I’m taking Anth 303 and need to interview people for my research project. It’s part of a research study at WWU about recreational drugs use by WWU students. If you participate, your identity will not be part of the study to protect your privacy. To be able to participate, you do have to have used recreational drugs before. If you are interested, hmu!
I have read somewhere that the ancient Romans knew opium and cannabis and that they used it. Some writers apparently described it in their writings, however most of these are mentions of their medical use. How frequent was recreational drug use in ancient Rome, and what type of evidence do we have for it?
Hello everyone, I've never seen it brought up and was just curious. I take a fair number of things (nothing steroid related) but still workout 6 times a week. I never take anything to get "high" prior to working out but I have to feel this isn't completely healthy both physically and mentally however my lifts are going well and so is my physique.
Just curious about other opinions on the matter or their own personal experiences. Additionally if I'm allowed to say the things I "abuse" I will but otherwise I don't want to start naming stuff off.
Primary (and I suppose debatable) assumption: a certain percentage of users (not addicts), of alcohol or whatever, have brains that are particularly sensitive to the wrong thing. For some people, their first drink of alcohol is the greatest thing in the world. It’s like they’ve found their primary purpose in life and everything else is just there to support that purpose. For others (like myself), drinking was a fun activity for a good 5 years in my younger days. Getting fucked up was a regular thing. But it was always just something to pass the time and was a bit exhausting. I never once felt compelled to drink, never thought about it when I wasn’t drinking, etc. Because that’s not how my brain works.
If 10% of those who drink alcohol are considered alcoholics, fair to say that at least half have these uncontrollable brains(?) Also fair to say the same goes for users of almost all other substances(?) So if 5% of all users develop a crippling and debilitating addiction, this adds up to millions of people. These are millions of people whose quality of life literally depends upon an alcohol and drug free society. But since the rest of us just have to catch our buzz, these poor souls instead face a life of misery.
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Marijuana legalization was one of the cornerstones of Trudeau's platform, and he insists legalization and regulation by the government will curtail organized crime. Will Canada's legalization push prompt other countries around the world to do the same? Will more American states continue this trend? Could this make nationwide legalization a major issue in the next American election? What will this mean for the worldwide war on drugs and anti-drug treaties like the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances?
EDIT: IN CANADA TABLING A BILL MEANS PUTTING IT TO A VOTE. Apparently it means the opposite in America. Words, man.
Alert: I am not saying this is true I just want to have a debate about the plausibility of it, and to see if anyone else in the community has heard something similar.
An acquaintance, more of a friend of a friend, however does have some inside info to the club in question, told me that there is casual drug (Cocaine, Weed etc.) use by some players, and it is more common than you think. However at the top clubs should the manager or club personnel get wind of it, the common practice is to claim the player is injured so they avoid any random drug tests until it’s out of their system.
He also claimed that some players even have had a problem so bad, they are sent to rehab secretly. Under the guise of a long term injury/ seeing a” specialist” abroad.
The rational behind it is the club see the player as an asset and to make it public is counterintuitive for everyone involved. You would essentially just be writing off millions of pounds.
He explained about the Adrian Mutu case and how Chelsea never actually got the money back that they felt they were owed by Mutu.
Anyway wanted to get the thoughts of the subreddit on this?
tl;dr clubs cover up casual and recreational drug use by players as they would effectively be writing off a multi-million pound asset. Thoughts?
I'd rather have posted this to r/offmychest but I feel like you guys are a lot more accepting community. I'm just really pissed off at how some people can be so shitty.
Last night, I decided to respond to a stupid tweet about lil peep's death on Twitter from this girl who happens to have a very large follower number. (Note: she wasn't replying to anyone with this first tweet)
Girl: someone just died from xanax overdose and ur advice is to "know your limit"? how about don't do any prescription med ur not prescribed/any different than prescribed?? also if ur doing xans to cope with mental illness ur not gonna "know your limit." dumbasses. imagine saying this about any other drug. like a celebrity just overdosed on oxy know your limit!! yeah let me just tell lil peep who was abusing meds to deal with mental illness he should have just known his limit
Me: People are gonna do drugs if they wanna do drugs, especially those addicted. however there's harm reduction, safe dosing, test kits. etc. Alcohol is a drug thats very easy to OD on & is a very addictive substance. Alcohol isn't prescribed, in moderation it is safe. Same goes. also people who are physically dependent on benzos can't stop "stop doing them", withdrawal can kill you and takes a very long time to taper off. Addiction specialists informed in benzo addiction are hard to find. It isn't all black and white, people's situations are very complex
Her: tell me when i once mentioned alcohol, im a recovering drug addict you sure don't have to lecture me on drug use bc i guarantee i know more about it than you. were talking about xanax and no "know your limit" isnt approipiate after someone just overdosed on it
>(Um I mentioned alcohol because alcohol is a drug, people use it to cope too, and "know your limit" is an appropriate thing to say to those who drink. It's called an analogy. And no you don't seem to know much about drug use if you think lil peep simply od'd on xanax. I wasn't lecturing her I was literally just spreading information on SAFE DRUG USE...wat. holy shit)
Me: You know absolutely nothing about me, I can't believe you have the audacity to tell me "I know more about drug use than you". That's such a terrible assumption to make. Lil peep combined substances, you'd need to eat a huge amount of the api powder to OD on Xanax.
Her: considering i made a post about xanax and u come into my mentions justifying taking it recreationally i would say you either dont kn
... keep reading on reddit ➡I am sick of listening to the brainwashed majority of the world who are against drug use, those who'd look down at you and shame you for doing illegal drugs, despite what your reason might be. This is a matter of personal freedom, and in the modern world most people praise having the right to do what you want with your life and body without discrimination, judgement, incrimination, etc, as long as it hurts no-one else.
