What is this?

Post #57,081 by mmoffitt 10/15/02 9:07:16 PM Reply	What is this? "Say it enough times and it will become true"? [only kidding] A couple of fallacies I feel compelled to point out. As for self-indulgence - I assume you support whole-heartedly the coming war of agression against a sovereign nation, the first in our history. Um, no, see any post of mine on the subject. And what has this got to do with using drugs? because the safety of the community is not damaged by marginal druggies (unless of course they need to steal to support a habit) Um, no, not just if they steal (which presumeably they wouldn't have to if drugs were decriminalized, the cost should go down, at least somewhat). I don't want to be in coach if you've legally been taking drugs and you're the pilot in command, or school bus driver, or the guy running the 2 ton machine I'm under, or driving east on a 2 lane road I'm driving west on at the same time, (pattern should be obvious).
Post #57,085 by deSitter 10/15/02 9:14:03 PM Reply	Re: What is this? What It Was ..was an incomplete trap in maintenance mode of Mr. Impatient Trigger Finger (moi) - I was maintaining my erstwhile (and intact) respect for you, while seething at the self-righteous nature of your upbraiding me. As will be seen, I settled into a happy equilibrium. -drl
Post #57,127 by drewk 10/16/02 8:38:14 AM Reply	How about our favorite drug? I don't want to be in coach if you've legally been taking drugs and you're the pilot in command ... How about alcohol? That's a legal drug. Just because it's a legal drug, does that mean it's legal to fly a plane while under the influence? Why, it seems not! Sorry for the sarcasm, but I hate arguments against legalization that treat alcohol differently. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #57,452 by mmoffitt 10/17/02 8:00:09 PM Reply	Here's a tip. Some have "flashbacks" w/only moderate use of acid. I've never heard of a "flashback" from anyone who moderately consumed alcohol. Also, even with the arguably "lightest" illicit drug (marijuana), the active ingredient (THC) remains in lymph tissue for at least 90 days after a single use. Show me the booze that can do that trick. Yes, alcohol is a drug. But it doesn't have the same staying power, nor (assuming moderate use again) the permanent mind altering qualities of some illicit substances. In short, alcohol IS different ;-)
Post #57,494 by drewk 10/18/02 9:00:38 AM Reply	So it's testable, is it still active? Unless I missed something in biology class, lymph tissues don't affect reasoning. So while THC may be testable much longer than alcohol, is it still active? Of course, we can't possibly have a definitve answer to this as it is illegal to conduct clinical trials on THC to see what, exactly, it does === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #57,533 by deSitter 10/18/02 11:54:18 AM Reply	Re: Here's a tip. Flashbacks are a myth. LSD in the usually taken configuration (literally micrograms) does not produce flashbacks - as indeed it could not possibly do because it is metabolized within hours. It does produce permanent changes in perception, or I should say, interpretation of perception - for the better. I assume the myth was the same kind of bogey-man scare as "reefer madness". -drl

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