My Drug War Diaries on DailyKos.

[nephalim]

I thought I would plug them here, I hope that's OK, I am sure you will enjoy them.

History Diaries:

Drug Prohibition: A History (Part I - Pre-Prohibition) (pre-historic to fourth quarter 19th century)

Drug Prohition: A History (Part II - Prohibition Begins.) (~1875 to Harrison Narcotics Tax Act (~1914) ending in about 1919))
This one was posted last night, and I would appreciate your comments and such today. Many people, while they really love the diary, are left pretty speechless.

Part III to come next, which will likely be 1919 (alcohol prohibition) to 1970 (War on Drugs & Controlled Substances Act)

And Part IV, which will be 1970 to Present. I might combine these two diaries, I probably will not - they are too long for the short attention spans of most.


Heroin Diaries: (I am a former heroin addict in maintenance, and these diaries are about me and about maintenance and treatment for heroin addiction, focusing on maintenance as a treatment option)

Treatment for heroin/opiate addiction: a Primer.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/17/161238/541">Treatment for heroin/opiate addiction: Advanced Edition

Other/Personal Diaries:

Drug Prohibition: a Primer on Drugs from my vantage point - More of a general/personal piece about drug use. Note that this diary was my second, occuring in between the two heroin diaries, and some concepts from this diary are using in the "advanced edition" heroin diary.


Future Diaries:

Drug Prohibition: The Present - current statistics and the situation on the war on drugs

Drug Prohibition: The Future - an arguement for ending the drug war.

Iran-Contra: The story everyone should know.

Drugs and War: How drug prohibition doesn't apply to creating soldiers



Drugs: A reality-based factsheet

If you want me to cross-post, I will. Let me know what you think, and what you think I should do. I am definitely thinking of writing a book at this point using these diaries as a starting point.

[waz_nc]

1. Thanks, I'm sure this took a lot of work.

I read through Part 1 of the history I'll read the others as time permits. I saw one of your other diaries on Kos a week or so ago, but I've never posted there. I wrote a paper once on the history of intravenous drug use and I had to spend months in the library researching it, then it took me forever to write it.

I'm curious, are you just writing this because you're interested in it, or are you able to fit it into your work or something? I ask you because I was a methamphetamine user for about 20 years. I finally got tired of going to prison though and while I was there I started accumulating quite a few college hours. Anyway I kept on going to school after I got out the last time and somehow got hooked up with some people doing HIV prevention research. It's turned out to be a really great fit where my past is an asset rather than a liability. If you read this, maybe we can start a dialogue.
Thanks,
BZ

[nephalim]

2. You're quite welcome.

I am writing it because I am interested in it, I am a victim of the war on drugs and also a staunch civil libertarian, and because I want to educate others and hopefully get more people active in the situation. It doesn't fit into my work, in fact, I have work I should be doing right now I need to do before I get in trouble.

However, writing all this, it's made me at the very least want to turn it all into a book when I am done. I would love to use my past as an asset and be more involved, but I never finished school and honestly don't forsee it happening. I struggle just to make ends meet, and I need at least some free time (which is currently spent writing these things.) It will never truly be my past, opiate addiction is something that is with you forever in many cases...like mine...that doesn't mean, however, that I will ever be a 'dope fiend.' In fact, I don't think I ever was.

I am glad you found something for yourself, and would be happy to have a dialogue. Thank you for your reponse.

[mdmc]

3. do you know how i can pass an unine test

with only 48 hours clean?

[Turtlebah]

4. Get a Whizzinator

if you're a male.

[mdmc]

5. welcome to DU

nah, I wouldn't know where to get clean urine before Friday...

[sweetheart]

6. so, how'd it go? nt