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From: cannabis@west.darkside.com (Cannabis Kid)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: Re: You All Suck
Keywords: Penis, phallus
Date: 17 Apr 92 17:02:22 GMT
Organization: The Dark Side of the Moon +1 408 245 SPAM

jon@cyclone.MITRE.org (J. E. Shum) writes:

> 
> In article <1992Apr15.151218.3890@acsu.buffalo.edu>, v116hgth@ubvmsc.cc.buffa
> > Drugs are killing are children!!!!! 
 
It's odd, I've never seen any of my friends or aquaintances die because 
of drug use, but know of a few that have gone because of gangs with guns 
... very sad and quite ironic ... the WoDers think that drugs are killing 
people in mass ... when the WoD it self kills far more ... Drugs are not 
killing our children... the War on (some) Drugs supporters are...
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From: doctor1@cbnewse.cb.att.com (patrick.b.hailey)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs
Subject: Re: tongue firmly in cheek
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:11:38 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Apr4.082910.13360@nntp.hut.fi> jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala) writes:

> Would someone please explain to me in clear words what do "leftist",
> "left", "left-wing", "right-wing", "rightist" etc. mean?  

Well, Hitler was far right, and Stalin was far left.

I think it's time to realize the terms don't mean anything, and using them
helps the politicians and press keep people stupid - which is good for the
power-mongering politicians.

  Thanks awfully,
            Patrick
From: stevedal@tz.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve Dallas)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: A Strange Question....
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 14:14:52 PDT
Organization: Somewhere in The Twilight Zone, Vancouver, B.C

 A colleague of mine wants to know what permanent or negative effects would 
occur if someone ingested LSD once a week for a year.
 
 Sounds like a foolish word problem out of a high school math text-book, 
doesn't it. Well, if you could answer this, please email me about it.
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From: allanc@cs.su.oz (Restless Wanderer)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs
Subject: Re: Air Force uses uppers ...
Date: 11 Apr 92 02:21:10 GMT
Reply-To: allanc@cluster.cs.su.oz (Restless Wanderer)
Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia

Heard on the news today in Australia.
The US Air Force used amphemetines during the Gulf War.Although they knew
of the effects ,such as hallucinating etc,they were able to control this
adverse effects.The pilots used uppers to stay alert for the strike,and then
used a sleeping tablet (some bezodiazpen (?) ) to help them recoup for the next
flight (hit).

How come its Ok for the Air Force  to do it and not the general public.?
Can anyone add anything or is this old news ?
Thanks......allan

Disclaimer..
Thanks to common sense the French have stopped testing nuclear weapons in
our back ya
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: joelong@romeo.caltech.edu (Long, Joseph Louis)
Subject: CO2 again (was KETAMINE)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.40    
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 12:21:00 GMT

>Hyperventilating continuously and seriously for a half hour puts you in
>pretty much the same state.  I just did that and the similarity is really
>remarkable.  I did Ketamine over 10 years ago but I think I have it pretty
>well integrated.  Hyperventilating like that results in the same paralysis
>which is what allows the freedom of mind.  It was explained to me by the
>doctor that was experimenting with us that it severes the motor function
>from the (I am hunting for a word) cognizant function. Your body is gone
>and your mind is still there.  That leads to the mind doing some strange
>seeking.  I'll bet it is what people that are completely disabled by a
>stroke go through except there is no coming down.

So alright...  several months ago I posted about inhailing CO2.  I was asking
if anyone knew about this because I read about it in Huxley's _Heaven and
Hell_ and I believe that I also saw something about it in _Storming Heavens_.
In any case I found all this pretty interesting, but have never tryed it... it
actually "sounds" like a stupid idea, but isn't this the same game as 
hyperventalating?

Now that this seems to be an aceptable thing to talk about, does anyone have 
any further insights or experiences to share?  

see me,
joe@the.lion.tree.ka-spel
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From: amy young <alyoung@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Just a little humor.....
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 14:38:14 -0500

In article <bigstar.703265121@milton> bigstar@milton.u.washington.edu (william) writes:
>Just a little humor to (hopefully) cast a ray of sunshine on these
>bleak, WOD days. This was pulled from news feed and I am sure many laws are
>being violated...

And also, the point was made that security SUCKED.  People analyzing
the situation deemed that a person would have had four seconds to
clearly kill the ex-president.  I don't LIKE the man, but I don't wish
anyone dead.  Tortured and suffering, now maybe, but not dead. =)  

Four seconds is a lot of time when you are almost ten feet away and
with a gun... 

