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Lots of good points there... A little strange to kick off a huge discussion like that, but whatever.
Drugs are entirely fascinating to me– enough to get me interested in chemistry and neuropharmacology (if that's the correct spelling...). They tie in perfectly with... well, a lot of things. Especially the thing I was talking about with the multiple dimensions... that's really, really cool. I have to get my hands on some actual psychedelics, but whatever. I think that pot is fine as long as you have moderation- even heroin can be fine if it's only taken once in a while (meaning once a year or so). Meth... Not so much, but it's a bit of an exception. DMT is the most incredibly cool psychoactive substance on the planet. But I digress. Moderation is the main thing. Ecstasy, for instance, is fine- taken not every day. Ecstasy is really interesting in a lot of ways, actually.
Drugs are entirely fascinating to me– enough to get me interested in chemistry and neuropharmacology (if that's the correct spelling...). They tie in perfectly with... well, a lot of things. Especially the thing I was talking about with the multiple dimensions... that's really, really cool. I have to get my hands on some actual psychedelics, but whatever. I think that pot is fine as long as you have moderation- even heroin can be fine if it's only taken once in a while (meaning once a year or so). Meth... Not so much, but it's a bit of an exception. DMT is the most incredibly cool psychoactive substance on the planet. But I digress. Moderation is the main thing. Ecstasy, for instance, is fine- taken not every day. Ecstasy is really interesting in a lot of ways, actually.
I have and have always had plenty of interests. Weed seems to intensify the experience of enjoying a particular interest, and help you focus more.Silb wrote:...they lacked any other strong source of interest. I'm not sure weed is the root problem there. My experience is limited though. I'd be curious to know of example to the contrary.
But I realized I didn't need to intensify the experience; I just needed to pay more attention. That's what meditation and other eastern-style self awareness approaches help you do: pay attention.
"This moment is more precious than everything that has passed and is to come, and is in fact all that we posses." This is a slightly changed quote from one of my favorite books: The Ronin by Dale Jenkins. Whatever you're doing is the most important thing right now, if you've chosen wisely. Pay attention to it.
As I found, the real value of weed is to make boring things more palatable. It's one reason it's so popular in Jamaica; they have to spend a lot of time doing boring agricultural work like short-hoeing just to have enough to eat.
But after a while, you're content to do boring things, 'cuz dope makes it seem OK. Then you get boring, and all your interesting friends drift away, to be replaced by friends who seem less boring 'cuz they always agree with you.
My best friends in life are actually the ones who have very different viewpoints. They are a lot more interesting than people who are just like me.
As for the idea that weed helps your creativity or perception, I'm reminded of a discussion in an old pro-weed book called "A Child's Garden Of Grass." They talked about the fact that you often wake up with a really stunning idea, but you can't remember it the next day.
So you start keeping a pen and paper with you to record them. And when you finally manage to write it down, when you look at it the next day, it says, "There's a funny smell in this room."
I don't smoke nuttin' no mo'.
Here's a true story that I've heard stright from the teller.
Back in 71 a girl who is only 19 goes to a party that was being held at the local park. Everythings cool, druggies everywhere, alchohol, hippies, and it's the seventies all equal an awesome party. Okay so this woman has not done drugs and never will, but everyone is passing around a jug of wine, so she thinks, what the heck, I'll have a sip. The jug is passed to her and she has the jug to her lips when she hears one of the hippies say to his friend "Hey man, how many tablets of acid did you put in the wine?"
"I don't no man, 50, 100, dunno, I lost count." After hearing this the woman decides against drinking the wine. A friend of hers however, knowing full well that the wine contained a large amount of acid took a big swig.
He is still in a mental institute today.
Back in 71 a girl who is only 19 goes to a party that was being held at the local park. Everythings cool, druggies everywhere, alchohol, hippies, and it's the seventies all equal an awesome party. Okay so this woman has not done drugs and never will, but everyone is passing around a jug of wine, so she thinks, what the heck, I'll have a sip. The jug is passed to her and she has the jug to her lips when she hears one of the hippies say to his friend "Hey man, how many tablets of acid did you put in the wine?"
"I don't no man, 50, 100, dunno, I lost count." After hearing this the woman decides against drinking the wine. A friend of hers however, knowing full well that the wine contained a large amount of acid took a big swig.
He is still in a mental institute today.
Alcohol hurts your brain alot more. You know when you're drunk? thats the alcohol killing your brain cells.
If you crack open the head of an alcoholic, their brain is all black because of the alcohol.
Kalexon: weird story, and I can't say I agree with it. Acid doesn't make you go crazy.
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If you crack open the head of an alcoholic, their brain is all black because of the alcohol.
Kalexon: weird story, and I can't say I agree with it. Acid doesn't make you go crazy.
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http://www.marijuanavaporizer.com/[/edit2]Crill3 wrote:Use a bong or even better, a vaporizer.
There's my absolute limits.
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^ kerbullshit. Totally and categorically untrue, except in isolated cases, and in those predisposed to such things (such as myself. That sucks so much you can't imagine...)
By the way, I was exaggerating about the heroin; don't do that shit. I was just making a point about moderation, which is the most important point to be made about drugs. Back to the LSD, it's the 5HT2a(I think it's 5...) and b receptor group that LSD works on. A defect or something with these causes schizophrenia. Due to my family history, it appears I have some of that defect or whatever, and therefore will be staying off the acid. But I also know someone that's done 15 tabs of acid at once, not entirely infrequently, starting over fifteen years ago. The guy is weird, but not what you'd call insane (well, what I'd call insane...). Most psychedelics aren't like that, though. All of the phenethylamines work on totally different receptors, salvia works on the kappa opiod receptors, etc. By the way, just spend some time on http://www.erowid.org. Totally nonpartial information. I love it.
By the way, I was exaggerating about the heroin; don't do that shit. I was just making a point about moderation, which is the most important point to be made about drugs. Back to the LSD, it's the 5HT2a(I think it's 5...) and b receptor group that LSD works on. A defect or something with these causes schizophrenia. Due to my family history, it appears I have some of that defect or whatever, and therefore will be staying off the acid. But I also know someone that's done 15 tabs of acid at once, not entirely infrequently, starting over fifteen years ago. The guy is weird, but not what you'd call insane (well, what I'd call insane...). Most psychedelics aren't like that, though. All of the phenethylamines work on totally different receptors, salvia works on the kappa opiod receptors, etc. By the way, just spend some time on http://www.erowid.org. Totally nonpartial information. I love it.