Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way

[drunkguy]

Originally Posted by homedog

That's a hilarious quote dg, but tailoring drugs to the young is horrendous.

Whoever wants to be the next president should run on the platform of destroying the drug dealers. And really mean it this time.

oh i agree


but you can't destroy the drug dealers. Maybe get rid of the illegal ones, but then you still have to worry about Pfizer, Merck, etc


ever notice how many kids are on ritalin, antidepressants, mood alterers, etc, etc


everyone in the damn country will be a zombie pretty soon. All legal too.


Would rather have my kid smoking pot than on 5 prescription pills a day, but that's just me.

[homedog]

It's bad all they way around, dg.

The only thing that I am saying is that someone needs to take a stand.
The one that does and gets it done will be a hero.

[drunkguy]

Originally Posted by Highwayman

The following recommended viewing/recording will be aired on the History Channel on TUESDAY MAY 22 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm and AGAIN WEDNESDAY MAY 23 12:00 am - 3:00 am(check your local times).



Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way

Episode: "Cocaine" 60 mins
Episode: "Marijuana" 60 mins
Episode: "Opium, Morphine and Heroin" 60 mins



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somehow I miraculously remembered this, so figured i would bump

[Highwayman]

LAST DAYS OF MAY Lyrics
Artist(Band):Blue Oyster Cult

Parched land or desert sand, sun was just a dot
And a little bit of water goes a long way, 'cause it's hot
Three good buddies were laughing and smoking in the back
Of a rented ford
They didn’t know they weren't going far

Each one with the money in his pocket
Could go out and buy himself a brand new car
But they all held the money they had
Money they hoped would take them very far

The sky is bright, a traffic light, now and then a truck
And I hadn't seen a cop around all day (what luck...)
They brought everything they needed
bags and scales to weigh the stuff
The driver said the border's just over the bluff

It wasn't until the car suddenly stopped
In the middle of a cold and barren plain
And the other guy turned and spilled
Three boys blood, did they know a trap had been laid?

They're ok the last days of May, but I'll be breathing dry air
I'm leaving soon, the others are already there
You wouldn't be interested in coming along, instead of staying here?
It's said the west is nice this time of year, that's what they say.




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[Uncle B]

they had some sort of marathon on drug use in the US this morning/last night.


at least, it seemed like a marathon.



i remember them covering heroin, the Chinese opium dens, morphine, etc...


may have just been an hour though, not sure...i was pretty fucked up at the time..

[Hartley]

I know heroin was actually sold by Bayer as a "safe alternative to aspirin" until they realized it was causing addiction.

I believe cocaine was used in cough drops, pain medication and of course coca cola for a short period.

[StarnetGypsy]

Originally Posted by Hartley

I know heroin was actually sold by Bayer as a "safe alternative to aspirin" until they realized it was causing addiction.

I believe cocaine was used in cough drops, pain medication and of course coca cola for a short period.

narcotics are a great cough suppressant Hartley.

and i really believe heroine is the cure for the common cold. i haven't had a cold in 30/yrs

[Rebunkshus]

I'm experimenting with Salvia Divinorum lately .. Quantum Theory .. Parallel Universes.. I really am too old for this shit

but I'm an Opiate lover at heart.. member the old dillys

do NOT trifle with Sally D.

[Hartley]

Before Prohibition: Images from the preprohibition era

[drunkguy]

Originally Posted by Hartley

Before Prohibition: Images from the preprohibition era

that's awesome


heroin cough drops

[Minnow]

All of the episodes of the series were great, but the marijuana one should not be missed. The politics involved in the banning and criminalization of marijuana closely parallel the current prohibition on online gambling.

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by Minnow

All of the episodes of the series were great, but the marijuana one should not be missed. The politics involved in the banning and criminalization of marijuana closely parallel the current prohibition on online gambling.

true...lots of similarities.



one of the most comical, imo, was the Opium "crisis"...


we get the chinese hooked on Opium, to 'keep em calm'...but, then white women start hanging around the opium dens in Chinatown...lol


No, no, no!!! We can't have this!!

Bam!

Just like that, opium is illegal...

[Uncle B]

if anyones bored, there is a pretty interesting program running now on the History channel, about the snakeheads, and other Chinese gangs..

crazy little fuckers... they don't play nice at all..

[Highwayman]

I found particular interest in that the Government "secretly" tested LSD and other drugs attempting to find ways they might be employed as a strategic weapon of espionage...a "truth serum" if you will.
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[Minnow]

Here, have some more koolaid

Like.. thanks man..

Fred, have you ever revealed classified information to the enemy?

Balloons are good!!

Fred, stay with us here.. please answer the question

I was born with a tail. You stole it.. I want my tail back!

Next.

[Uncle B]

watching this 'torture devices' thing now on History channel...


amazing how much time and effort these sick bastards out into some of these devices...

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by Uncle B

watching this 'torture devices' thing now on History channel...


amazing how much time and effort these sick bastards out into some of these devices...

Hard to even fathom that such a sick fuck as Josef Mengele ever even existed, much less in a 'civilized' era..


just seeing the mild images of what he did, much less hearing the descriptions, is just sickening..

[Uncle B]

If you like old boats.ships, check out the 'Mega-Movers' episode that is on right now...Just an incredible, old wooden ship that they are trying to move across land.

[drunkguy]

i finally finished watching all them goddamn drug movies


took me a year or so, but well worth it