Posted by Neal on March 19, 2009, at 20:31:35
In reply to Re: In Defense of Cannabis » Budzoid, posted by Vincent_QC on March 18, 2009, at 9:08:05
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I do think some of the hallucinogens have a use - If They Are Used in a Sacred Manner - ie., used as the native-americans used them, in the context of a religious or theraputic atmosphere with a guide who understands and has used the substance many times. Read Aldous Huxleys "DOORS OF PERCEPTION" for an English writer's view while taking hallucinogens. He was an author of a score of books, some on religious experience before he took his first mescaline. So he had some backround to take these things.
Of course, most youths don't have access to guides or psychiatrists who can help them. If this culture's first response to drugs was NOT to make them illegal, we might have such guides. As it is, there still are such people, but you have to look hard and long to find the real thing.
If you don't read, don't know much or just want kicks, you can only learn a limited amount. You're playing with fire, and you may get burned. Bad trips happen. Why not just stick to the drug of your culture, - usually alcohol - because a lot is already know about that. Most college students - that is the drug of choice. Just don't get hooked. If you find yourself drinking more than two nights a week, drinking alone, drinking secretively, you might want to do a reality check, IMO.
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