In 1992, Zurich closed Platzspitz Park, which, in the shadow of the Swiss National Museum, had become a filthy hotbed of depravity, violence, and drug overdoses.
The Middle East plays a key role in global drug production. A reality with multiple implications, described by historian Jean-Pierre Filiu in his latest book, Stupéfiant Moyen-Orient. Brief review.
Despite great wealth, California's cities have deteriorated, says author Michael Shellenberger. The environmentalist explains why he fell out with progressives and how Hollywood turns people into victims.
The pleasure of acid consumption lies in the excess of perception it brings. Here, too, lies its great danger, for the magic lies in the things themselves, not in this ultra-perception.
War has existed since the dawn of time, and is still accompanied by the use of psychoactive substances. Historical perspective, in the light of the American experience in Vietnam.
Green mayor Franziska Teuscher has been fighting for the legalization of cannabis in the Swiss capital since 2016. The pilot project she supports has long been delayed for lack of a legal basis. But things have taken a new turn in recent months.
The most damaging effect of drugs is to make us believe that everything else is irrelevant, when in fact it's quite the opposite. To fight the temptation of substances, we need to campaign for wonder. For the taste of taste.
In a podcast published in September 2019, entitled «My body, my choice», the hosts of the online media Liber-thé presented their arguments in favor of drug legalization. A purely liberal argument, not without a major weakness.
In the end, Switzerland will spend another two years considering how to regulate cannabis. Maxime Mellina, head of training at the Groupement romand d'étude des addictions, compares foreign experiences with the Swiss paradigm.
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