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« on: February 18, 2003, 04:42:19 am »
Judging from the extensive \"Drugs in PS\" posts, a lot of future players are fond of drugs. I was just wondering what your oppinion on drugs was. And now with the (slow) movement to de-criminalize marijuana here in Canada(A judge actually threw out a possession charge against a teenager, small but a precident none the less).

So what do u think.

I myself used to be a pothead, and if u have time and money, I don\'t have a problem with weed. I haven\'t done it in over a year though, and I have seen people ruin their lives because of it, so I guess moderation is the key.

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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2003, 04:48:02 am »
Personally I have never taken drugs before.  I have been offered pot once but turned it down.  Though 75% of my school, which is an all boys school, do drugs and dont just pot.  My feeling is if you do it then fine.  Its not that big of a thing to me, though I dont plan on doing it.  The worst I have done is I used to smoke and I drink.

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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2003, 07:18:41 am »
I used to be a pothead/speedfreak untill I moved to this part of Texas, where the only drug I can get is Caffiene.
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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2003, 07:26:10 am »
Heh, I \"used to be\" a caffeine addict. Not that I don\'t drink coffee anymore, but I had to pass from 8-10 cups a day to 2. Because I started having heart quivering. So I decided to stop it.

Other than that, I have never (and I dont want to) try other drugs.

Drugs in the game? Makes me smile somehow... hehehe

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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2003, 07:56:23 am »
I personally think that marijuana should be legalized, for various reasons, none of which are the fact that I smoke.  But that isn\'t what this post is about.  Any drug, used in moderation and full knowledge of what you are getting into is okay.  I personally will never do \'hard\' drugs, but my roommate loves the cocaine, though he is not addicted.  The biggest trick to not becoming addicted to anything is randomness.  Do it when it feels right, and don\'t do it at the same time each night, or each week.  Make it a treat for rare occasions.  This is most true for the \'devil drug\' tobacco, because it is impossible to get physically addicted to marijuana.
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2003, 08:16:44 am »
Yeah, and they can sell it in stores too, and while we are at it, let\'s make having sex in public legal too... oh, and with minors. And also, let\'s just cause total chaos and the main thing, Mad riots of evil moms killing everyone.
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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2003, 08:22:15 am »
Personaly I\'ve never done any drugs myself, on purpose, I accidentaly took an anti depresant once when I confused it with some of my bronchitis medicine, cuz the pills look alike...  I could get ahold of whatever I wanted, if I wanted, but I dont.
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« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2003, 11:05:01 am »
well, i don\'t use drugs. For the simple reason that i\'ve seen my nephew destroy his life with that stuff.
He was at one of those house parties (god i hate those house-trance-dance-whaddyacallthem-idiots) when he first used it.
XTC, mostly soft drugs really. He got addicted, started staying away from home for whole nights, sometimes days even.
When his parents said something about it he got mad, and then finally he flipped. He smashed up the house of his parents completely. Then he went to the city and threw in a window of a shop and stole some stuff.
Naturally the police caught him. He went to jail and had to go to one of them clinics. That\'s like 5 years ago and he\'s still not out. I won\'t go into any further details but let\'s just say that those years have been hell for him (and his family) and he\'s a complete mess now. He threw his life away and he\'s only 22.
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« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2003, 01:14:43 pm »
I don\'t understand why most countries forbid soft drugs, while alcohol is still legal. Since alcohol is a harddrug IMHO.

Anyways, there\'s nothing wrong with softdrugs. A joint is less worse for your health then a cigarette. But hard-drugs are evil. The indeed can destroy your life.

I never done drugs, and I\'m not planning to. I might try a joint, but I doubt that I will like it.
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« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2003, 01:17:38 pm »
No, drugs is so totally wrong!
I\'ve never taken drugs, and I see no reason to do it either. I was in Christiania last summer (area in Copenhagen where no cops is allowed and light drugs  like marijuana is legal).
We took a beer or five (All alcoholic drinks were cheap there) and one of us began rolling a joint (not me), it was very funny cause he was very inexperienced in rolling a joint so he rolled it too big :D
That\'s gotta be the biggest joint I\'ve ever seen in my life and when he smoked it he asked us if we wanted some, but I said \"no, I don\'t smoke\".
I think that people who do drugs just prove how weak they are. I agree that one single joint isn\'t dangerous, but one thing often leads to another, and before you know it, you\'re into it. If you have the guts to say \"no\" then you have proven yourself strong.
Don\'t do drugs, cause it hurts not only you, but your family as well.
Drugs in games isn\'t the same thing, because it isn\'t real, so it doesn\'t matter if you smoke yourself to death because you can revive yourself again.
You gotta see the difference between a computer-game and reality, and if you don\'t, you\'re one of the idiots who gives us gamers bad reputation.


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« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2003, 01:38:19 pm »
I don\'t agree with you. Soft drugs are not addictive. At least not physically. Cigarettes are addictive. Soft drugs usually don\'\'t mess up your body. Alcohol is worse for you then soft drugs.

Here in Holland, soft drugs are legal. But I think that 70% of the people who take soft drugs here are tourists. Legal drugs do not increase drug usage in a country. I think it even decreases it. Since smoking a joint isn\'t \"cool\" anymore.
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« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2003, 04:15:42 pm »
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I think that people who do drugs just prove how weak they are. I agree that one single joint isn\'t dangerous, but one thing often leads to another, and before you know it, you\'re into it. If you have the guts to say \"no\" then you have proven yourself strong.


...I can\'t wait for a time when humans open up and see what they are truly seeing.  I DID NOT TRY DRUGS BECAUSE THEY SEEMED COOL.  Nor do I continue to use drugs because I feel in my body that I need too.  Especially with marijuana, each use is a completely seperate instance, and it is not a matter of control, but a matter of perspective.  People use drugs and alcohol (parasite, I\'m sorry, but I personally know that weed screws up your body much more than alcohol) to look at the world from a different point of view, in order to formulate new ideas and understand what was unattainable before.  And you don\'t really know because you have no experience to go by.  I know that sounds stereotypical and haughty but it is what is happening.
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« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2003, 04:44:39 pm »
Heh

I think parasite got a point here. Legalising the soft drugs banalises its usage, thus, lots of people aren\'t interested to try it out anymore.

Although there will always be people not responsible enough to control the cunsommation of mari. It\'s the same for alchool and casino.

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« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2003, 01:27:30 am »
if i really wanted pot i could get it pretty easily, considering a good ammount of people at my school think they are cool because they smoke it.  but i play sports, and ive seen how bad there endurance is after smoking weed, so it sorta discourages me from smoking.  plus i dont want to become any dumber than i am :P


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« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2003, 01:57:24 am »
I can\'t let drugs kill off my brain cells, i think i\'ll forget how to breathe if i lose many more :(