I for one am very interested in hearing your story. Mind emailing me?
Honest question because the "growth" and "waking up" aspect very often comes up: how do you know you have "grown" and not just got lost in meaningless meandering and your drug-induced perception made you think you reached a "higher level"?
Most people are blind to their own failings. A new perspective due to a sudden insight can change your life; I think some drugs allow for an increase in the frequency of those insights.
I don't think I have reached a higher level necessarily, but I used to be insecure, depressed, negative, timid, lazy, and immature just to start. Now I am confident, assertive, positive, and strong-willed. I am a totally different person. I'm definitely not perfect, but I'm not done. I have many flaws, and I'll find many more. This is a lifelong process.
I see this article more focused on the idiocy of and harm done by the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. I am convinced that was a major turning point in the descent of the USA into where we are today politically and socially. It could be argued that the law was a symptom of our society, but there is no doubt that the loss of our rights was greatly accelerated in 1970.
It's not just the USA either. Look at how it has affected policies, wars, violence, scandals, and corruption throughout the world. Look at the violence in Mexico right now: 100% attributable to the War on Drugs. Prohibition failed us in the 1920's and it is failing the world right now.