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Galileo Galilei

CAP 2023-02-15 @ 000000

Today, February 15, 2023 CE is cele­brated as Galileo Galilei’s 459th birth­day. He’s famous­ly known for “push­ing back” against blind faith in a literal in­ter­pre­ta­tion of scrip­ture and buck­ing what seemed to be the major­ity opin­ion.

He wrote a book to edu­cate, not spe­cific­ally to give offense, but some in­fluen­tial people were def­inite­ly offended.

At least two essays have been kick­ing around my head and demand­ing to be written.

So let me warn you and try to calm you down now. One of them I’m sure will offend some people who con­sider them­selves on the pol­i­ti­cal left. Like­wise the other essay will offend some who con­sider them­selves on the pol­i­ti­cal right.

That happens to be a coinci­dence, as you’ll see. I doubt I’ll pub­lish both at the same moment, so please, instead of stewing about how I seem to be leaning one way or the other, consider seriously what was written. Thank you.

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How can Satan drive out Satan?

Jesus: Mark 3:22-26, Matthew 12:22-28, Luke 11:14-20.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness…
Hate cannot drive out hate…

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Strength to Love, 1963.

Sexism can’t drive out sexism.
Racism can’t drive out racism.

CAP: 2016.

Increasing harm does not stop harm.
It’s unwise to use lies to ‘send a good message’
or as a firewall or wall-of-fire.

CAP: 2023.

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CAP’s Mission:

  • Educate you on the intrinsic & inevitable failures of drug prohibition.
  • Encourage you to likewise educate others.
  • Use scripture to explain the flawed logic of drug prohibition as well as prophecies pertaining to it.
  • Carrots & strident language encouraging prohibitionists to bear the fruits of repentance.
  • Convince drug prohibitionists not to panic or commit suicide.
  • Restore some pages which used to be here.

Your Mission:

  • Should you decide to accept it…
  • Educate yourself outside this website to ascertain facts versus misleading information, propaganda, and lies.
  • Learn from Stanton Peele Ph.D., J.D.: Peele.net; Video Chanels: personal, Life Process Program.
  • Learn from Jacob Sullum’s drug reporting.
  • Gracefully and bravely: question & contradict lies and misleading information.
  • Vote out unrepentant drug prohibitionists.
  • Vote for honest politicians with plans to end the drug war without inserting biases & excessive regulations.
  • Join with like-minded legalizers to end the drug war.

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Worth Reading

Opiates & Opioids

Red Lawhern. (January 9, 2023)  Doctors Prescribing to Their Patients Did Not Create the US Opioid Crisis The American Council on Science and Health.  https://www.acsh.org/news/2023/01/09/doctors-prescribing-their-patients-did-not-create-us-opioid-crisis-16787

Josh Bloom. (October 12, 2017)  The Opioid Epidemic In 6 Charts Designed To Deceive You  The American Council on Science and Health. https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/10/12/opioid-epidemic-6-charts-designed-deceive-you-11935

Michael E. Schatman; Stephen J. Ziegler. (October 20, 2017)  Pain management, prescription opioid mortality, and the CDC: is the devil in the data?  Journal of Pain Research. https://www.DovePress.com/pain-management-prescription-opioid-mortality-and-the-cdc-is-the-devil-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JPR

Josh Bloom. (March 19, 2018)  The CDC Quietly Admits It Screwed Up Counting Opioid Pills  The American Council on Science and Health. https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/03/19/cdc-quietly-admits-it-screwed-dishonestly-counting-pills-12717

Pat Anson. (March 21, 2018)  CDC Admits Rx Opioid Deaths ‘Significantly Inflated’  Pain News Network. https://www.PainNewsNetwork.org/stories/2018/3/21/cdc-admits-rx-opioid-deaths-significantly-inflated

Josh Bloom. (November 5, 2018)  Who Is Telling The Truth About Prescription Opioid Deaths? DEA? CDC? Neither?  The American Council on Science and Health. https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/11/05/who-telling-truth-about-prescription-opioid-deaths-dea-cdc-neither-13569

Josh Bloom. (December 12, 2018)  Dear PROP/CDC, Here’s What Happens When You Over-Restrict Pills: More Deaths. Nice Going.  The American Council on Science and Health. https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/12/12/dear-propcdc-heres-what-happens-when-you-over-restrict-pills-more-deaths-nice-going-13663

Josh Bloom. (February 2, 2019)  Heroin Pills Are Now A Reality - Is Andrew Kolodny Finally Happy?  The American Council on Science and Health. https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/02/20/heroin-pills-are-now-reality-andrew-kolodny-finally-happy-13825

Josh Bloom. (February 12, 2021)  CDC Analyzes Deaths Caused By Its Own Anti-Opioid Crusade  The American Council on Science and Health. https://www.acsh.org/news/2021/02/12/cdc-analyzes-deaths-caused-its-own-anti-opioid-crusade-15342

Josh Bloom. (September 29, 2021)  Fentanyl Test Strips are Illegal. This is Obscene.  The American Council on Science and Health. https://www.acsh.org/news/2021/09/29/fentanyl-test-strips-are-illegal-obscene-15841

Tobacco, Smoking, & Nicotine Vaporization

Priti Bandi, PhD; Samuel Asare, PhD; Anuja Majmundar, PhD, MBA; Nigar Nargis, PhD; Ahmedin Jemal, DVM, PhD; Stacey A. Fedewa, PhD. (June 08, 2022)  Relative Harm Perceptions of E-Cigarettes Versus Cigarettes, U.S. Adults, 2018–2020  American Journal of Preventive Medicine. https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(22)00177-5/fulltext

Josh Bloom. (December 12, 2022)  Insanity: Doctor Gives Teenage Son Cigarettes to Break Vaping Habit  The American Council on Science and Health. https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/12/02/insanity-doctor-gives-teenage-son-cigarettes-break-vaping-habit-16706

Cameron English. (December 14, 2022)  Another Lousy Anti-Vaping Study, Debunked  The American Council on Science and Health. https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/12/14/another-lousy-anti-vaping-study-debunked-16737

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