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THE "War on Drugs" Thread (merged)
Re: Wars on Drugs
by smallpoxgirl » Tue 16 Dec 2008, 10:25:30
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', 'M')odern society may be boring, but I think there's a lot more to it SPG. The desire by humans to experience non-ordinary states of consciousness has existed since at least the dawn of the Neolithic Period, and probably much longer. There are at least some researchers who believe that such drugs may have actually played a pivotal role in the development of the self-awareness that differentiated us from the rest of the animal kingdom.
For sure and there is no conceivable rational reason to want to ban psychedelics. That's why they had to make up all that crap back in the 60's about LSD damaging your DNA.
"We were standing on the edges
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
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Re: Wars on Drugs
by vision-master » Tue 16 Dec 2008, 10:33:47
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')odern society may be boring, but I think there's a lot more to it SPG. The desire by humans to experience non-ordinary states of consciousness has existed since at least the dawn of the Neolithic Period, and probably much longer. There are at least some researchers who believe that such drugs may have actually played a pivotal role in the development of the self-awareness that differentiated us from the rest of the animal kingdom.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Reindeer games
The active ingredients of the amanita mushrooms are not metabolized by the body, and so they remain active in the urine. In fact, it is safer to drink the urine of one who has consumed the mushrooms than to eat the mushrooms directly, as many of the toxic compounds are processed and eliminated on the first pass through the body.
It was common practice among ancient people to recycle the potent effects of the mushroom by drinking each other's urine. The amanita's ingredients can remain potent even after six passes through the human body. Some scholars argue that this is the origin of the phrase "to get pissed," as this urine-drinking activity preceded alcohol by thousands of years.
Reindeer were the sacred animals of these semi-nomadic people, as the reindeer provided food, shelter, clothing and other necessities. Reindeer are also fond of eating the amanita mushrooms; they will seek them out, then prance about while under their influence. Often the urine of tripped-out reindeer would be consumed for its psychedelic effects.
This effect goes the other way too, as reindeer also enjoy the urine of a human, especially one who has consumed the mushrooms. In fact, reindeer will seek out human urine to drink, and some tribesmen carry sealskin containers of their own collected piss, which they use to attract stray reindeer back into the herd.
Drinking the blood of Christ? :razz:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/3136.html
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Re: Wars on Drugs
by Minvaren » Tue 16 Dec 2008, 16:00:37
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', 'M')odern society may be boring, but I think there's a lot more to it SPG. The desire by humans to experience non-ordinary states of consciousness has existed since at least the dawn of the Neolithic Period, and probably much longer. There are at least some researchers who believe that such drugs may have actually played a pivotal role in the development of the self-awareness that differentiated us from the rest of the animal kingdom.
For sure and there is no conceivable rational reason to want to ban psychedelics. That's why they had to make up all that crap back in the 60's about LSD damaging your DNA.
If I may - psychedelics (and other entheogens), coupled with some cults of personality, had a shot at toppling the social order in the 1960's. "Something" had to be done. So the USA did what it does best - declared war on drugs.
A great read with regards to TWilliam's last post - Intoxication - The Universal Drive for Mind-altering Substances. It's not just humans that want to get high.
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