Tag: drugs

Peter Duesberg, a molecular biologist who presented compelling evidence that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS in the 1980s — but whose work has been suppressed by Anthony Fauci and the medical-industrial complex.

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Anthony Fauci was appointed director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in 1984, just in time for the AIDS epidemic. That same year, Robert Gallo, a researcher at the National Cancer Institute, announced that he had discovered the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a disease primarily afflicting gay men and IV drug users. The cause, Gallo announced, was a retrovirus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). (more…)

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In March 2023, the City of Toronto released a report that outlines its plan to decriminalize the possession of all hard drugs, including fentanyl and crack cocaine, for persons of any age. (more…)

Republican Party mastermind Ali Abdul-Razaq Akbar, aka Ali Alexander.

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Ali “Scammy Davis, Jr.” Alexander: Time-Traveling Father of Dragons

As a primary architect of the entirely unsuccessful “Stop the Steal” movement and now an alleged strategist for Kanye West’s 2024 presidential ambitions, Ali Alexander squirms and wiggles like a greasy brown salamander to place himself at the top of whatever high-profile Right-wing political disaster he can helm. Histrionic, grandiose, and absolutely repulsive to behold, he is easily the slimiest and most suspicious character ever to leave a shit stain on these circles. (more…)

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I don’t want to frighten any of you legally-medicated speed freaks out there, but America is in the throes of an Adderall shortage. Within days or possibly nanoseconds, tens of millions of you will have trouble concentrating and start acting hyperactively. (more…)

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Australian nationalist activist Blair Cottrell was Nick Jeelvy‘s guest on the most recent broadcast of The Writers’ Bloc where they discussed the phenomenon of pharmacology and its origins, as well as answer your questions, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)

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As a man who has far more historical perspective than most people merely by dint of the fact that I’m much older than most people, I’m startled by how drastically public attitudes have changed toward alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana since I was a beardless, clueless, and curious youth in the 1960s. (more…)

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The following essay originally appeared in the January 1992 issue of George P. Dietz’s Liberty Bell magazine, and is reprinted from the Revilo P. Oliver online archive. (more…)

Hunter passed out drunk while covering an event as a journalist circa 1960.

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Part 3 of 7 (Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 4 here)

3. Gonzo: What Happened? — Decline and Fall of Gonzo

As Thompson charts Hemingway’s road from literary brilliance to failure and suicide, he maps out his own path for the future. (more…)

A screen grab from one of Chinese filmmaker Lu Ke’s Jokes About Black People videos.

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Study: Antidepressants Don’t Work

I have seen the greatest minds of my generation destroyed by pills intended to cure their sadness. (more…)

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Frequent Counter-Currents writer Stephen Paul Foster was host Nick Jeelvy‘s honored guest on the latest broadcast of The Writers’ Bloc, where they discussed The Best Month Ever — a selection of particularly interesting Counter-Currents articles published in May 2022. (more…)

Seven Spotted Lady Bird Beetle by Robert N. Taylor

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The following is an excerpt from Robert N. Taylor’s upcoming book Psychonautica, as mentioned in the interview with him published at Counter-Currents last week.

“DOM appeared on the streets in the 1960s under the name of STP and it proved to be for quite a while my hair shirt or, as Albert Hofmann would say later about his discovery, LSD, my problem child.” — Alexander Shulgin, Pihkal, a Chemical Love Story (more…)

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Tucked away into a plandemic relief act, there was an appropriation included toward substance abuse harm reduction programs, with the modest title Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) No. SP-22-001. The total aid toward that was $30 million — not such a big deal in terms of major government programs, such as a typical spit-in-your-eye war. Given the number of American adults who pay income tax, this means the average working stiff will fork over about 20 cents for it. (more…)