My full stance on everything: All hallucinogens, pot, and MDMA are okay (this does not include dissociatives such as DXM (Robotussin), Ketamine, some rare Phenethylamines such as 2-CT-7, or PCP). Anything else, which is basically coke, meth, heroine, painkillers and GHB is not okay.
The reason being, most hallucinogens are impossible to die from, and almost never have any adverse physical side effects (any which do show up are most likely allergic reactions, or underlying mental problems coming to the front). Some shouldn't be taken (read: still can be taken, with due caution) if there are heart conditions (MDMA and some other pharms) or spinal conditions (LSD).
There are some hallucinogens that, while safe, I still avoid due to their physical side effects. There are quite a few in which vomiting is part of the experience and is experienced positively, but I do not like vomiting.
Pot is also not physically addictive, and also almost never has any adverse side effects, and has never been the outright cause of someone's death, and will never be. No one has gotten cancer from it, and almost all car crashes involving marijuana also involve alcohol, and alcohol is almost always the prime cause of those crashes. Just look at Willie Nelson. He's been doing the stuff forever, still doesn't have cancer, not much in the way of health problems either.
MDMA is the deadliest drug I think is okay for people. Again, there are rarely any adverse physical side effects other than a raised heart rate. Most effective anti-depressant I've ever seen. It does occasionally kill people, but to put things in perspective, in 2004 in New York City, two people died from ecstacy, and nineteen people died from peanut allergies. And quite a few more than that from commiting suicide with over-the-counter painkillers. Some people suffer from reduced serotonin levels later on in their lives, but most users have normal serotonin levels.
Dissociatives (PCP, Ketamine, DXM (Robotussin)), unlike the above, can cause brain damage in the form of Olney's Lesions. Coke, meth, adderol, amphetamines can give you heart troubles and cause heart attacks, as well as causing brain damage. All the laudanum/opium derivatives and painkillers do the same things. Other stuff like GHB hasn't been tested extensively yet but has resulted in considerable deaths per amount of users. And everything in this paragraph has a strong potential for physical addiction.
And alcohol is on the same lines as laudunum/opium derivatives. I think that's everything. Basically, I make it a point to know what I'm getting into and what to avoid. There's a bunch more statistics and whatnot, but then I'd post this somewhere else, because none of these people are going to read it as a forum post.
Imogen Heap - The Moment I Said It. That's the only one, each and every time I hear it. Not many singers have a voice like she does...Regina Spektor, maybe.
[QUOTE="crucifine"]Legalities aside, the one thing that pot smokers have going for them as opposed to cigarette smokers (in the whole smoke-in-your-lungs argument) is that pot smokers can use vaporizers. Vaporizers heat up the marijuana to just the right temperature to condense the THC into a mist, but it's not hot enough to burn the pot, so there is almost zero smoke. If someone were to smoke with nothing but vaporizers (unlikely, I know) they'd basically be doing nothing negative to their body. And that provided they only smoke the leaves, they're actually getting three times less tar than cigarettes.
Side note: In 2004 in New York City, more people died from peanut allergies than from ecstacy.ROFLMASTER
I heard smoking pot can cause damage to the synaptics in the human brain...or something like that :D...
That was from a study where they suffocated a monkey with smoke. That doesn't happen in real life, unless you're caught in a burning building and inhale that stuff. The only organizations that still sponsor that are anti-drug groups, who have been grasping for straws lately. The rest of the scientific community dismisses it as hogwash.
Legalities aside, the one thing that pot smokers have going for them as opposed to cigarette smokers (in the whole smoke-in-your-lungs argument) is that pot smokers can use vaporizers. Vaporizers heat up the marijuana to just the right temperature to condense the THC into a mist, but it's not hot enough to burn the pot, so there is almost zero smoke. If someone were to smoke with nothing but vaporizers (unlikely, I know) they'd basically be doing nothing negative to their body. And that provided they only smoke the leaves, they're actually getting three times less tar than cigarettes.
Side note: In 2004 in New York City, more people died from peanut allergies than from ecstacy.
I would convert them to VAR 192~320 kbps. You won't lose much sound quality, and you'll chop off maybe 2 megabytes per song. I can't stand 128 kbps, it sounds awful. I used to have a bunch of FLAC files, but I downconverted them to 320 kbps mp3s because I needed the space.
Angra is one of the few power metal bands I can listen to...anyways: Acid Mothers Temple Aghora Boards of Canada Infected Mushroom Ted Leo and The PharmacistsWindir
Log in to comment