I was watching this documentary last night, they ran the whole series outlining the creation, medical use, and ultimate criminalization of the major illegal drugs. Anyone else see this?
It was on A&E
It was on A&E
It was interesting eh? I came from that kind of lifestyle and was fascinated by the history of it, and how it was so widely prescribed and accepted.Yup, I watched the ones on Marijuana and cocaine.
That reminds me of the line in the 40-Year Old Virgin...lol.fo sho.
I thought the same thing earlier. Had to give him some rep points for getting his lazy as$ back in here...lolDamn SS, where the hell have you been hiding?
:wave:I thought the same thing earlier. Had to give him some rep points for getting his lazy as$ back in here...lol
Probably Timothy Leary, he was the guy with the "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out" philosophy that made a lot of people feel that casual and frequent use of psychoactives was a great thing which resulted in, well, the 1960's. Also their imminent banning and demonization by the US Government, and sealing a whole class of chemical compounds off from important scientific and psychological research until very recently.. can't remembe the guy's name, but the lsd advocate? he was def. lost out there in la-la land.
I think this is one of the things which I found most interesting as it has so much relevance to our current situation pertaining sports "supplements".Also their imminent banning and demonization by the US Government, and sealing a whole class of chemical compounds off from important scientific and psychological research until very recently.
BV
Yeah, there are a lot of parallels in each field. You have a massive amount of uneducated youths who, once they realize the benefits of a particular compound (anabolic/psychoactive, etc) they rocket to abuse levels without thinking of the mental and physical consequences, mainly because all their lives they were told horror stories that generally do not apply with responsible use. Unfortunately there were never explained what responsible use entails, and so they destroy themselves and then go running to mommy and daddy, and that spills over into sensationalist media stories that boil down to outright lies, which of course politicians believe, and ruin the lives of innocent, responsible people in the name of saving the children.I think this is one of the things which I found most interesting as it has so much relevance to our current situation pertaining sports "supplements".
I would argue one point here, that of politicians believing the lies. Some do no doubt, but you'd be surprised how many and which ones will admit that prohibition is a failure in private, who know that the BS about many drugs is just that, BS, but yet continue to keep the side show going for their own ends because it just doesn't matter to them. Especially after the convicted users are disenfranchised. They can't vote so they don't matter.sensationalist media stories that boil down to outright lies, which of course politicians believe, and ruin the lives of innocent, responsible people in the name of saving the children.
And the viscious cycle continues...
A very valid and unfortunate point CDB...I would argue one point here, that of politicians believing the lies. Some do no doubt, but you'd be surprised how many and which ones will admit that prohibition is a failure in private, who know that the BS about many drugs is just that, BS, but yet continue to keep the side show going for their own ends because it just doesn't matter to them. Especially after the convicted users are disenfranchised. They can't vote so they don't matter.
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