The war on drugs has failed: doctors should lead calls for drug policy reform
This call seems problematic.Doctors suffer from a kind of bias-- not sure the name of it-- but they only see people when they have problems. The only time doctors encounter the human experience of LSD, magic mushrooms, etc. is when something has gone wrong.Unless the doctor has spent a lot of time at music festivals, burning man, etc. theySure, alcohol is a very dangerous drug, and causes all kinds of ill health, chronic conditions, emergency room visits, accidents, etc. But, because most doctors have had a typical experience with alcohol, from trying it as a teenager, binge drinking at college, and now social/casual drinking, they think it's safe, because they've had lots of experiences that didn't end with someone going to the hospital.I'm not sure what the best route is for this, but asking doctors to take lead on this doesn't seem like an effective campaign.