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Let’s Pick Apart Official Government Drug Claims With Actual Science
The American DEA makes a few dubious claims about several illegal drugs. Here are the claims alongside the contradictory science.
How accurate is drug information from the US government?
The problem with getting our information on drugs from government sources is that they’ve been politicised for years, and information will always be spun in a way that suits the politics and the law.
I wondered how this would translate to official information, and how much that information would conflict with the ongoing research into these largely illegal substances.
All the claims here are direct quotes from the USA’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Justice that’s responsible for enforcing laws around the distribution and importation of illegal substances in the USA.
DEA claims on Magic Mushrooms:
“Large amounts can cause panic attacks and psychosis”
Here’s a claim in two parts. Large amounts of mushrooms can undeniably lead to panic. A bad trip is…