>	LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- An anti-nuclear demonstrator casually ambled on
>stage while former President Ronald Reagan was accepting an award from
>the National Association of Broadcasters, grabbed the crystal statue
>from the podium and smashed it. Secret Service Agents tackled the man
>and Reagan was unharmed.
> 
>...Too bad..foiled again.  I think Regan just may well be immortal.

Actually, the man was trying to prove a point, not harm the president,
I believe (from the coverage on CNN and through a brief question and
answer as he was being led into a building).  He actually said his one
regret was that the glass from the statue hit the president.  They
said he did it simply to prove a point.  

Although watching the tapes, I liked the look on Reagan's face.  Ok,
so I don't like him... 

amy
-- 
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"Quick to judge, quick to anger.... slow to understand. 
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              						--Neil Peart
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From: erwin@bend.ucsd.edu (Sean Erwin)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs
Subject: Re: Air Force uses uppers ...
Date: 10 Apr 1992 07:32:32 GMT
Organization: Linguistics Department, UCSD
NNTP-Posting-Host: bend.ucsd.edu

Here is the full article....:

Article: 140 of clari.news.law.drugs
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.news.military,clari.news.law.drugs
Subject: Air Force reportedly gave 'speed' to Gulf War pilots
Keywords: air force, military, substance abuse, social issues
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 14:46:15 PDT

	TACOMA, Wash. (UPI) -- Air Force pilots who flew bombing missions over
Iraq during the Persian Gulf War reportedly were given ``speed'' to keep
them alert and sedatives to help them sleep, it was reported Thursday.
	The Tacoma Morning News Tribune, in a copyright article, said the
pilots were given Dexedrine, a brand of amphetamines, on flights that
exceeded eight hours. The newspaper also quoted Air Force officials as
saying some pilots were given the sedative temazepam between missions to
help them fall asleep in noisy surroundings.
	``They were used only under careful circumstances, supervised by the
flight surgeon,'' said Patti Turner, spokeswoman of the Air Force
surgeon general's office at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C.
She also said the drugs were used ``mainly by single-seat fighter
pilots.''
	The Air Force declined to reveal the number of Desert Storm pilots on
pharmaceuticals, or the types of aircraft they flew, but the newspaper
said the jets may have included F-15, F-16, F-4 and F-117 Stealth
fighters.
	Even though the use of mood altering substances is outside the
traditional norms of aviation, outside experts were quoted as approving
of the program and the Navy, which did not use drugs during the Gulf
War, was said to be studying the possibility.
	``Preliminary laboratory investigations indicate that amphetamines
may be useful in maintaining vigilance during extended flight operation,
'' said Lt. j.g. Fil Arenas of the Naval Aerospace Medical Research
Laboratory at Pensacola, Fla.
	Amphetamines, known commonly as ``speed,'' stimulate the central
nervous system. Side effects of the drug, which is considered highly
addictive by medical reference books, include dizziness, rapid
heartbeat, hallucinations, muscle spasms and the loss of sex drive.


-- 
Ya down wit PDP?  (Yeah you know me...)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: drk20509@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (mighty odin)
Subject: Pittsburgh Press Address?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:18:51 GMT

	Please someone post the address of the Pittsburgh Press and
exactly what to ask for. I am searching for any nearly free or free
material that they offer. Apologies for the redundancy.
-dwk
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Monday, 6 Apr 1992 20:56:37 EDT
From: <DAM133@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: HAPPYHAPPYJOYJOY

Rob Kampia, the President of Penn State's NORML was recently elected
President of Penn State's Student Government.  Rob received 52% of the vote
in a landslide over his conservative counterparts.  Penn State is a Big Ten
school with an enrollment of over 40,000 students.  Rob's election is a
clear sign that students, at least at Penn State, are fed up with the
current state of affairs.  The easing of the university's penalties for
marijuana use was the thrust of Rob's platform and it won the election for
him.  If Penn State can do it, you can do it too.  If more schools across
the country can get the buttheads out of student government and get some
activists in who really want to do something for their peers.  It may be too
late for this year, but it's never too early to start organizing.  If you
would like information on how to start a NORML chapter at your school or how
to get one of US into your student government, call PSU NORML==>814-867-2266
That's PSU NORML==>814-867-2266.
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.psychoactives
From: jsuttor@world.std.com (Jeff Suttor)
Subject: Sources for ephedrine hcl
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 06:51:06 GMT

This posting does not advocate the acquisition & use of ephedrine.
This posting does advocate being fully informed ... after all ...
knowing how things work is not wrong.
 
