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- From: hjel@ellis.uchicago.edu (Death-PartyCentral)
- Subject: Re: A question. . .
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.061520.9918@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago
- References: <j1moody-281292163022@hesmac12.hesburgh.lab.nd.edu> <1992Dec30.225617.2037@reed.edu> <1i4u6bINNpn5@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 06:15:20 GMT
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- In article <1i4u6bINNpn5@tamsun.tamu.edu> ron@cs.tamu.edu (Ron J Theriault) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec30.225617.2037@reed.edu>, mcoffin@reed.edu (Miguel De Laguna) writes:
- >|>
- >|> Seems to me that the smoking of opium is not not nearly as instantly
- >|> gratifying as the American public demands. In these days of 24-7
- >|> convenience and ATMs, the obvious instant gratification drugs are cocaine
- >|> (either in your arm, or in your pipe) and heroine (in your arm). Yes,
- >|> needle drugs are at the top of the instant gratification scale, smoke is too
- >|> slow...
- >|>
- >|> _Miguel_
- >
- >According to Dr. Andrew Weil, (in "The Natural Mind", I believe),
- >smoking is a faster method of drug delivery to the brain than
- >injection. Injection however, produces a better 'rush',
- >(suddenness of onset), which most heroin users want.
- >
- >--
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-
- i too have heard that smoking delivers the drugs to the brain faster
- than any other method. i think some cop giving a lecture to us kids back in
- high school was who said it, though i believe it, i believe it from experience
- and not because the copper said so. definately faster than eating the
- substance, thats fer sure.
- -jh
-
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- hjel@ellis.uchicago.edu aka Death Cmeptb jefe jefito
- "...just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you...."
- Disclaimer: the devil made me do it. -Nirvana
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