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This debate could go on forever and people will continue to think what they think. My only request at this point is for the people who are still lumping all drugs together, stop it and think! Haven't you learned anything?

Skeet---I like all the things in your life that gives you natural highs. That's the best way!

"My only request at this point is for the people who are still lumping all drugs together, stop it"

Why? It's a good buzz.

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Originally posted by oldhippie "My only request at this point is for the people who are still lumping all drugs together, stop it" Why? It's a good buzz.

I'm starting to agree with Dennis.

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Originally posted by BajaBruno I'm starting to agree with Dennis.

Me too! Everybody........good night and good luck!

True Story

Because he is dead this can't harm him. My dad. A brilliant enginee/inventor. Invented such thangs like the "wawa pedal" , wet bike and held patents for dozens of other before-their-time inventions. Excelled at physics, metallurgy, pneumatics and hydraulics. Never killed anything but fish.

Prior to WWII he attended Perdue where he garnered a degree. To make money for college he played big-band alto--sax. He smoked joints with Billy Holiday and friends. They made sweet music. After the war he simply forgot about pot and it never really bothered him. Till the day he died he had a martini every night and never condemmed others tending to their own private buzz. A great man indeed.

Thanks for a rehash of much we already know. Boring as it was.

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Originally posted by Sharksbaja Because he is dead this can't harm him. My dad. A brilliant enginee/inventor. Invented such thangs like the "wawa pedal" , wet bike and held patents for dozens of other before-their-time inventions. Excelled at physics, metallurgy, pneumatics and hydraulics. Never killed anything but fish. Prior to WWII he attended Perdue where he garnered a degree. To make money for college he played big-band alto--sax. He smoked joints with Billy Holiday and friends. They made sweet music. After the war he simply forgot about pot and it never really bothered him. Till the day he died he had a martini every night and never condemmed others tending to their own private buzz. A great man indeed. Thanks for a rehash of much we already know. Boring as it was.

Just so we get this straight ... in reference to being "outed" ... I am going to confess to my ultimate drug of choice, right here on BajaNomad. It is one I did not mention in my rants (shame? guilt?). I have had an addiction to this substance since my teenage years and have used it in almost every form it is available. I have passed this addiction to my children. It has always been available easily and affordably from “the man” - at the grocery store, the gas station, the convenience store, restaurants. The only place I used to be safe from it was at school, now in their great wisdom many school districts have allowed it to be, not only sold in public schools, but to help sponsor our sorely under-funded educational system.

I have kicked it numerous times in my life only to return to its clutches. I think, oh, I can just have a little, but before I know it I am hooked again from the moment I wake up. When I quit, I go through shakes, headaches, aggressive behavior, apathy, lethargy, practically anarchy!! Most of you have probably guessed my drug of choice now and forever … caffeine! I’d like to have printed that reeeeally big in wiggly letter, but then it might not have been a surprise to those of you who need a mirror. A harmless drug? A drug with no cost to society??? No way. Heart attack, stroke, gall bladder, kidney and liver problems as well as unwarranted feelings of superiority are only a few of the negative impacts on society. But, hey, it’s acceptable socially, practically unacceptable to NOT use it.

I’m so hard core I even like it with additives. The last two weeks before leaving Oregon, when there was more work to do than me to do it, I had two RED BULLs a day(!) to get me through – that is AFTER my double soy vanilla latte in the morning. I fit the “I know it’s bad for me” category, too. I had emergency gall bladder surgery in March after passing five gall stones into my central bile duct and still I like my buzz. And in the hospital they served it to me with my “clear liquid” diet until I reminded them I wasn’t supposed to have it. I’ll bet caffeine has caused more expense to society than marijuana can ever hope to – not that a plant has hopes. But don’t worry, your insurance rates will not climb because of my little foray into the hospital. Without health insurance we had to pay for that ourselves out of our little nest egg. It’s a smaller egg now, but in the long run we still saved money, would have paid more for insurance in the last 20 years than it cost.

I was raised on caffeine and sarcasm. I try and keep my sarcasm under control, but it’s a daily battle. The caffeine? Well, right now I say, “Baby, let the good times roll!”

This old highway goes on forever and the party never ends.

It all depends on your definition of "education".

80%? This is documented? Never would have thought it was that high.

I would argue that much of the reduction is due to a combination of anti-smoking laws and intimidation. But...how would you go prove it?

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Originally posted by Dave I'm old enough to remember when teachers used to "educate" with a paddle. Quote: Originally posted by Hook if we can go from a country with 80% cigarette smokers to one with less than 20% smokers in 50 years, we can convince people that drugs are not the answer, too. Most of that drop was from education. 80%? This is documented? Never would have thought it was that high. I would argue that much of the reduction is due to a combination of anti-smoking laws and intimidation. But...how would you go prove it?

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Originally posted by Dave I'm old enough to remember when teachers used to "educate" with a paddle. Quote: Originally posted by Hook if we can go from a country with 80% cigarette smokers to one with less than 20% smokers in 50 years, we can convince people that drugs are not the answer, too. Most of that drop was from education. 80%? This is documented? Never would have thought it was that high. I would argue that much of the reduction is due to a combination of anti-smoking laws and intimidation. But...how would you go prove it?