For local sources:
  - do not expect the major chains to carry it
  - do not expect a pharmacy that does carry it to sell it to you OTC
    even though it may be OTC
  - stores that cater to body building types are a good source,
    bodybuilders use it to stimulate workout attitude and for thermogenisis
    it may be behind or under the counter so be sure to polietely ask
 
For remote sources:
  - 800-221-1833   100 25mg/$7.95, 1,000 25mg/$22.95
  - 800-237-3759   prices ?
  - 800-669-2348   100/$6.50, 1,000/18.95
  - 800-458-1613   100/$6.00, 1,000/$17.00
  - all take charge card, ship COD, take money order, etc.
  - subscribe to High Times or your favorite 'alternative' magazine
    and read the adds

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/* if we'ld all post what we know & believe ...
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From: jbs@rti.rti.org
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs
Subject: Re: WARNING ! Hot New Drug of Abuse
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:34:28 GMT
Organization: Joe's Bar and Grill

In article <1992Apr8.200727.989@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> jrm@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:

> Kids in school are hyperventilating for kicks.

These folks are behind the times. I remember doing this in 1975 (proof that
it at least doesn't destroy your memory).
We would squat down, take 20 fast, deep breaths, put our little fingers in
the corners of our mouths, and "blow" without letting any air out.

I quit doing this after about the third time, when I came to with a big
lump on my head where I had fallen into a cinder-block wall on my way to
the ground.

I guess if you're going to do this you should sit down before blowing.

>One thing for sure though ... air has been positively proven to be the
>single most addictive intoxicant ever documented and hard-core addicts
>have been shown to want a fix as much as 40 times a minute!

Yes, oxygen is a really dangerous substance...


 
                                  OXYGEN
                                  ------
 
Oxygen is a very toxic gas and an extreme fire hazard. It is fatal in
concentrations of as little as 0.000001 p.p.m. Humans exposed to these oxygen
concentrations die within a few minutes. Symptoms resemble very much those of
cyanide poisoning (blue face, etc.) In higher concentration e.g. about 20%,
the toxic effect is somewhat delayed and it takes about 2.5 billion
inhalations before death takes place. The reason for the delay is the
difference in mechanism of the toxic effect of oxygen in 20% concentration.
It apparently contributes to a complex process called aging, of which very
little is known, except that it is always fatal.
 
However, the main disadvantage of the 20% oxygen concentration is the fact
that it is habit forming. The first inhalation (occurring at birth) is
sufficient to make oxygen addiction permanent. After that, any considerable
decrease in the daily oxygen doses results in death with symptoms resembling
those of cyanide poisoning.
 
Concentrations higher than 20% decrease the above mentioned delay. High
oxygen concentration provokes in prematurely born babies placed in incubators
a condition known as retrolental fibroplasia resulting in blindness. Lung
irritation has been reported on experimental animals exposed for several days
to high oxygen concentrations.
 
Oxygen is an extreme fire hazard. All building fires reported in the
continental U.S. for the period of the past 25 years were found to be due to
the presence of this gas in the atmosphere surrounding the structures in
question.
 
Oxygen is especially dangerous because it is odorless, colorless and
tasteless, so that its presence cannot be readily detected until it is too
late.
 
---------------------------
Chemical & Engineering News
Vol. 34 No. 6, Page 546
February 6, 1956
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs
From: backpack@access.digex.com (Stuart Reges)
Subject: 1st question: Famous druggies?
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 18:40:54 GMT

I think it would be useful to have a list of famous people who have used drugs
that are currently illegal, especially if they enjoyed those drugs.  I'm not so
much interested in people like Timothy Leary, because his fame is tied up with
drugs.  I'm more interested in people like Thomas Edison who said that cocaine
is a great pick-me-up for those who work with their brains.

I will obviously be happiest to discover drug users who had a positive view of
their drug use, but I don't want to limit the list to such people.  In fact,
the contrast itself might be instructive if we discover that certain drugs have
been appreciated by their users and others have not.  For example, I think
Edgar Allen Poe should definitely be included, but I haven't discovered yet
whether he enjoyed his opium use.  That question may sound absurd, but I don't
think it is.  Coleridge, for example, was also an opium user, but he apparently
took a dim view of his habit ("After my death, I earnestly entreat that a full
and unqualified narrative of my wretchedness, and of its guilty cause, may be
made public that at least some little good may be effected by the direful
example.").

Please email responses to me.  I'll gather them together and post the results.
I would like to attach a quote to each name, preferably directly from the
person in question, but otherwise from a reasonable biographer.  I'm willing to
look for quotes myself, but I would obviously appreciate getting the most
specific information possible to minimize my efforts.

