so, they make the addicts and then expect them to stop…and did you ever see all those commercials the guy who invented lsd put out. this guys was a smart guy harvard or something similar and he was actually airing commercials urging people to use lsd. its really crazy. so they allow it then they decide they want people to stop. i mean youve got to draw the line somewhere
this conversation would be better if my name was joshua.
coke was in… coke. musta been a bust when that was taken out!
mmm coke…
coke is good but pepsi has that sweetish oomph.
I think pepsi had it too :q:
Im not sure
:beam: I like sprite
mmm, orange soda.
Back to the main point in this thread it got hijacked, lol
LSD was an accident while researching for a cure for migraines, when it turned out to cause halucinations the CIA wanted to find out thru voluntary human trials in the late 50’s/early 60’s hoping to use it eventually as a some sort of tool for their trade so they approached some proffessors at Harvard and Berkeley and groups of faculty and students participated to explore the reaches and limits of the stuff. The acid Tests.
TV ads ???..I don’t remember any marketing for it - it was a subCulture secret thing but not illegal as there was no law against it until it became popular and some people started having psycotic reactions to it … then the law
modern technology - its a beautiful thing.
what makes drugs addictive? thats is a really broad question. Id suggest medical papers. I know that weed is mostly psychological. Like wanting to back to disneyland, taht kind of deal.
I don’t fully understand the mechanics of addiction but there is definately a large difference between physiological addiction and psycological… the later of which there are varying degrees of
Potatoe chips are addicting, as are forums, as is chocolate cake, as is Pot…
Drugs like Heroin become like oxygen… go without it and you have a convulsive physical reaction … of course you don’t die from the withdrawl - but you feel and believe you will and therefore MUST HAVE IT and will do whatever it takes to get it
screwing over anyone who gets in the way …
Now that is true addiction
i love it when the say “kids get addicted to pot…” its like DUH! its fun…they get addicted to videogames and TV to. I sure as hell was
haha, thats one way to look at it. lol:P
i’m an advertising major and it angers me when i look at the anti-drug ads. especially the ones with “if you do drugs, you’re helping terrorism”. that’s taking fear appeal too far and it will backfire.
yeah man… all my stuff is from kansas… you mean to tell me that there’s terrorists in kansas?
*Originally posted by lavaboy *
**yeah man… all my stuff is from kansas… you mean to tell me that there’s terrorists in kansas? **
Didn’t know you could smoke corn!
actually nebraska is one of the biggest meth states in the U.S. go figure.
Actually I have never Drank excessivly, ive never been drunk, i only started drinking once i turned 21… I have never done drugs (except Tylenol) and Im proud of it =)
Im not boing either lol in fact i’d be boring if i was under the influence (and not i dont want to find out).
and NO, that is NOT a beer in my avatar!!! Its Coca-Cola… hmmm…
=)
hmm… interesting topic. I guess I can incriminate myself now since I’ve not done anything serious in a long time and recently stoped the doobs.
Alcohol ~ Went to see Vanhallen, got a contact high at the stadium, drank half a case of beer and puked everywhere. When you’re not used to the stuff, don’t mix alcohol and pot… very bad scene.
Pot ~ Though I got that contact high, I didn’t really smoke the stuff for quite a few years. I had been looking for ages for a contact but was unsuccessful until senior year in high school. I was trying to get into the pants of my manager from Crazy Eddies (I was 18 what do you want??!!). I came over to her apartment on campus one night and saw a bunch of plants. It was then that she told me that she was supplying half the campus with premo buds. That night I had sex for the third time in my life, high for the first time. Good times.
LSD ~ I absolutely wont do this stuff any more. I know biologists and chemists and various other scientificaly minded people who have convinced me that pure LSD causes no substancial or lasting damage to the body… but the fact is you can’t get pure LSD these days unless you make it yourself. (and I don’t want that recipe:P) Most of the time you’ll have at least some arsenic in the batch. So… no more for me. However there was a time when I was doing Mesq, or LSD once every couple of months. They were good experiences that I would not change for anything.
First time was at my 22nd birthday party. A couple of friends knew I was interested in the experience and brought some with. The experience is not really something that is easily describable.
Other than that I’ve stayed away from drugs. I have a very adictive personality… I know if I tried something like coke I’d like it too much and I’d spend all my money on it, so… I’ve never bothered to try them. Gateway my hindside… pot is not a gateway… personality is.
anyway… nothing really fascinating to tell I suppose… probebly pretty similar experiences as anyone else has had.
addiction comes from a variety of things. The most common addiction for these substances is physical which relates to nerve endings in the brain. These receptors of various pain and pleasure sensations of the body, are tricked by the substance into believing that they are active… giving a pleasure response in most cases. The reason it’s addictive is that one’s receptors become accustomed to a certain amount of the chemical, so as time goes on, the body reacts less and less to the same amount of the chemical. Then, if the substance stops being used, the body goes haywire with a lack of the chemical reaction.
The adiction to pot is psychological for the most part, but no less serious. In that case, the person becomes used to the feeling during various activities and without the substance usually feels apathetic about life, and unable to perform those same tasks. Pot will also stop psychological developement to a great degree. If taken while the subject is young, they will end up stunting both social skills, and mental aptitude. It’s not that there is damage to the brain, as soon as you stop, the developement continues… but it is much harder for an adult to develope mentaly than it is a child. Hence my strong belief that people who are still in the developement stages of their lives should not do drugs in general.
ah well… I’ve babbled enough for one night. Just remember kids… stay clean, these are the days to enjoy being young, living life, there are years ahead of you in which to make such choices… and I assure you that they are serious choices to make.
peace
