“In an effort to justify the prohibition of 186 species of mushroom, including the ‘offending’ psilocybin containing mushrooms sold to the public through smart shops, Dutch Minister of Health, Dr. Ab Klink, refers to the high instance of anxiety and… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“I am keenly aware that the security we enjoy is frail, and could easily be disrupted. Secretly, a nagging fear gnaws at me: what… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“Being Jewish did not compromise the humanitarian and universalist ideals of my close relatives who, having experienced persecution close hand, were more concerned with… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“State sponsored medicine and science can function as ideology, inspiring blind commitment, fanatical defensiveness and denial, particularly of outcomes inconsistent with the preferred explanatory… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“With drug use related harms, explanatory models are often presented as predictive tools, even though they ‘are [rarely if ever] predictive of consequent behavior’… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“if we want individuals to take responsibility for their actions we must first establish a rational, effective and empowering means of separating individual responsibility… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“Systems of retributive justice work well as long as they are proportional. However, in complex societies, where the State is the arbiter of justice,… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“A significant factor often overlooked by those considering the failure of drug policy is the general aim of deflecting or assigning responsibility away from… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“Introduction of rational standards to differentiate between acceptable and unacceptable forms of drug related conduct allows us to hold drug users fully accountable for… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“It is easier to exploit and manipulate people if they are fearful or confused, (and discouraged from trusting their own judgment). Our investigation identifies… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“Believing in the possibility of resurrection and eternal life, Christians seek ‘redemption’ through moral behaviour. But moral behaviour does not, in itself, assuage fear… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“We are particularly concerned with the question to what degree approval and implementation of an explanatory model minimising collective or institutional responsibility for certain… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“Moral ideas about what constitutes a meritorious or meaningful use of one’s life and opportunities produce specific attitudes towards drug use and intoxication.” — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“The drug problem’ cannot be understood without a critical examination of the language and narratives of underpinning the explanatory models invoked to prove that… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“The recasting of the Origin Myth as a story about the perils of disobedience precipitated a kind of decoupling of scripture from religious experience:… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
“When interpreted as infallible, the truth claims of powerful institutions — whether religious or secular — tend to emphasise the fallibility of individuals and… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share
