HAY GUYS

Duo Maxwell · Local time: Apr 29, 2006, 04:06 PM

To the one who mentioned heroin being so incredibly dangerous: have you heard of a presciption drug called OxyContin?

Oh, wait, I guess it's only dangerous if you don't have a prescription for it, right?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Duo Maxwell · Local time: Apr 29, 2006, 04:48 PM

I think it's a step in the right direction for any nation, regardless of GNP.

What do we gain, intrinsically by illegalizing drugs? If you don't want them, don't grow/produce them.

If your concerns are with health, it's healthier to have a system where someone who does have drug-related medical issues can get the treatment needed without fear of incarceration. In addition, it's also nice to not have to worry about getting the necessary periphenalia, i.e. not having share/re-use needles.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Duo Maxwell · Local time: Apr 29, 2006, 05:26 PM

Yeah, it's sad but they cost us more as inmates than as homeless people.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Duo Maxwell · Local time: Apr 29, 2006, 05:57 PM

I don't see the inherent problem with acceptance of casual drug use.

I see that it's like taking an evening off to relax, like going to a bar and getting wasted. Except, with drugs like ecstasy, marijuana, coke, mushrooms the effect is not, in general, as prolonged as alcohol (considering that it takes the average adult body about an hour/ounce to process alcohol out of your system, which is about one "drink"). It is possible to use these drugs leisurely and not be an addict. Although, I will say that there isn't particularly anything that exciting about cocaine, it makes you feel kind of just "content" and kind of leaves you with a feeling that you'd do it again, it's a social/party drug.

Part of the myth and propaganda success around drug use is the lack of experiential knowledge. It's not like I'm saying "Hey, everybody should go out and do drugs/alcohol." I just don't think it's really anybody else's place to say that others can't, should they wish to.

How ya doing, buddy?

Duo Maxwell · Local time: May 4, 2006, 09:30 PM

I don't know why we treat Mexico like it's a red-headed stepchild.

There could be so many benefits to be had for both parties if we just had a little bit more cooperation and, more importantly, mutual respect-- yeah, you know when you treat others as peers not as inferiors.

I was speaking idiomatically.