A brain on drugs

“i think smoking pot is bettter than drinking overall. there is a difference in driving stoned and driving drunk, but i don't think it's smart for someone to go driving down the road stoned off his gord.
as far as my kids smoking goes, i don't have any so it doesn;t mean much but if i did have a 16y/o i would rather they smoked a joint than went to a party and got hammered. pot does impair your judgement but not even close to the extent of alcohol. i haven't seen someone who's been smoking all night vomit all over the house and then pass out in it.
i just don't understand why alcohol is legal but pot isn't. used in moderation it has almost no harmful effects, besides maybe lung damage over a long period of time, but if you smoke nuggets you don't really even have to worry about that because you're taking 1 or 2 puffs and your rocked.”

“That was my man JOSH tellin it like it is!”

“One point: because drinking alcohol is legal people have been able to do a lot of research on the effects of alcohol... what blood alcohol levels result in impaired driving, what levels affect health, how much it takes people of different weights to get drunk. We also know how much alcohol is in different kinds of drinks because alcohol is regulated. With this knowledge we have been able to adjust drunk driving laws and educate the public (companies that sell alcohol have been involved in these campaigns). There might be similar benefits to legalizing and regulating marijuana and if marijuana was provided by corporations, they could probably be persuaded to promote responsible use at their expense.

I'd rather have government making money off of pot through taxes than to have the money going to those other criminalorganizations (lol).”

“Yeah but here is money being well spent by Bush and his cronies on the war on drugs. Keep up the good work, boys!”

“I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.”

“I don't recommend driving heavy trucks or forklifts in a doobed-up condition, the way I did.

Not everyone can handle it.

Besides, now the Jackbooted Government requires a Commercial Driver License for commercial driving and they can and will piss-test yo' ass.

When I was driving, twenty years ago, I became aware of the fact that many drivers of HEAVY dump trucks and concrete mixer trucks would take along a little bottle of "courage".
That was usually a half-pint of "steam" or vodka.

I also spoke to several veterans of WW II who took a bottle of booze along for the ride when on heavy bomber missions.

The booze was VERY popular among carrier-based fighter and bomber drivers too.

All of those flyers would have been better off bringing along a pack of "Left-Handed Lucky Strikes".

It must be tough tryin' to fly after blowin' chunks all over the cockpit......or into one's oxygen mask on account of too much booze.
And the double-vision has gotta suck too.”

“As far as my kids are concerned, I would hope that they would use as little alcohol, pot, and coffee as possible, and no other drugs unless really necessary. When I had my C-sections, I used as little painkiller as possible during recovery. I mostly don't use cold medicine, just ibuprofin when I have to. I have had to take a lot of medicine for chronic illness in the past, and hated it. I could see that it would be easy to be doped up all day and ignore life. I think that many drugs can be both good and bad for people, and pot really seems mild compared to many substances legal or illegal. But right now it is illegal, and I would not want my kids to do something illegal, regardless of whether the law is dumb or not.”

“Yeah, I advise my boys to stay away from the evil weed.

AND most of all, stay away from the knuckleheads who are numb enough to have large quantities of the stuff.

Over-zealous cops can make a "kingpin" out of some dumb-ass teenager who is unlucky enough to be in the same home or car with such quantities when the bust goes down.”

“I'll hit a pipe
I'll toke a bong
I'll roll a joint
I'll sing a song

I get real high
My friends do too
We get lit up
And So should you

Don't be shy
Don't be a punk
Just get over here
And smoke some funk

It won't make ya kill
It won't make ya lazy
Don't listen to Gordon
Cause it won't make ya crazy

This is the end
Of this post
Cause I'm starein at dubbie
That I must roast”

“Are you reefer addicts still trying to justify your habit? I find it ironic and lame that admissions of working high, driving high, drinking and driving, etc. are used as arguments for drug use.”

“Uncle Sugar IS (or was) growing Devil Weed in southern Mississippi (if I recall correctly) for the 6 or 7 people who can legally smoke it. A friend of a friend of a friend worked there some years ago and you should've seen the photo on the Christmas cards they sent out... plants as tall as Redwoods behind 20-foot electrified and barb-wired fences.

Yeah Rosey, I caught part of that story last night. Weird. "Zero Tolerance" Fo' Sho'. Wasn't there a story going around a few years ago about pot seeds being in birdseed... like for bird-feeders?

