Hallucinogens and Government Protests
February 24, 2011 at 3:15 pm
filed under research
Ukraine protesters make farce out of "drugged oranges and american valenki" photo from Flickr user blandm
As we wait to hear the breaking news in the Libya protests, this post finds comfort fixating on the inconsequential details. In a recent statement, Colonel Qadaffi blamed hallucinogenic drugs planted in coffee by Osama bin Laden are behind the uprising.
A few years ago when studying the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, I ran across a similar accusation was made by Yanukovych’s wife to explain the demonstrations. She described “pinned oranges” – oranges injected with hallucinogenic drugs by the Americans – as the reason for the protests.
Obviously, these are not the only instances of hallucinogenic drugs being blamed for anti-governement protests. But they are of particular interest since they try to pretend that the population was drugged against their will. As if once the population recovers from their “trip,” everything can go back to normal. Instead of blaming “hippies” they blame the drug dealer.
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