sorry, this is buried ina six page thread about Ecstasy, and I felt this needed its own attention, because whether you like it or not, it IS important.
and so:
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Originally posted by com
That all depends on how you look at it. Do you drink caffinated beverages? Do you drink alchoholic beverages on an occasion? Do you take any medications? Just about everything contains a drug in one form or another.
I am not ever for or against narcotic use, nor am I for or against any entity defining what is legal or illegal to injest. The sorry state of affairs is such that the vast majority of the world's population is on drugs one way or another. Regardless of weather or not it's self medicated or prescribed, most people are on the wrong drugs, for the wrong reasons. Drugs of any form are to life as wind is to fire, too much will blow a fire out, but just enough can rekindle coals into a roaring fire. You can drown yourself by drinking too much water. You can die from alchohol poisoning. There are more ways to lose your life through idiocy than one can count. However, you are also entirely responsible for your every action, and it's consequental reaction.
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Psychedelics are far more controversial than Prozac or even pot - LSD and mushrooms are illegal, of course, and the government regulates them as closely as it does heroin and cocaine - but they have nonetheless wormed their way into many mainstream lives. According to Scott O. Moore, CEO of Slam Media and managing editor of the psychedelic journal The Resonance Project, "Today's users are surgeons, bankers, physicists, computer programmers. They are productive members of society. You can't point your finger at them and say they've dropped out."
-Wired News article following death of phsychonaught Terence McKenna
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this is precisely the problem with drug supporters/users.
You tend to focus on this one thing only. "any entity defining what is legal or illegal to injest."
That's all good and well..... fine, you're some sort of drug freedom fighter. Whatever makes you feel good.
But what they don't see is the fact that they are gambling with their very lives. And I don't mean just risk of overdose. I mean:
You face addiction. You can profess moderation all you want, and hey, that's great.... but if you're using, you face the possibility of addiction. And more people than not get addicted to shit, rather easily. That is the nature of drugs.
You face losing your freedom. Remember, these drugs you love so much are still ILLEGAL. You can justify it with analogys of alcohol and cigarettes all you want, but the fact remains, alcohol and cigarettes are NOT illegal. If you get nailed using LSD, Coke, X, Weed, etc..... you ARE going to jail. And on a side note, the IRS seizes ALOT of cars and homes because of busted drug users. You don't mind giving that up?
The odds are also, if you use consistently, that at least one other person knows about it. Probably more. And the odds are that they use as well. Your risk just increased exponentially. If THEY get nailed, how confident are you that they are going to sell YOUR ass out to save theirs? Again, you risk your very freedom.
Dealers: Okay, so you say you're just an occasional user.... you don't deal. But it's no secret that illegal drug dealers are not exactly the fucking poster boys for your basic upsatnding citizen. Fuck up a deal, or piss one of them off, and you now face losing your life, your families life, or your property. (again)
Tell me again about how drugs are a good thing?
Are you REALLY willing to gamble all of that just for..... what? Because it "feels awesome dude!"
I say again, drug users are fucking stupid people. You are playing with fucking fire, and sooner or later, it is GOING to burn your ass.
Go ahead..... tell me I'm nuts. I don't know shit. You got it under control. You're not like that. Blah blah blah.
It's YOUR life.