+---------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|  b	  p	| Stuart Reges (target uSeRs?)	backpack@access.digex.com |
|   a	   a	|							  |
|    c	    c	| You've gotta live, live, live!  Life is a banquet and   |
|     k	     k	| most poor suckers are starving to death.  --Auntie Mame |
+---------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,misc.legal,talk.politics.drugs
From: guido@island.COM (Guido Marx)
Subject: Re: Legal Cocaine? (WAS Re: Drug legalization)
Organization: Island Graphics Corp.  Marin County, Ca.
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 16:56:32 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.173429.3668@henson.cc.wwu.edu> n9020351@henson.cc.wwu.edu (James Douglas Del Vecchio) writes:
>There is an interesting guy, Dr Dean O'Dell, who has a nationwide medical
>call in radio show.  He rants about marihuana legalization and the legit-
>imate medical uses of marihuana nearly every day.

That's Edell.  He is on the ABC radio network.  His show originates in
San Francisco and he also does a regular spot on KGO tv news, the local ABC
network affiliate.  He talks about a lot of health issues that have
political ramifications.  These are primarily drug legalization, medical
use of marijuana, and fetal cell research.  It is quite refreshing to hear
someone in the mainstream media pointing out the idiocies of our drug laws.
What is really amazing is the number of obviously "mainstream" type callers
who strongly agree with him.

>If I uerstood the intention of using it for arthritis pain correctly,
>it may have some general painkilling properties also.    Local 	
>anaesthesia is the only documented useful property that I am aware
>of though.

The natives in Peru use coca tea as a remedy for altittude sickness.
From what I understand, it is relatively effective for this.

Guido

Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs,alt.society.civil-liberty
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: 60 Minutes piece on the Forfeiture Law
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 14:26:48 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Apr17.125209.4741@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> civl097@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes:
>
>The rebooting seems a depressingly longway off.
>It surprises me that with all the hardware available in the US, that some
>user(s) do not contemplate deleting from the system some of the errant
>software components.

Unfortunately, the errant software has control of much of the
hardware, and attempts to destroy them are more likely to meet with
the permanent erasure of the users attempting the correction.

-- 
Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
Some news readers expect "Disclaimer:" here.
Just say NO to police searches and seizures.  Make them use force.
(not responsible for bodily harm resulting from following above advice)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: kastner@netcom.com (Rob Kastner)
Subject: Re: Robitussin question
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 04:42:24 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
 

I have had only good experiences with the maximum strength ROBO.
I couldn't really function, but it was fun.  A whole 8oz bottle works well
I dont mind the taste much, but it helps to chill it first.
It takes a good hour it hit you and I usually stay high for 6 to 8 hours
and I "peak"  about alittle over two hours after taking it.
I dont know anyone else who does it except people on the net.
My friends think I'm crazy but a few are thinking about trying it.
I want to have a ROBO party

Maybe we could get another ROBO discussion going 
talk about your favorite remedies, experiences, activities.


ROB

Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: cereal@phantom.com (Cereal Killer)
Subject: Re: questions from NY
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 16:20:12 GMT

>  1.  How do you set the stage for some one to have their first trip?  My  
friend
>  was stuck on trials and thats all.  LAWN MOWER MAN did nothing for him!
>  
That'd depend a lot on what you want to try, who you are/where your head  
is at, and whether or not your dog's name has more than 3 vowels.

>  2.  What is the best why to store doses?
>  

In a toaster oven set to "warm"  this will keep your acid fresh and  
effective for extended periods.

>  5.  LSD and sex?

Can be utterly fantastic, or truly silly . . . you can experience ANYTHING  
sexually speaking by yourself on acid, WITHOUT touching anybody, or merely  
touching someone gives you this profound feeling of deep connention.  It  
is very possible to have the equivalent of a 5 or 6 hour orgasm without  
ever ejaculating. 

>  6.  LSD every  day or do you really need a day break?

LSD won't work if you take it every day, you must wait roughly 36 hours  
between doses, and then it tends to become less intense if done  
regularily. It is generally best to wait at least a week.   
Note: You CAN just KEEP taking LSD when you feel you are about to come  
down and STAY in that state for many days. --- If you take Acid one day,  
and then take it the next again (chances are you won't want to after  
coming down, you will be very tired and need a little time to assimilate  
your experience), all that happens is that you get a sleepy feeling and  
may fall asleep.

>  7.  Anyone ever separated from their bodies while tripping?

Yeah, I also have a propensity for thinking that I am a LARGE BLACK MAN  
NAMED TRIPOD stuck in a hamster while tunneling under a lake of SPAM.



-- 
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From: atfurman@cup.portal.com (A T Furman)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs
Subject: Re: Hemp paper
Date: 8 Apr 92 05:19:06 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Not bogus.  Hemp is still grown for textiles in China (only place I
know of) and cloth and garments made from it are sold in the USA.

I have not seen hemp paper, though.



   Alan T. Furman           |       Vote Libertarian--Marrou/Lord in '92
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