chris

Regarding weight loss: Just as a tip, if you haven't already, eliminate soda drinks from your diet. All the sugar and caffeine removed from your diet will help you greatly. It helped me!

You keep going back to the same point which I've countered a number of times. Getting wasted is not OK. The government cannot force society to be responsible now matter how hard it tries, and things like prohibition only endanger lives while making it illegal and more dangerous (but not less easy) to do what's prohibited. We lived through it with alcohol prohibition decades ago and we're living through it with a more widespread drug prohibition now. I'm confused with regards to your point about parental responsibility. There are too many irresponsible parents out there now, and this is GRIEVOUSLY WRONG. These are people who have the lives of children in their hands, and many today are sending these children down a one-way path to disaster. This is strictly the responsibility of the parents, and holding parents liable for the welfare of their children is most certainly something I think this country needs to do. Please pay more attention to what I am saying. I'm not a parent myself, but I do know a few couples who have (sparingly) used an illicit substance or two. They never do it around their kids, and as a matter of fact, their kids in almost every case are overachievers. None of them shirk responsibility here. These are not hypothetical people, these are friends that I know and love. Allow me to reiterate: I want drugs legalized. I do not want it to be legal for children to get them, and I don't want parents to think it's okay to do drugs in front of their children. Frankly I'm appalled that you continue to think that resembles what I want in any way. FYI - the occasional coke user has a very good chance of passing the test, as does the occasional pot smoker. They both eliminate within 3-4 days. Only heavy cannabis use requires 3-4 weeks of elimination to pass the test.

Hyperbole doesn't help, and neither does putting words in my mouth. I don't think kids should be given acid, I don't think kids should be given pot, and I don't think kids should be given alcohol. I made this point before. They are all "bad" for you in their own ways, and only informed adults should be trusted to make the decision to use these substances. Unlike murder and rape, drug use itself is a victimless crime. Just as with alcohol, it is entirely up to the judgement of the user to endanger the public, legal or not. I don't think any drug should be available at a corner store (beer and cigarettes are a "maybe", but if I had my way they wouldn't be--drugs belong at a pharmacy). Anecdotal lack of parental responsibility is the poorest excuse for drug prohibition that I've ever heard. Holding parents responsible for the education of their children, as well as the consequences of the lack thereof, is the surest way to ensure that this does not become a problem. The status quo is woefully inadequate and we both know it.

Driving on (insert drug here) already is policed. Impaired driving is a serious issue that is already taken care of. If you're pulled over for reckless driving, and you happen to let it get out that you've had a few shots of nyquil or a cold pill, you could and probably will be charged for driving under the influence. Drug education and parental responsibility will prevent kids from taking drugs to school. Again, any obviously intoxicated kids already are being taken care of. There are age limits for all the legal drugs, why do you think the same wouldn't be true for the ones I think should be? Personally I think there should be a number of restrictions on what I want made legal. Every day people responsible for public safety arrive at work under the influence or after-effects of alcohol consumption, caffeine, cocaine, amphetamine/methamphetamine, mind-altering SSRI's and MAOI's, and pot, and accomplish their jobs safely. All health problems aside, if they aren't endangering anyone (alcohol within the legal limit, legal drugs prescribed, illegal ones kept in check with moderation), and are of some legal age, there shouldn't be a problem. You seem to be operating under the fallacy that every drug is always bad.

It's not any harder, it's just more dangerous. "Sending signals" is what education is for, not legislation. Personally I do not accept alcohol abuse. It has personally killed people that I knew and loved. Heroin has done the same. Legality has no bearing on how these people died. If you must "send signals" and force your moral code onto others with our nation's legal system, at least decriminalize drug possession and intoxication itself. Someone who is charged with no other crime than possessing drugs or being high without endangering others should be fined, or at best held overnight (as in the drunk tank for public intoxication), rather than thrown in prison. Each imprisoned, non-violent drug offender that is released under this provision will make more room for a violent child molester or rapist, who, as you know, might otherwise be released into our neighborhoods.

Legalizing "certain" drugs? The vast majority (if not all) should be legalized and regulated. Granted, it won't unhurt the people that have been, but it will reduce or eliminate the role of organized crime in the future.

