Posted by Larry Hoover on October 24, 2004, at 8:20:13
In reply to Re: GHB in the media, posted by Carlos C on October 23, 2004, at 23:38:31
> The incredible dichotomy between GHB as a safe miracle nutrient (with extensive applications to a host of human maladies) and GHB as a lethal designer drug (used for date rape and other nefarious purposes) can hardly be more striking. This can hardly be an accident. It must be by design. But who's design?
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I couldn't say, literally, but the war on drugs takes no prisoners. Nowhere else on Earth (other than in the US) do people get federal prison time for simple possession of marijuana. It may seem prejudicial of me to say so, but the American people are subject to a vast amount of what is simply propaganda. Unfounded, untrue, exaggerated, prejudicial, manipulative information produced by often un-named government agencies. [Sorry, but this is a pet peeve.]
I'll tell you a little story. Way back when I was in high school, the government disseminated information that LSD caused permanent chromosome damage. DNA was rather a new subject, back then, and few questioned the intent of the government. Well, I've always been a geek. I looked for corroborating evidence. The government published all sorts of statistics, including annual incidence of birth defects. If chromosome damage was occurring, those 60's hippies (now at child-bearing age, in the early 70's) would be having babies with birth defects. Guess what? No signal. Birth defect rates were falling. The government was trashing the reputation of a professor at Harvard, one Timothy Leary.....so I read one of his books on the subject.
The end result was that the first street drug of any sort that I ever used was LSD. It was patent that the government was lying about the drug, so I had to try it. My story may be unique, but there it is.
About GHB....what I don't comprehend is the price they're charging for Xyrem. I saw the figures, months ago, and all I remember is that they were outrageous. The cost of a one-month supply of Xyrem should by you about a half a tonne of GHB. They're making a killing on this stuff. [second pet peeve in one post....wowzers]
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Lar
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