance with the rest of his full and productive life as a researcher and professor, husband, father, and friend. In Drug Use for Grown-Ups, he draws on decades of research and his own personal experience to argue definitively that the criminalization and demonization of drug use–not drugs themselves–have been a tremendous scourge on America, not least in reinforcing this country’s enduring structural racism.
Dr. Hart did not always have this view. He came of age in one of Miami’s most troubled neighborhoods at a time when many ills were being laid at the door of crack cocaine. His initial work as a researcher was aimed at proving that drug use caused bad outcomes. But one problem kept cropping up: the evidence from his research did not support his hypothesis. From inside the massively well-funded research arm of the American war on drugs, he saw how the facts did not support the ideology. The truth was dismissed and distorted in order to keep fear and outrage stoked, the funds rolling in, and Black and brown bodies behind bars.
Drug Use for Grown-Ups will be controversial, to be sure: the propaganda war, Dr. Hart argues, has been tremendously effective. Imagine if the only subject of any discussion about driving automobiles was fatal car crashes. Drug Use for Grown-Ups offers a radically different vision: when used responsibly, drugs can enrich and enhance our lives. We have a long way to go, but the vital conversation this book will generate is an extraordinarily important step.
…Nothing in that article says Russia supports the coup government. It doesn’t mention a Russian stance at all; it just says the coup government has asked Wagner for support (which it does not say has been given).
You’ve now ignored for a second time how stupid it is to think Russia engineered this, then simultaneously tried to hide it/paid locals to wave Russian flags around.
I asked you what your theory is on the situation and you responded by putting words in my mouth.
Again, do you think Russia engineered this, only to deny it, only to pay people to waive Russian flags around?
On attempting to enter Russia on July 29, the group of Chinese citizens was “repeatedly” questioned for “up to 4 hours,” according to the statement. They had their tourist visas canceled and were refused entry, it said.
Yawn
So your theory is:
Not to mention, the reasoning for the war has changed dramatically
Any attempt to overthrow a lawful government must be opposed
A totally ridiculous statement right out of the gate. Either actions against lawful governments are sometimes justified (how many Americans would say they would have opposed rebelling against the lawful British rule of the colonies?), or you redefine “lawful” to support whatever revolutions you want, making this statement empty.
After the U.S. spent the last 20 years indiscriminately killing hundreds of thousands of people (at minimum!) throughout the world under the guise of fighting Islamic extremists, it’s disgusting to trot out concern for lives as a defense of continuing the same failed policies.
Ukraine has liberated 74,443 km² or 28,743 square miles since the start of the invasion
The front lines have remained basically static since Fall '22.
lemmy.world can always federate after they’ve demonstrated that elsewhere
Pretty funny how you immediately abandoned this bit. Why not just be honest?
This seems futile, but it’s a decent point to hammer on. Libs who believe international law means something get put in the uncomfortable position of rethinking that, it’s more grounded than “I disagree with this as a matter of policy,” and you’ll smoke out plenty of people who will show their asses with “that shit doesn’t apply to us” takes.