Drugs are bad

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1. liberalgeek says:

   September 13, 2008 at 1:32 pm

   No doubt this is evidence recovered from The Great Doviti’s Daughter’s Party of 2008.

2. Nancy Willing says:

   September 13, 2008 at 1:59 pm

   hmmm, I don’t have audio here so I couldn’t determine what the general impression of this ‘ingestation’ was for Ashley.

   What I do know about salvia is that, like most psychotropic experiences, smoking this drug produces the strongest effect. The experience with smoking salvia is also almost always a very negative and scary effect as opposed to other similar substances.

   Indians typically ingest it under ritualistic ceremony (and with great respect for its powers) by chewing it or by making an infusion of some kind.

   I thought it was interesting that Karen Peterson got legislation passed in DE regarding the plant that didn’t observe any of the nuances of its effects relative to how it is ingested.

   I am sure that the legis’ reactive response was in keeping with the alarm of the parents of the kid who was allegedly involved so heavily with this substance that he took his own life with some amount of passivitiy, as if it were the natural course of events.

   The reason these sorts of drugs work at all is because we already have the receptor sites in our brains for some portion of these large chemical entities.

   Drug-induced psychoactive experiences are only possible because of normal brain functions, typically thought to be dreamstates and their function in impressing long-term memory with meaningful daily experiences. …As if survival depended on it.

   Indians wisely employ mother nature’s trippy substances to waken spirituality and evoke the humbling message of altruism etc. typically brought to the fore during these experiences.

   But …no duh…smoking psychotropics is generally very bad for us. Especially salvia. And crack. On the other hand, chewing the cocoa leaf is probably pretty nice and the ritualistic use of salvia in a tea (like magic mushroom or peyote) is probably beneficial.

   Now, find me a witchdoctor.

3. Brian Shields says:

   September 13, 2008 at 2:36 pm

   I have acted weirder on caffeine. (I am sensitive and can’t have it)

4. mike w. says:

   September 13, 2008 at 5:21 pm

   Yeah it’s illegal in DE because of that kid who killed himself while on it a few years ago.

5. Art Downs says:

   September 13, 2008 at 7:09 pm

   Was a Pennsylvania State trooper ‘profiling’ when he pulled over a car driven by Delaware resident Nichelle P. for the offense of having heavily-tinted car windows?

   Should he have been suspicious when she claimed not to know passenger Jacquene W? Should he have been justified in running a check when the the license was finally found? When it turned out to have been suspended should he have issued a warning and bid them good night?

   The trooper could have played ‘Trooper Friendly’ and not discovered a cache of heroin, all in nice baggies emblazoned with the name and picture of a certain Obama.

   For years candidates have attempted to persuade voters with trivial handouts such a pencils and nail files. This takes political advertising to a new level.

   Perhaps this was not the sort of a tie-in the candidate might want, but in constituencies that would re-elect M. Barry and ‘Cold Cash’ Jefferson, it might be effective in certain precincts.

6. P.I. says:

   September 13, 2008 at 7:49 pm

   Nancy,
   It doesn’t matter HOW it’s ingested. It’s just plain illegal. Law allows for scientic research for other uses that may have medical benefits.

7. Art Downs says:

   September 14, 2008 at 10:06 am

   The enforcement of drug laws should be better calibrated as to the severity of the threat.

   Quite often we hear of pot busts where minimal quantities are involved but where ludicrous ‘street values’ are reported. Is this done for PR purposes?

   Whenever I hear the myth of ‘gateway drug’ mentioned, I tend to disregard whatever else follows.

   Perhaps such arrests look good in news accounts but is the energy expended taking resource away from a campaign to arrest and imprison those involved in the heroin, cocaine, and crystal meth trade?