XPost: alt.drugs.hard, talk.politics.drugs, alt.drugs.psychedelics   
   From: do@not.spam   
      
   BlueInferno wrote:   
   > Recently i read a usenet article talking about how stupid the new DARE   
   > commercial was. Laughing about it, and the rest of the anti-drug   
   > propaganda commercials and websites. For a quick example, no one has   
   > ever died from LSD, there isnt any toxicity, and yet if you go to any   
   > website anti drug, it will list LSD and describe what its like to have   
   > a bad trip in the scariest language possible. It's stupid.   
   >   
   > But, someone in the thread brought up a good point, why dont we use   
   > REAL education about drugs? Like looking at erowid, it lists positive,   
   > negative and neutral effects of drugs, between everyone in these   
   > groups, we could pull a lot of information, both short term and long   
   > term about most drugs, or at least every popular one. If people, not   
   > just kids have honest resources it would be easier to make good   
   > descisions, even have directions for not killing yourself. Not getting   
   > addicted (So you dont have to withdraw). How to withdraw (if ou fucked   
   > up) and what to do if things go wrong. While this is something our   
   > goverment should be doing if you give someone nothing but bad facts   
   > they can tell its bullshit, just as badly as the people who act like   
   > there are no consoquences, there needs to be a happy medium.   
   >   
   > So, anyone who thinks this is worth s shot, anyone got ideas for a   
   > name, layout, portions of the website. Domain name, hosting, or an   
   > friends who may be interested, i really think we need this, and there   
   > is a ton fo information out there waiting to be tapped. I like erowid,   
   > however sometimes you cant find exactly what you need, and it doesnt   
   > actually offer usage information. My goal is to have a website as   
   > useful (ideally) as your local drug geek.   
   >   
      
   I was reading the liner notes from a Country Joe album while listening   
   to it the other day:   
      
   ....   
      
   "Cocaine (Rock) is several years old and written out of personal   
   experience. It's very commercially rock and roll; it just turned out   
   that way. With the cello in there, it's a beautiful piece of music, and   
   the lyric is there if people want to listen to it. It's not a hard sell.   
   It says something about a very important drug issue and it comes from   
   the heart. I've never liked cocaine, but I don't equate hard and soft   
   drugs. I think recreational drugs -- pot, beer, wine and coffee – are   
   here for us because we need a little something to help us through the   
   day, but hard drugs and alcohol are something else.   
      
   "Right now, people who have no experience taking drugs are dictating our   
   drug habits, so it's really up to people like myself, who've had   
   experience with drugs, to let people know what it's about. I'm not   
   grandstanding here or making a big speech about my drug life, I'm making   
   a simple statement which is you can get in over your head and it's   
   simple to stop just by saying no. I never thought Nancy Reagan and I   
   would be saying the same thing, but I think we're looking for common   
   denominators here."   
      
   Hey everybody listen carefully   
   A bad habit starts casually with   
   Cocaine   
   Rock Cocaine   
   Every little bit adds up in time   
   Before you know it you've lost your mind on   
   Cocaine   
   Rock Cocaine   
      
   Bit by bit and day by day   
   slowly wasting your life away   
   on Cocaine   
   on Cocaine   
      
   You slave away try to make ends meet   
   Then wind up in the streets on   
   Cocaine   
   Rock Cocaine   
   The stress of work can mess your mind   
   Relax do a couple a lines of   
   Cocaine   
   Rock Cocaine   
      
   My how the time does fly   
   First you're high and then you die on   
   Cocaine   
   Rock Cocaine   
   Hey where did the money go?   
   Look In your pipe look in your nose   
   Cocaine   
   Rock Cocaine   
   You think you're being cool and free   
   But you're a desperate chump with a desperate need for   
   Cocaine   
   Rock Cocaine   
   It's easy to take control   
   All you have to do is say no to   
   Cocaine   
   Rock Cocaine   
      
   © 1990 Alkatraz Corner Music Co BMI   
   words and music by Joe McDonald   
      
   http://www.countryjoe.com/super.htm   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)