Unfortunately in this country, one must develop a concept that legal and right are two very different issues. Most drugs are powerful substances that many people are not mature enough or prepared for. In all reality, this nation's executive branch is not too particularly hard on the average drug user: he isn't sought out by the police in the same manner that big-time dealers are. But if you happen to be caught doing something wrong, the presence of drugs on, in, or near you will only make matters worse. However, people will use drugs whether they are legal or not. A surprisingly large number of them try to use them responsibly, but the black market status of most of the drug trade makes it hard to know the quality or consistency of what you're getting. Ecstasy pills, sought after because they contain the drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine, a nonaddictive "empathogen-entactogen" drug with arguably psychedelic qualities), are frequently cut (or replaced altogether!) with more dangerous substances such as methamphetamine, dextromethorphan (DXM, also part of what makes nyquil make you feel so weird), or, rarely (but fatally), the highly dose-sensitive and toxic paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA). MDMA has its own dangers (people have died from dehydration under its influence, as well as from drinking too much water), and I will not recommend its use to anyone, but these things only make it worse. Similarly, the market for LSD (D-lysergic acid diethylamide, a nonaddictive psychedelic hallucinogen) faces such issues as well. Myths of strychnine contamination aside, these days a lot of non-LSD substances are sold as "acid" on the streets, almost all of which are more dose-sensitive than LSD (i.e., someone who thought they bought real LSD will be in for a surprise), including the research chemical 2C-T-7 (2,5-dimethoxy-4-(n)-propylthiophenethylamine, a hallucinogenic drug somewhat related to the substance amphetamine, whose name I actually had to look up), and the dissociative anaesthetic PCP (phencyclidine, known for almost invariably leading to a bad trip). Most situations wherein a person has experienced an "overdose" have involved one of these two substances; acid, while it is something very psychologically serious, and something I would definitely not recommend, is fairly difficult to overdose on (however, I should definitely warn that higher and more frequent doses of LSD tend to lead to lingering visual and memory effects). Drug use is not going away. It was here before prohibition and it will be here when prohibition leaves. The war on drugs is nothing more than a transient danger for peaceful, productive members of society who prefer different substances than the administration. Neither of the two drugs I mentioned above have harmed nearly as many people as alcohol and tobacco (through poisoning or through endangerment of the public), not even when you adjust for the number of users of each substance. The only acceptable approach toward problems related to drugs is a combination of proper education, harm reduction and quality control. If people knew exactly what drugs did (good and bad), could seek treatment and preventative care (i.e. needle exchange) when needed, and knew exactly what they were getting (this was a problem during alcohol prohibition, see the many cases of lead and methanol poisoning), the rate of injury and fatality would be significantly decreased compared to today's situation. I will again note that I will not recommend that anyone should use any drug whatsoever. Too many members of this board are simply too young to be using any drug (including alcohol, arguably the most forgiving drug out there), all of the very serious legal issues aside. See also, http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online...proemium2.shtml

What a load! More people get "messed up" and kill people on alcohol than they ever did with marijuana or any other drug, and more people die from smoking cigarettes than any other drug! You've been grievously misinformed about drugs.

Pot may not be a drug in itself, but it is certainly a plant that contains a number of psychoactive drugs. Alcohol (ethanol) is absolutely a drug as well. So are caffeine, nicotine and vicodin. Pot is not really a gateway drug. I would assign that status to alcohol or nicotine; most people who move onto pot have tried one of those two prior to it. Using high school as an example for much of anything is a bad idea. Most of what people do there is either for status or for escapism. No matter what the drug, high school kids by and large are just looking for a way to get "fucked up" more than the next guy, as though everything is just a stronger form of alcohol.

munchies would do that :P actually it depends a lot on your activity level, ever since I started being more active no matter how much I eat, any given Friday I'll weigh less than I did on the prior Monday. if you want muscle mass, lift weights!

the sun is over here. on new years morning, it made sure to stay right on top of my hood on the entire drive home.

new years eve well, I wound up at a house party early on, swigged tequila with a girl who turned out to be a stripper (that was her idea of a shot), did a whole bunch of illegal stuff, wound up in a recording studio (at this house) with a big name in dance music with neither of us particularly able to think or see straight. new years day recovery, attempted to eat sushi with a friend and basically failed. specifically at 12:00, I was working a dj booth doing dj things during the countdown.

other than neighborhoods, i'm somewhere between boy racer and aggressive. i don't even feel like i'm making progress on the highway unless i'm moving ahead relative to the other traffic.

wow a.) my cobalt spotting was two years ago! b.) i played a slightly important role in cobalt history! feels good to see that brought up again, i'm a complete ham for the spotlight.

going to a house party with a few good friends, having a couple cocktails, enjoying the beauty that is life... there's a big show going on, steve porter is actually playing in houston at the meridian for new years, which I'll unfortunately have to miss. too risky roadwise.

this is not lounge material, where are the mods? please move this to the light bulb forum.

RAWR ADDITIONAL JUDGEMENT LIKE THE POSTS ABOVE ME

It got down to 48 in my room a couple weeks ago. Now that is fun!

Their weight is exactly what a properly calibrated scale (at sea level, or at any other level) would read. Their mass might not be exactly what you would expect, but that's how much force they exert through gravity. :CG_all:

Clearly not enough attention was drawn to this. Non-violent criminals being locked up are constantly forcing out child-hungry pedophiles and convicted killers into our neighborhoods. Our priorities are in dire disorder.

damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn why did i choose to have a life today!

If I had stigmata I'd worry!

you is?

a lot of it is, but a lot of it is also a result of toxicity and alcohol withdrawal.

that was supposedly a demon found in a flash photograph taken inside some caves. in reality it was a prop set up by the tour company that was supposed to surprise people when they got their pictures developed. wish i'd thoughta that.