The Comparison

Side by side, the classification tracks economic power and cultural entrenchment, not measured harm: that is the inversion, and the lived record already showed it.

You have now seen the numbers side by side. The two substances with zero deaths, existing biological coupling channels, and proven therapeutic value are criminalised. The substance with 2.6 million deaths per year is legal.

The classification does not track structural consequence. It tracks economic power, cultural entrenchment, and racial politics.

That is the inversion. The legal status is upside down with respect to the measured harm. And you have always known this. Everyone who has ever compared a hangover to a joint has known this.

The data does not reveal a new fact. It confirms what the lived record already showed.

The paper of record: the420code.org/AP34_The_Inversion.pdf

Artist: G · Studio G, Cape Town

Duration: 30+ years · Exhibition: over a million words

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