XPost: alt.drugs.psychedelics, alt.drugs, alt.drugs.rfg   
   XPost: rec.drugs.psychedelic   
   From: rfgdxm@SPAMSUCKSmochamail.com   
      
      I guess it had to happen eventually. I got an e-mail from a parent of a   
   middle school student who found my sites, and apparently her son ignored the   
   advice there and started out with a DXM dose just shy of third plateau. I   
   can't ethically directly quote private e-mails, but apparently this poor lad   
   experienced ocular oscillations, sweats, headaches, and interrupted sleep,   
   which resulted in missed days of school. After which I presume he recovered   
   to his normal state of health. The e-mail closed with a warning that   
   hopefully I can afford a good attorney.   
      
      When I get around to responding, I'll point out that she had better have   
   a good attorney, and lots of money. She'd need to file suit in federal   
   district court in Lansing, MI. I would of course challenge such immediately,   
   and demand a jury trial. This would mean unless she and her son live   
   locally, traveling to MI to testify. I'd figure total costs here in excess   
   of $10,000 with attorney fees. As for me, I wouldn't have to pay for   
   attorneys. Given the First Amendment implications of such a lawsuit (a   
   website is a publication), with a few phone calls I should easily be able to   
   convince multi-billion dollar US media concerns to provide me with legal   
   counsel. Cheaper for them to squish such in a federal district court than   
   have to fight it all the way to the US Supreme Court because if I lost this   
   would be a devasting precedent. US national TV networks have covered DXM.   
   They have deep pockets, and when it comes to First Amendment cases have to   
   fight.   
      
      This would be an interesting trial if it ever happened. This kid came to   
   no real harm. A good bottle of booze can make someone sick for a few days. I   
   once got an e-mail from a parent whose child *died* thanking me for my   
   websites. This mother found them after her kid died, and searched the   
   Internet about Coricidin. She didn't know the dangers until she found my   
   sites. If needed, I'll fight this as far as I can.   
   --   
   http://www.dextromethorphan.ws/   
   For information about the psychedelic drug DXM, including dangers.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)