Bear (ne Owsley Stanley) has written about drug prohibition and offers “maybe the only published plan for a controlled and intelligent legalisation.”
In the effort to “control” drug use, the approach taken on an international scale has been to prohibit even the use and possession of many materials. This model is the “American” one. That this approach is a failure has been widely noted by many prominent and even conservative commentators. The use of substances which alter in various ways the conciousness of man, is an extremely ancient and established practice, in spite of the belief of those who feel their moral views are the ones which should be imposed on all humanity.
Lots of other interesting comemntary on that page.
Great stuff from Bear. I always enjoy that site of essays. It reminds me of the m any conversations I had with him in the hallway at shows. I was sucha little tour rat, that I never thought he would give me the time of day. But if you showed some intellect, Bear was always ready to discuss and spar. He was one of the only “historic” figures on tour from 89 to 95 that was completely accessable, and I always appreciated that.
Whats he doing nowadays?