Miss Disco wrote:
No-one's ever tried to start a fight with me, although I have seen people completely change personality (for the worse) when they're stoned. They stumble round the house giggling and disappear up themselves, not wanting to talk to anyone. For the record, the people in question are perfectly fine when they've been drinking, they just become exaggerated versions of their normal selves.
Another thing is that when you're drinking, you pretty much know what effect it's going to have on you and you can take steps to stop it, or at least limit the damage (e.g. by having water between boozy drinks, which is what I do). You can't do that with drugs; once they're in your system you can't stop what they're going to do to you. That's why I don't touch them; the way I see it, it's too risky. But that's just me, I guess.
EDIT: Funny you should mention god delusions; that's my favourite book! :)
I take your point about "once it's in you, yer stuck with it", certainly true for E's and acid and shrooms, there's no getting back if you change your mind. But then, there is also no way to sober up, OOOOh people will tell you lots of coffee and so on, but tell that to the police when they stop you and you make the wrong light come on when you breath.
The thing is, that the legal status of drugs (and you seem to be basing good and bad on whether or not they're legal...ie taxable), is a manmade, temporary situation.
50 years ago, weed was legal in the UK. 30 years ago E was legal in the USA, you bought it at the local chemist (I always wondered why they call them drug stores), and got a little flight guide with it to suggest fun things to do whilst bolloxed).
BTW do you know the lethal dose of cannabis?
A 20KG block dropped on the head from 50ft.
I've always liked a smoke.
Used to like a drink, but last night's the first time I've been blocked in 2 years. Partly cos all the meds have left my body in no state to cope with the stuff, but also, every really good bit of trouble I've gotten into, and every really reprehensible thing I've ever done, was while steamin. The moral of that tale is that alcohol is a bad drug, FOR ME. But it's good for you, so should I have it made illegal because of it's effects on me?
Actually in the last few years I have also found that medical weed smokers are not just trying it on. The painkillers I'm on (which are an opoid, and a controlled substance....why? not because they are dangerous...the typical lethal dose is 2-3g (40 to 60 tablets, which you wouldn't keep down anyway), whereas the lethal dose of paracetamol is considerably less than the amount contained in all but the smallest packs available in the paper shop, NOPE, it's a controlled substance cos you can get out of yer head on it...you think weed makes you insular? try 3 years of these bad boys)....anyway, the pills, as soon as they are down my throat, they're trying to crawl back out, but if I have a little smoke, it goes away in a flash, much as I have heard Chemo and AZT patients say it does. Obvious;y I can't get hammered in work, so very often if I need to take painkllers, I've got my head down the bog an hour later losing them again.
You live in Town and nobody's ever tried to start a fight with you???????????
I must just have "thump me" tatooed on me bonce.
Anyway, the point is, each to their own. Do what works for you, avoid what doesn't. Obviously that goes only as far as being a proper addict, be it a junkie or a wino, who fucks over everyone around them, then you're a dick and the sooner you OD or shit your liver out the better ;)
