Drugs Thread

[Mahnarch]

Now. I only got one set of handcuffs and one patrol car... So, we're going on the "honor system", here.

Does everyone promise to drive themselves to the jail so I can process you and lock you up for a minimum of 8 hours?

[Also, you can't drive without a license. So, you can hang on to those until I need them at the PD.]

OK, Everyone! Follow me!

[Beangirl]

May 21, 2012 0:51:56 GMT -5 Classicblast said:

Drug Bust!!!!!!!!!

What drugs??? (toilet flushes...)sewer rats stoned..

[Peon]

May 18, 2012 13:29:50 GMT -5 Phil said:

I would suggest he thrived because of his ability to explain his study and teach things that the rest of us could make use of and learn from. I do not see being a drug user making that possible or making his talents better.

He can explain it better than I can.

marijuana-uses.com/mr-x/

If you don't want to read the whole thing, here are some relevant excerpts.

The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before. The understanding of the intent of the artist which I can achieve when high sometimes carries over to when I’m down. This is one of many human frontiers which cannabis has helped me traverse.

. . .

A very similar improvement in my appreciation of music has occurred with cannabis. For the first time I have been able to hear the separate parts of a three-part harmony and the richness of the counterpoint. I have since discovered that professional musicians can quite easily keep many separate parts going simultaneously in their heads, but this was the first time for me. Again, the learning experience when high has at least to some extent carried over when I’m down. The enjoyment of food is amplified; tastes and aromas emerge that for some reason we ordinarily seem to be too busy to notice. I am able to give my full attention to the sensation.

I find that most of the insights I achieve when high are into social issues, an area of creative scholarship very different from the one I am generally known for. I can remember one occasion, taking a shower with my wife while high, in which I had an idea on the origins and invalidities of racism in terms of gaussian distribution curves. It was a point obvious in a way, but rarely talked about. I drew the curves in soap on the shower wall, and went to write the idea down. One idea led to another, and at the end of about an hour of extremely hard work I found I had written eleven short essays on a wide range of social, political, philosophical, and human biological topics. Because of problems of space, I can’t go into the details of these essays, but from all external signs, such as public reactions and expert commentary, they seem to contain valid insights. I have used them in university commencement addresses, public lectures, and in my books.

Pay special attention to the very last sentence.

[Peon]

Hallucinogens make us see things in a way we might not have seen before. That has been my experience. If you don't consider that "thriving" then I don't know what is.


I do not advocate abuse, but I definitely support responsible, educated drug use. We are free to do with our bodies what we please.

[Peon]

Furthermore, the drug schedules in this country and other countries do not make sense unless viewed from the perspective of big government & big business. There is a double standard: The alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical industries have a lot to gain from lobbying for continued relaxation of alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical regulations. On the other hand, law enforcement agencies have a lot to gain from the continued funding of the drug war. No one in the establishment, as far as I believe, has actually sat down and compared alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceuticals to cannabis, LSD, and mushrooms. The latter three are far less dangerous than practically ANY pharmaceutical drug, including aspirin.

[Classicblast]

If you take that approach then steroids enhance muscles and numb pain.

You do raise a good point about the drug war with taxation and law enforcement. Moonshine is only illegal as a result of not paying taxes and following FDA regulations. Obviously that's not as simple as that but that's the highlights of it.

Pharmaceutical drugs when not used properly, and sometimes even if they are used properly, can also be damaging as you said.

[Mahnarch]

Apparently, some people can't follow a patrol car

Yo! Hippies! Follow the purple haze!

[Peon]

You're so funny, Mahn.

[Beangirl]

Jun 2, 2012 3:06:31 GMT -5 Mahnarch said:

Apparently, some people can't follow a patrol car.

Yo! Hippies! Follow the purple haze!

LOL! ;D


[Edit: Why is my patrol car a Camaro? Cuz, I'm awesome!!]

[Peon]

Putting your message in the middle of a quote? Pretty sneaky, sis.

[Beangirl]

Jun 4, 2012 23:40:43 GMT -5 Peon said:

Putting your message in the middle of a quote? Pretty sneaky, sis.

;D ;D ;D

[Nitro God]

May 23, 2012 1:10:47 GMT -5 Peon said:

Hallucinogens make us see things in a way we might not have seen before. That has been my experience. If you don't consider that "thriving" then I don't know what is.


I do not advocate abuse, but I definitely support responsible, educated drug use. We are free to do with our bodies what we please.

This is more the opinion I was looking for.

[Phil]

I have known plenty of people to drink or party away sorrow or celebrate something good.... it ends up just being an excuse. I never thought getting blitzed really takes your mind off something. You sober up and your problems are still before you.

I think its better to face them head on and resolve them if possible.

[Beangirl]

Aug 20, 2012 13:25:40 GMT -5 Phil said:

I have known plenty of people to drink or party away sorrow or celebrate something good.... it ends up just being an excuse. I never thought getting blitzed really takes your mind off something. You sober up and your problems are still before you.

I think its better to face them head on and resolve them if possible.

I agree.. then when you do sober up you have added one more problem to the mix.

[Classicblast]

I've known some people to be shot on account of drug dealing. I've seen drug abuse ruin potential. I've said that a few times so I don't need to elaborate on this now.