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- From: cblanc@pomona.claremont.edu (Malevolessence)
- Subject: Re: legalization of Britons
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.153549.1@pomona.claremont.edu>
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- Date: 2 Jan 93 15:35:49 PST
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- >
- > Well since the vast majority of people take drugs everyday the problem
- > would seem to me to be that of convincing Americans that some of the drugs
- > which are currently illegal are not as harmful as they believe, or in some
- > cases harmless or even beneficial. This is *not* an easy task. Given the
- > current state of hysteria the only people who will believe this are long
- > time users of these drugs who *are* the proof and few people will believe
- > them. I was recently told by the best known psychiatrist in Houston, TX
-
- Who? Could you give us a name for this dude? If so, I'll tell you if
- he's a fuckup or not. Collective experience of a private high school with more
- substance problems than Great Britain...
-
- > that it is *not* unusual for people two go insane by trying LSD one time.
- > This is the accepted medical wisdom. He also told me that Marijuana was
- > very harmful and could make you less intelligent. I'm sure he honestly
- > believes this and it does no good to call everyone who disagrees with your
- > position on drug legalization stupid or conspirators of some kind. These
- > are good honest people. Subtle but constant persuasion is the best. Point
- > out the counter example, gently educate people to the great literature of
- > psychedelic mysticism from Aldous Huxley, William Blake yes even Leary can
-
- To the main point of this reply: What drugs, if any, did Blake do?
- THis is curiousity, not combat (neither is the above) because Blake farily
- rocks...
-
- > help. Don't give up but realize that things are not going to change right
- > away. Pushing too hard always has the opposite effect from what the pusher
- > is trying to achieve and the truth has a way of somehow coming out.
- >
- >
- > --
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