The Drug Users Bible by Dominic Milton Trott

Trott has faced rejected advertisements and account deletions across many of the largest social media platforms, mostly accompanied by rationales that categorically misunderstood the nature of his book. As a matter of general policy, we encourage our users to file appeals on content they feel may have been mistakenly flagged in violation of our Community Guidelines.”īut it’s not just Tumblr. On August 14, 2019, for example, Tumblr removed a post by The Drug Users Bible that linked to Trott’s Youtube video (below) explaining the “10 Commandments of Safer Drug Use.” The post was flagged for potentially “be in violation of Community Guidelines.” Drugs are not mentioned in the Tumblr’s guidelines, though they do prohibit “unlawful content.” A spokesperson told Filter that “Tumblr does not comment on specific moderation instances. But ever since, he has found that consistent social media censorship has limited its readership-what Trott metaphorically described as “book burning.” It generated some initial online interest, he said.

His book, The Drug Users Bible (originally titled The Honest Drug Book) was first published in November 2017.

Out of “the alarm of seeing people on the internet dying,” Trott endeavored to create a guide on the safer use of 175 drugs⁠-all of which he tried himself. He began to ask questions about the circumstances of their deaths, and found that “no one was telling them or explaining to them how to prevent mistakes” when using drugs, such as safer dosages. “It’s because they were all dead,” Trott told Filter. But around 2010, he noticed that some people who had once been active were no longer posting on forums like Reddit. Dominic Milton Trott, a former small-business owner in England, wanted to go to Peru to do ayahuasca, and became engaged in an online community of drug users along the way.

The Drug Users Bible by Dominic Milton Trott