Ok, now before I say anything else from now on, or anyone tries to argue with me, lets make known a few things about me, and where I'm coming from, and of what credentials I have to be so adamant and holier-then-thou about all this.
Firstly, my drug resume- (And of course, I'm going to list "exotic" drugs, not your everyday drugs that all the cabbages are addicted to, such as caffeine, booze, nicotine and sugar. (And YES, sugar IS a drug, before you decide to say anything stupid))
Marijuana (In all it's various forms, joints, bongs, hash, hash oil, homegrown, hydroponic, cookie, cake...)
Amphetamines (Speed)
Dexamphetamines (Speed made by the government for kids with too much energy)
Methamphetamines (Ice, or shabushka depending where you are from
Methyldioxymethamphetamine (Ecstacy)
Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA, a "Mellower" version of ecstasy thats less widely known about)
Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms)
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD, or "Acid", my name sake
)
2C - B (Another lesser known "Legal ecstacy" that's not legal anymore)
Mescaline (Peyote, one of TGRR's favourites)
Nitrous Oxide (Laughing Gas, a favourate of dentists and baristas who try the "whippets")
Opium (Although, mind you, not it's stupidly powerful brother, Heroin)
Codeine (Opiate)
Hydrocodone (Vicodin)
diazepam (Valium)
Lysergic acid amide (Morning glory seeds)
Salvinorin A, of the Salvia divinorum plant
Dimethyltryptamine (DMT
)
Benzoylmethyl ecgonine (Cocaine, Americas choice cavity rotter)
...
Ok, those are the main ones I can remember off the top of my head... and no, I did not have to search the scientific names of those chemicals, I'm actually *that* familiar with them.
I suppose, I would like to point out, there are drugs I *have* not tried, and have no intention of trying, such as
Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB, or as the media stupidly calls it, "Grevious bodily harm")
diacetylmorphine hydrochloride (Heroin)
and of course, Jenkem. (Butt-hash
)
but, I don't see them as "Evil" drugs, as I know, some people can use it on a regular basis and don't seem to develop problems, though, most people that try it usually have their lives ruined by it, and by that, I personally keep away from it and hope that people I care about do to, because it just doesn't seem worth it.
Now, mind you, I GREW UP in the Heroin central of Melbourne, and I've been exposed to it all my life, and have it offered to me on the street, there is no temptation for me.
Now, I've been taking drugs recreationally from 14 years of age. Yes, I know, I started young, and this isn't something I'm proud of, but it is a FACT.
What I *AM* proud of though, is that I've never bowed to peer pressure, I've never taken a drug without first knowing what it is, and doing ALOT of research on it.
And I get my information from many sources, and make sure that the drug I'm getting IS the drug I'm told it is.
When people ask me about drugs, which happens frequently, I make sure to tell them everything in as much as an un-biased way as possible, the facts as I understand them, with all the positive and negatives made crystal clear, I don't sugar coat anything, I'm not trying to impress anyone or get anyone to take drugs, I'm trying to inform people of the *reality* of drugs, as I understand it.
What I absolutely *hate* is when I hear people talk about drugs like certain drugs are the best drugs in the world and are absolutely safe while other drugs are dirty, evil, un-natural drugs that will completely change who you are and give you permanent brain damage and that anyone that uses them is to be avoided like the plague.
ALL drugs have positive and negative effects.
Different drugs work differently for different people.
There are no guarantees when taking any drug, as to its safeness or it's danger, if it will work or if it does what you're told its supposed to do.
What you CAN know is, the general effects of the drug amongst the general population, and what to do when bad things happen on drugs, and how to prepare yourself for a drug trip, and how to do a drug as safely as possible given a situation.
Knowledge is power.
Treat drugs with respect, and they can be quite enjoyable, with the negative effects not being much a concern, and you can even learn something about yourself and the world if you're lucky.
On the flip side, if you're too cool for school, and think that you can impress your friends by taking 5 different drugs that you've never even heard of on a dare, then yeah, odds are, you will end up fucked, bad shit will happen, permanent damage could occur and if you survive, you'll become one of those 'born-again' ex-drug taking morons who will make it their personal mission to "save" the population from making "the same mistake" you made by telling everyone that drugs are bad and they ruin lives, or that certain drugs are bad but others are ok...
and it's those people that you get your information on drugs from, from the sounds of what some of you say.
Now, I'm NOT a doctor. I didn't even finish highschool.
But, I *am* studying to be a psychologist, and I do know a fair bit about the way our minds work too.
I do have a lot of information on drugs, and I do my research, and I do it properly, and get my information from many sources.
I also know many scientists, researches, doctors and chemistry students.
My information network is wide and varied, and my information is first hand and straight from the source of people that would know the most about these things.
Now, with all this in mind, let me make it clear: I take drugs very seriously, because there is a lot of mis-information floating around out there, and I'm sick of all the bullshit going around, because, the more of it that's out there, the more people do stupid things and ruin what could be a good and useful thing for everyone.
I see drugs as a tool, and like all tools, they have the potential for good and bad, just like a knife, just like a gun, just like cars, just like the government, just like nuclear energy.
And, like all tools, the best way to use them isn't through ignorance, it's through knowledge.
Any questions?
