Nord.pubGreek Politician Is Prosecuted for Admitting Drug Use Decades Ago
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/world/europe/greek-p…
The leftist party of Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister and critic of the conservative government, said he had been charged based on admitting he had tried ecstasy once.
Mr. Varoufakis, a famously outspoken left-wing economist, author and critic of Greece’s conservative government, was charged with “promoting and advertising drugs,” according to his party, known as MeRA25, or the European Realistic Disobedience Front.
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acargitzIt’s Varoufakis. And yes the whole affair is extremely ridiculous.
Dazed_ConfusedThis is something that happened way back in 1989 when he was in Australia, mind you. In 2017, Athens former mayor admitted smoking marijuana multiple times. It absolutely went unnoticed, as it should have.
Of course said gormer mayor belongs to the conservative party, so the Greek conservative society (and law enforcement) let it slide.
Gotta love the double standards.
Anything that comes into contact with people’s sensory experience quickly becomes completely irrational. We have drugs that are legal and doing huge harm and drugs that are illegal that are medicinal. People tell themselves they can taste the difference between red wine and white wine. That they can hear the difference between one speaker cable and another. Can we just admit that we are making all of this stuff up and focus on something more worthwhile?
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Oh, it’s Yanis, that sucks but it’s expected. The man speaks a bit too honestly and is a bit too prosocial, the fact he hasn’t been sanctioned like Francesca is surprising.