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We live in a drug culture! Drugs are everywhere and touted as the panacea for every ailment in our society. We have drugs for hyper children, drugs for depression__ome of the most insidious drugs ever_, drugs for allergies, drugs for acne, drugs for emphysema and drugs for erectile disfunction__aybe the most useful of them all. And let__ not forget the side effects of these wonder drugs! It__ cliche to even talk about drug advertisements and the laundry list of side effects tacked onto the end of them, usually rattled off at warp speed by someone on loan from the local auction house. I__e seen ads for acne medicines that include side effects that are potentially fatal! Seriously? __ey! Buy our Acne-Magic Drug! You__l have crystal clear skin! In your coffin!_ What the hell is wrong with us?
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We live in a drug culture! Drugs are everywhere and touted as the panacea for every ailment in our society. We have drugs for hyper children, drugs for depression__ome of the most insidious drugs ever_, drugs for allergies, drugs for acne, drugs for emphysema and drugs for erectile disfunction__aybe the most useful of them all. And let__ not forget the side effects of these wonder drugs! It__ cliche to even talk about drug advertisements and the laundry list of side effects tacked onto the end of them, usually rattled off at warp speed by someone on loan from the local auction house. I__e seen ads for acne medicines that include side effects that are potentially fatal! Seriously? __ey! Buy our Acne-Magic Drug! You__l have crystal clear skin! In your coffin!_ What the hell is wrong with us?
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They might be drugs that alter the states of consciousness, or they might be states of transcendence reached in meditation. They might be moments of orgasm, or fugue states, or day-dreams that take you momentarily to a rewarding fantasy and escape from responsibility. All of these are treasures of the spirit or psyche that allow exploration along paths which are undefined and completely individual.
Consider this:1. Would you ride in a car whose driver was on the consciousness-expanding "entheogenic" drug LSD?And here's a bonus question:2. Why does an "expanded consciousness" include the inability to operate a motor vehicle?
Just like your body and lifestyle can be healthy or unhealthy, the same is true with your beliefs. Your beliefs can be your medicine or your poison.
Any time someone gives you drugs, the purpose is to subdue. Always. Whether it is from a dealer, a friend, your mother/brother/sister/son, or your government--especially your government--the intention is to subdue, and always to feed another motive. Why? Because in getting high, your power and your intellect are blunted. Can the motive ever be in your best interests? Governments notoriously use sex, drink, and drugs to subdue their people. Notoriously. And we're falling for it.
The world today has 6.8 billion people. That's heading up to about nine billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care & reproductive health services, we could LOWER that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.