I saw a NORML convention that C-SPAN televised a couple of years ago. THAT was different. Definitely something even those dang commies would never show on Public TV, *G*.”

“Hey bacpac, I don't have to justify what I do to you or anybody else. Get a life, and quit worrying about what other people do when it has no effect on you.”

“There is sterilized pot seed in bird feed. The kind sold in pet stores for canaries and parakeets. Makes them sing for some reason.”

“To me, its looked for a while now that those who have a justifyable stance, Pro and Con, have said their piece and left the building so to speak.

It seems there have been many on this board who have chosen to remain silent wrt this topic...I wonder Why?...and How they really feel about this topic? Afterall, smoking herb is still a "closet" activity for many folks.”

“I'm not justifiying anything.....just confessing my "sins" and reporting on a little reality.

The notion that "all hell will break loose if this or that is legalized", is hogsh!t.....its already happening.

Its too late.......Moooooooo-hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!”

“I didn't mention you swinger. Is marijuana making you paranoid? Why do you feel the need to tell me what to do?”

“Are these not your words bacpac?

"Are you reefer addicts still trying to justify your habit"?

Sounds like a blanket statement to me!”

“swingmeister, It was a blanket statement. What made you feel it was directed at you personally?”

“"Why do you feel the need to tell me what to do?"
- bacpac
12:29:11 PM
02/07/02”

“?”

“Must be the paranoia”

“Swinger? Ohmagawd, my squirrel has a log-in!”

“

Tie my arm up at night between shows
Takin soda tops off of soda pops
I used to be up all night in the living room
smokin a lot of weed with the Four Tops
Makin collect calls back home to my pops
My little brother said, "Keith - you need to stop!"
I knew something was wrong
when I gave away my VHS and sold a pair of my socks
The IRS callin me, gettin on my nerve, I was warned by Redd Foxx
My girl, "Keith you seen my diamond rings in the jewelry box?"
I don't know; last night you and Chaka Khan was in here sniffin blow
I was in the room sweatin thinkin about the rent playin bingo
The landlord said the first of the month, we gotta go
Packed up my bag and met Darryl Strawberry in the mall
I told James Brown stop smokin angel dust and the pis-tal
He wanted to go up to the Olive Garden and start a resteraunt brawl
"Mary J. Blige, my son don't accept them type of phone calls"
I can't come out tonight, my Bic lighter don't light
I heard you and K-Ci in the background
I'm screamin did the cops come and break up the fight?

All the crack and the drugs, make me feel, the way I feel
All the crack and the drugs.. drugs..
All the crack and the drugs, make me feel, the way I feel
All the crack and the drugs..

Freebasin eighteen pounds of coke with Marvin Gaye
Put that on the table, let's parlay
with Smokey Robinson and Bootsy, lightin aluminum foil
Watch that crack pipe boil
With Richard Pryor we burned the house down gettin higher
Don't think I'm bluffin
Meet Tommy Lee Curtis, Keith Richards, Eddie Kingwards and David Ruffin
Rick James was in the kitchen lightin the flame
and Mousey's trapped with Cuba Gooding Sr.
I don't want nobody to know my name
I kept glasses on it was a damn shame
Losin weight, fallin out in big arenas
The same guy who used to deal to me
deals to Whitney and Bobby, meet Ike and Tina
Every Saturday mansions was packed, "Hey Jimmy you got the smack?"
Shut up! You don't know how to act

All the crack and the drugs, make me feel, the way I feel
All the crack and the drugs.. drugs..
All the crack and the drugs, make me feel, the way I feel
All the crack and the drugs..

Crystal methane.. and heroin and quaaludes..
A relapse, of your mind
Angel dust, ecstasy, sniffin coke baby..
got the best of me-heee-heeeee..
I got rits, withdrawals, my symptoms of pain
Rush me to the hosss-pi-tallll..
Oooh, ooh baby
Get this monkey off of MY MY MY BACK!
And get him off of me
Get the monkey off my BACK! Baby!
Get the monkey
And get the monkey off my back now..”

“Everybody's got something to hide
'cept for me and my monkey”

“That song is sooo good... you can listen to part of it here:

DRUGS ”

“I don't wanna hear that crap!

I like music!”

“Booooooooyyyyyyyeeeeeee!

bacpac ain't gonna like that!”

