Now that Fernando Savater wine, each sector of the local press interpreted according to their interests that the writer's words spoke English in our land. There was, however, a topic that went almost unnoticed, and only Pedro Zamora, Go forward to , picked-to Savater, the strategy against drug trafficking is very wrong, and the drug dose is a problem (issue of distinguishing between "active dose" and "lethal dose") and education. Legalizing drugs would undo the drug, said the philosopher, and said that "we must educate for temperance, namely, not to forgo the pleasures , but to know them compatible with health, hygiene and our everyday life. " The mysterious words today are: myths, education, business.
II: It's history, no apology
Because it suits certain interests, in Mexico has been popularly touted and strengthened the idea that all users of illegal substances are classified as people they are not wanted by their families, low social extraction, minimal schooling, and self-esteem issues, among other negative characteristics. It is undeniable that the users themselves fit into that bleak picture, and that some who do not control their appetites, drugs will do much harm. However, nothing is said about other individuals, with leading figures and successful in their fields, they turn to recreational drugs as a normal part of their everyday life and controlled, and lead a socially acceptable, along with outstanding professional performance.
Sigmund Freud was a moderate user of cocaine, and wrote (in his essay De la coca ) on q ue he considered "virtues" of the substance. astronomer Carl Sagan was a daily smoker of cannabis , and theorized (in his book The Dragons of Eden ) domestication of this plant could have "taken the invention of agriculture and, therefore, to civilization. " Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, was consumer of LSD, just as they were the actor Cary Grant, and writers Anaïs Nin and Aldous Huxley . Kary Mullis (Chemistry Nobel 1993) said that his experiences with LSD "were certainly much more important than any course I've ever been." Politicians Arnold Schwarzeneege r and Sarah Palin have openly acknowledged their past smoking green.
Examples abound in sport : swimmer Michael Phelps (14 gold medals at the Olympics), the baseball Dock Ellis (who pitched the perfect game 70-under effects of LSD), basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (former Lakers star player). In fact, in the NBA the list is long: Allen Iverson, Chris Webber, Jason Williams, Lamar Odom, Isaiah "JR" Rider, Eddie Griffin, Damon Stoudamire, Rasheed Wallace, Zach Randolph, and switch it off to count. In an interview with the New York Post in 2001, the player Charles Oakley claimed that 60% of the NBA basketball team of smoked marijuana.
is, p ues, a question of education and dose. The thing is that the myth of lumpen user is so ingrained, and there is so much grounded in the false basis that, at least for now, a paradigm shift in our country is impossible. Among the urban legends, the stubbornness of Calderon, and business interests from within the government, is difficult if you go for Fernando Savater in the near future. Meanwhile, continue to increase the list of deaths by overdose but lead.
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