Very impressive summary, Sodom. I agree with almost everything you said.
Two questions for you: If you completely stopped doing all drugs now,
would you be able to retain the creativity enhancement they've given
At 12:50 PM 1/13/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, as a fan of illicit drugs, my major concern is that the "truth" be
told.
>Not propaganda.
>
>First off: As long as written history, and so far the fossil records too,
humans
>have had an intimite relationship with many of the drugs we use now. I
believe
>that a great many of the best parts of our culture are directly related to
drug
>use and sometimes, drug abuse. I have noticed a great deal of "poor" moral
>behaviour on the part of those who fight drug use. The Christian right is
a good
>example, but there are many many more.
>
>As a youngster I was very anti-drugs. My father had brow beaten me into
>anti-drug submission. I would rat on friends, and show generally abusive
>bahaviour to drug users (a common response I have found). I am ashamed of
how I
>responded then. The very principles of privacy, free speech and self
>determination that I hold so dear, i violed in the anti-drug mindset I had
grown
>up with. As a "young republican type" of the early 80s, I learned that drug
>users dont have rights, they are inheritly evil, pot leads to heroin etc....
>
>Yea, then I grew up. I was a musician, trained in vocal performance and
>composition on a schollarship to the University of Arizona for music. BUt
there
>was something terribly amiss. The music I heard from myself and my
counterpasrt
>SUCKED. Oh, sure it was proper, and sometime I felt it was even inspired, but
>when i would compare it with anyone of note, the music was always missing
>"something" indefinable. Finally in my 4th year of college, totally
frustrated
>with everyones inability to break any musical barriers, or demonstrate some
>original music skills - I quit. At this stage I had never taken a single
illict
>drug, or even alcohol. You heard right - I was 22 - did not drink or do any
>drugs EVER - and was a senior in college.
>
>I moved to California to look for what I was missing in music - and I
found it.
>I started comparing styles, musicians, selling power, etc... looking for
>something they all had in common. I found it alright - they were all avid
drug
>users. Some had problems, some did not. Some were dead from abuse, some
seemed
>indestructable. The only common thread I noticed was drugs. This was hard
for me
>to accept, but for the first time in my life, i realized that maybe I did not
>know the truth about drugs, only the negatives. So I started studying them. I
>read many books on each drug I looked found to have a lot of support. The
main
>drugs it seemed that were raved about were:
>
>Marijuana, Heroin, Coke, Booze, LSD
>
>Marijuana: The most lied about drug of all. If you ask D.A.R.E they will say
>that Marijuana is a serious hallucinogen that is highy addictive and will
lead
>to harder drugs. Marijuana is not a hallucinogen, nor is it highly
addictive. It
>is somewhat addictive though, in that 2 or 3 days after quitting I tend to
be a
>little irritable. For me, Mary was the last drug, not the first, and best for
>most purposes.
>
>Heroin: A lot of the best musicial creators of recent times have heroin
>problems, or are dead. I am fascinated by this drug - but am also
responsible.
>Due to its high addictin and death rate, I have never tried, nor do i
intend to
>try, heroin. I do however, wish I knew the feeling and would be tempted
only in
>"clinical" conditions.
>
>Coke: Same as above, but nearly all responses were the same, and very little
>musical creativity seems to come from the cocaine bunch. Most people say the
>feeling is ego enlarging. My Ego is big enough, to I also have completly
avoided
>this drug.
>
>Booze: Blues, Country, Folk, none of these styles could even exist if it
werent
>for alcohol. Also, as we all know, alcohol is very addictive and damaging
to the
>body when abused. For the most part, i avoid alcohol. At least we can thank
>religion for the legalization of one drug (so what if it is the most
dangerous
>one)
>
>LSD: Rivals Marijuana when it comes to creativity and music. The Beatles, the
>Dead, and many others were greatly influenced by this drug. D.A.R.E. also
lies
>heavily about LSD. The truth: LSD is a hallucinogen, although reports and
>experience have shown that very few people actually experience true
>hallucinations from LSD. LSD tends to alter reality by making things look
like
>they are "breathing, or flexing". Very seldom do people report that LSD has
>caused someone to hallucinate something that is not there at all. LSD is
>non-toxic and non addictive. Only one type of personality disorder
>(schizophrenia) has shown repeated negative response to LSD. There is no such
>thing as a "Flashback" which is big in the anti-LSD propaganda. There is
such a
>thing as "remembering". I have experienced what I am sure people call
>"flashbacks". Had I not known about LSD first, I might have thought that I
saw
>something out of the corner of my eye, or that my eyes werent focusing
properly
>(common enough occurances). The thing is, after doing LSD, the things that
>happened before that made you look over your shoulder, or look away to fix
>wierd eye focusing problems (like a screen door, or polka dot pattern for
>instance) remind u of what LSD was like. LSD cannot damage your genes, it
never
>did but is popular in propaganda. I started with LSD, before all others
and was
>richly rewarded. I no longer do the drug, mostly because it is a draining
>experience and my age no longer permits me to feel so crappy.
>
>People ask what I am going to tell my kids, how I will treat it. I will tell
>them the truth. I will treat Marijuana as the drug u can do as an adult,
when u
>are old enough. Booze as legal but bad. Heroin and Coke as downright
stupid due
>to risk assessment - a major NoNo. And LSD is a topic for discussion when a
>child is reaching the time of reason, also an adult drug. I will tell them
drugs
>are not good or bad, its the circumstances and effects that are good and
bad. I
>like drugs in our culture, and am not interested in the puritanical
attitude of
>many Americans.
>
>Well, after reading this book - you can order a copy at blablabla.com
>hehe
>
>Sodom
>Bill Roh
>
>
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>Jim wrote:
>
>> Hello and greetings to the good people of the congregation.
>>
>> I have been preparing a drug and alcohol awareness program for High School
>> students. My goal is to educate in the reasons why and how one is persuaded
>> to take up a vice and how the programming we receive from birth sets us up
>> for it. It is my reasoning that maybe if these people are taught how the
>> process works they may be able to make more informed choices. I will
only be
>> discussing how bad these things are in a peripheral way.( No preaching
about
>> the horrors of substance abuse ) They have been fed that since starting
>> school.So what are your thoughts or examples as to why and how one
starts or
>> trys vice A,B, or C. I am also putting together a web site as support for
>> the program and would like to post the reposes to this subject there.
>>
>> With sincere thanks
>> Master Magician & Paranormalist
>> Jim Callahan
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