“Oh be nice!”

“Yeah, yeah, its all good!

If ya like it........ya like it!

People pay money for that stuff?”

“Did you even listen to it? It's just funny, like Snoop Dogg!

I'm going out like O Dogg!”

“Shouldn't "A Brain On Marijuana" be a more appropriate title for this thread?”

“That was one of the more interesting topics discussed at that NORML convention. Somewhat over half of the speakers were in favor of legalizing (not simply decriminalizing)... Everything. That's right. EVERYTHING. Hey, they were consistant, that's for sure!

Of course they supported age restrictions and the like, but if someone wanted to experiment with anything (or completely destroy themselves), it would be their choice to make, not the government's. In any case, teenagers and others who are vulnerable would always have a fully funded safety net... getting back to the 'disease rather than a crime' model.

Just think, if we took the money and manpower devoted to the Drug War and targeted education and treatment instead, the resulting savings could insure the health of every living soul in the nation or pay for 20 battleships per year, depending on your inclinations. Hmmmmmm... I wonder what an across-the-board tax cut would look like... ? Prison populations would be cut in half (at least), and so would their budgets. Imagine... no early release for violent offenders because of overcrowding... How much safer might society be then?

Drug testing would still be available to test people who were underage or whose jobs required it.


... an intersting thought experiment, wot?”

“I wish you people would straighten up and stop supporting the terrorists! Get a life not a life sentence.”

“Hey bacpac, I think I love you”

“Cue David Cassidy......”

“Hey bacpac, put a wish in one hand and #&%!$ in the other and we'll see which one fills up first.”

“I can't come out tonight, my Bic lighter don't light”

“I for one love drugs. I think the key here is to buy American.”

“Support homegrown!”

“Get high on life, don't live your life high.”

“you lame ass, son of a #&%!$, dick munching, crack baby!”

“Roll, roll roll a joint
Twist it at the ends
Take a puf
That's enough
Pass it to a friend”

“Stop responding, that worked on me!"


Tarp Rat
12:17:28 PM
02/11/02”

“Has it been determined whether Bacpac has ever "lit up"? BP, my man, are you arguing from a point of direct experience? Just curious.....”

“I wash just kidding!”

“well, there WAS that one time last week...tehehehe!! :-)”

“I heard tell bacpac was a big shot coke head.

(cue up a little twangin' Telecaster)
Ooooo, I'm drivin' my life away
Lookin' for a better way
Oh-oo-oh-oo me-ee”

“RE: Just WHO is Bacpac?
"Who is bacpac?

bacpac is a loudmouth braggart who torments strangers with his quick wit and suspicious nature. He is smarter than the average bear, but then who isn?t. He maintains a double-digit golf handicap and once made fifty free throws in a row. He loves his own children, but can barely tolerate the offspring of others. He is a chess master. He is a master in the art of lovemaking. Women adore him. Men respect him. Dogs hate him. He once drove cross-country non-stop. He has lived in eight different States. He has been to every State in the Union except for Hawaii and Delaware. He has been to six foreign countries. He has streaked. He has played harmonica with BB King. He smoked marijuana with Willie Nelson. He holds one patent. He was meritoriously promoted to Sergeant in the US Marines. He has been married once and divorced once. He has had stitches on fourteen different occasions. He has never broken a bone. He had Guillian Barre Syndrome and was paralyzed for three months. He enjoys hiking in winter. He has had conversations with two Presidents. He has survived two gang fights. He is patriotic. He has never won the lottery. He opposes affirmative action. His favorite actor is Danny DeVito. He can tread water for one hour. He has hitch hiked across country. He has never held elective office. He has ridden wild bulls. He has saved one child from drowning. He has two brothers and three sisters. He votes. He has never missed a child support payment. He has worked on a Hollywood movie. He has made one citizens arrest. He has been arrested three times. He avoids contact with online strangers due to a previous stalking incident. He is an expert marksman. He likes broccoli. He enjoys crossword puzzles. He once spent 36 hours in a continuous poker game. He has not met the Pope. He has 32 teeth. He has a pen!s. He has balls the size of coconuts. He has been published in a national magazine. He cries during the playing of the National Anthem. He is just a regular guy."
- bacpac
01:02:45 PM
09/06/01”

“WOW!


What do ya do with a drunken sailor?”