I like Bill Hicks take on Marijuana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSH6ofHbeUw
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#72Remember, just because people who advocate keeping marijuana illegal are horrible human beings, doesn't change the fact that marijuana is a psychoactive drug and we don't really understand the human brain all that well. My own brain is idiosyncratic and doesn't always react as expected (e.g. to caffeine) and I've heard friends say that they think that taking marijuana during college might have permanently dulled the…
For someone whose main preaching is a religion of caution and skepticism, you speak with a lot of moral certainty. Why should holding a very common view (which probably not a lot of thought went into) make a person a "horrible human being"? I even allow that some of the people that disagree with us might have good reasons for doing so. Should I excise a person from the company of "the good guys" because one of his fa…
Anyone that supports drug prohibition is either extremely ignorant, extremely stupid, or extremely evil, or some combination of thereof.
A brief look at any history book covering alcohol prohibition should be more than enough to convince any reasonable and honest person that drug legalization is a moral imperative.
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#73I find marijuana is a great tool for brainstorming if used in moderation but I advise people keep it away from their actual work process. It's good to approach it like having a beer to relax after a hard day.
I think too many people often confuse creativity with a controlled state of madness. Just this morning, I found myself singing "Alouette" while dancing the robot after I just got out of the shower (true story) with no explainable reason why I was doing it... I just was. Shortly after, I thought I was just being creative. Now I'm currently questioning my sanity.
You're not alone. Yesterday I improvised an opera with toys.
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I know its very unhealthy, but how about sleep deprivation or fevers? I've never really hallucinated, so I wouldn't know.
I'm confused. Are you asking if hallucinogens cause sleep deprivation/fevers?
The other way around. Sleep deprivation and fevers can indeed induce hallucinations, but I would speculate that they are not as pleasant or controllable as hallucinations from drugs.
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#75I like Bill Hicks take on Marijuana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSH6ofHbeUw
Hicks was a great comic, but if you're going to take his act as lifestyle advice then do bear in mind how & when he died.
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You probably already know this, but just to clarify, LSD flashbacks are not biological, but psychological, similar to Vietnam flashbacks or other PTSD inducing events.
Really? I didn't know that.
The "flashback" that they talk about in DARE is a sympton of PTSD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_percept... is more common in heavy users.
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Hicks was a great comic, but if you're going to take his act as lifestyle advice then do bear in mind how & when he died.
>mind how & when he died. Um... pancreatic cancer?
yes, at age 32. It seems his lifestyle (not just pot-smoking of course, but it likely didn't help) contributed to his early death.
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I did a heck of a lot of research before I tried drugs at age 19, and then had a lot of fun on drugs for a few years before giving it all up entirely. My main issue with most drugs is that you can get most of the positive effects of the less addictive drugs with training, without the nasty side effects. My favorite was hashish, which I found cleaner and more clear thinking than marijuana, though it's less readily ava…
Excellent points all. Anybody who wants to use social drugs should take a look at meditation and self-hypnosis, because you can get the same emotional states that you'd get with drugs through a little practice. As lionhearted mentioned, hallucinogens are the one exception.
I'd like to add the following note: for me, at least, while regular marijuana use did not particularly affect my academic abilities, it did affect my ability to meditate, both while under the influence and during the following day.
"Proper" meditation (where you forget yourself and bask in theta waves) is a definite state which one can reliably enter with regular practice. As a long-time meditator before ever trying pot, I was used to having this resource 15 minutes away, whenever I needed it.
I discovered that it was nearly impossible to achieve this state under the influence or the following day. I enjoyed using pot for it's own sake - but, I would urge you to consider your priorities in mental development. I eventually quit pot because the meditative state was so much more essential.
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>mind how & when he died. Um... pancreatic cancer?
yes, at age 32. It seems his lifestyle (not just pot-smoking of course, but it likely didn't help) contributed to his early death.
In the same vein (not likely), Lyle Alzado claimed his cancer was due to steroid use - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Alzado#Steroid_use_and_dea...
Cancer is pretty random. I'd guess that smoking unfiltered anything would increase the risk of lung/throat/oral cancer, but beyond that, you're really grasping.