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At least if they was legal it would stop your family member robbing your gear for a fix.. yes you will still have the heartache but im sure if drug addiction was legal and recognised as a medical condition familys would have more support offered.
We've been here before Becky. There would be less problems for everyone if drugs were legalised and properly controlled.
Yes I hear what your saying and tbh I dont want to go into detail here but drugs do cause problems in families.
What about when someone decides enough is enough and they dont want drugs ? Supposing they were legal then what chance is there of them coming off ? They may want too but if Joe Bloggs next door is getting it freely then the user probably wouldnt be able to get off. As I say I dont want to go into it here, but sorry families do suffer.
heroin doesn't make you think criminal thoughts ...the illegality of it puts you in a very desperatye situation.
And the other drugs such as MDMA and others in TIHKAL and PIHKAL because of their very slight addiction and harm profile.
However I think the problem remains with cocaine and amphetamine (to a lesser degree).
You cant prescibe crack because theres no end to the use, are you seriously going to just allow people to buy as much as they want? So they just sit there smoking it till their heart explodes.
Apart from residential treatment centres and decent drugs education I'm really not sure what to do about crack use.
Don't you think that if it was down to the government it would be heavily taxed each year and therefore end up costing the end user more??
If this does happen then the black market would certainly still be booming, funding terrorists etc.
I can see your point though.
But even if it was slightly above the black market rate would you not rather go to a shop where you could get a wide range of quality assured types than your local dealer? I know I would.
I think a tax on the turnover of a cannabis shop would be a much better way forward than one on each 1/8th sold for example. In that way the shop would be better placed to sell higher qaulity goods with a slightly better margin on them.
Also licences would be tightly controled to make sure there was no cheating.
Alcohol is legal and it's a drug, try and make alcohol illegal now and see what would happen, America 1920's.
Aye, Shamanism is probably the oldest belief system on the planet and many tribes still do use mind altering substances in ritual and believe they can contact spirits, shape shift and meet gods ect.
Have seen many programs on it. Can't remember what plant they use but I think they powdered and snorted it.
And then they get labelled for life.
I agree.
I do think that some people are more attracted to drugs (in general) because they're illegal. Maybe it enforces identities in subcultures too and curiousity is always an incentive.
I have a good chong now and again and I used to smoke cannabis all the time. However, it's more for parties these days. I started because I was curious when I was 16. Then I smoked it to help me cope with depression (not recommended) and now it's just... well, enjoyable, more so than drinking.
They use a range of different plants, magic mushrooms being one of them.
I wonder if they use datura.
so be it ...amen means so be it ...not that that has mucg to do with anything here ...but why not, why so ...i'm listening to nina simone/// and j cle at the right now.
i;mout of here.
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ayahuasca/ayahuasca.shtml
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Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria), has been traditionally used by shamanic cultures for thousands of years. The Lapps and Vikings are just some of the cultures well known to have used this. My Fave!
Yopo seeds which contain DMT are ground up and snorted are from South America and have been used for thousands of years.
Blue Lotus flowers were used by the the Eygptians soaked in wine and apparently had an effect like codiene. I saw it tested out on Channel 4's 'Sacred Weeds' programme.
Henbane which as used by witch's thought this country in the middle ages. I also saw this on 'Sacred Weeds'.
Edited cos I was pissed!
the mushrooms proved to much ...i was staggering around the house very confused and unsettled ...not pleasant. about three in the morning i could take no more of it and went and sat with my dog in the ruins of the old castle nearby ...spectacular! very enjoyable. but the dog left me ...she's never done that before ...buggered off home without me. i reckon she figured i was an imposter.