Some common arguments made by the anti-drug crowd:
"Drugs are bad because they are illegal. The government knows our best, there must be some reason behind it." Slavery was legal once, doesn't mean it was moral. No government today is even close to perfection, there's a lot of issues, errors and corruption. Take a little look at history and you'll realize how the illegalization of drugs is built upon pure lies, propaganda, racism, political power, etc. Though we have come an incredibly long way in modern society in general compared to back then.
"Drugs shouldn't be legal because they are extremely dangerous and addictive." Doing drugs recreationally? That is way less dangerous than people think, as long as you can handle the drug, practice harm reduction, having a clean product, know your limits, etc. Abusing a drug is, of course, worse for your health (less so with harm reduction). But if it only harms the user, and that user is aware of it, why not leave the choice to them? After all, if we had better rehab programs, then those who wanted to quit could have gotten the help and support they need.
"Drug users are usually aggressive and violent, keep it illegal." Then why is alcohol legal, the drug which makes a much bigger amount of its users violent compared to most illegal drugs? Prohibition never worked, and neither is this.The drug war will never end unless it all gets legalized.
"We need to get rid of drugs and dealers, it causes tons of crime!" As hopefully most people know by now, it is the DRUG WAR which has probably created 99% of all the crime associated with drugs! The fact that illegal drugs are associated with crime makes it much more likely for someone to commit other criminal acts, because they have already broken the law and is now seen as a criminal. If it were legal, then organized crime would lose a LOT of profit. Crime would decrease, not increase.
"Drug users are lazy and contributes nothing to society." Most people who do drugs lives a normal and functional life. And hey, who said it was illegal to be lazy? Shoul
... keep reading on reddit ➡I’ve seen a lot of talk lately on nurses who do recreational drugs such as hallucinogens, coke etc. is this really common practice that you’ve noticed in the medical field? I don’t want to post my opinion because I’d like to welcome all different responses and see the full unbiased picture.
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Sorry if this is a little deep, but I think it's a distinction that needs to be made. To preface this, the only drugs I've done are prescription, alcohol somewhat often and Adderall once. But back to the main idea. For example, people don't buy vodka or tequila shots because they want the material good, even through it is, without question, material. They purchase the shots so they can get drunk(Effects) or have fun with others(Experience). To build on that, psychological and chemical effects, and social experiences are not material. So, there is no doubt that drugs are material, but the question is: Is just the idea of buying material goods like drugs materialism, or does the fact that drugs have very few similarities with other material goods that indicate materialism.
We know the federation allows the use of stimulants such as tea and coffee, but don't allow normal alcohol and replaced it with synthehol. Where does the Federation draw the line on what is ok and not ok?
We know in the future the federation still hasn't found a cure for addiction because we see that Barclay struggles with holo-addiction and they don't have a simple cure for it, but require therapy for it.
If the risk of addiction is still very real would the federation outlaw marijuana and cocaine? Would they allow synthetic version without the negative side effects? Would you be able to use these substances on earth as a normal citizen not serving on a star ship?
What is the federations regulations on drug use if you are not hurting anyone?
People act as drugs have the ability to open your mind and change your psychological state, but I just don’t think so. Sure you get high and then your reality comes back. You can change your reality without the use of drugs. I guess I just think it’s a lazy way of self examination I suppose. There’s something unfocused about it
I love weed. I really do. I smoke it a lot, but I don't pretend it is infallible or that it can do no harm. I just think people need to be aware of risks to make informed decisions, and the cannabis industry doesn't want that. Every big business is incentivized to raise profits at any cost, and they will do just that if don't somehow stop them.
Smoking anything can cause respiratory disease, and weed is no exception. Apart from this, cannabinoids are likely to negatively impact memory and cognitive function in the long term, especially if used by people with developing brains.
Cannabis doesn't cause physiological dependence, but it can cause addiction. People with mood disorders are especially at risk, and frequent users develop a tolerance, which can lead to problem use. The industry's practice of making more and more potent stuff can also exacerbate this.
The cannabis industry will lobby for more deregulation, attempt to downplay the negative effects of cannabis use and cannabis smoking, and nudge people in the direction of becoming daily users, by ritualizing and trivializing usage
They'll succeed at least moderately, and we'll eventually have a generation of ex-heavy marijuana smokers with serious lung problems and non-smoking users with use disorders. Governments will then start awareness campaigns en masse.
The bottom line is that a lot of people are still easily swayed if companies throw enough money at it and no one stops them, and they do all the time to further their interests.
I intend to research this better and eventually repost this with scholarly and other references and more specific predictions. Just marking my words until I put it together.
People want freedom of choice but never want to accept responsibility for their actions. Case in point, drugs. I've worked in healthcare and you would not believe the amount of money spent on treating drug abusers and alcoholics. Most of the time these people are poor and don't pay for their own care and the state incurs the debt. We could fix the system by legalizing and taxing drugs across the board. At the same time, we could create a mandatory DNR clause for people who code out due to drug use. DNR stands for Do Not Resuscitate. We would let them die and save society a ton of money. Drug users are also more likely to pass on their habits to their offspring. We would thin their population and hopefully their idiot children would learn to stop drinking or abusing drugs or end up like their loved ones. The money saved and earned from taxation could be used to supplement fresh food stores around the country.
My ideal system would be something that included a meeting with a qualified expert in the field providing the user with accurate and appropriate information regarding the substance they are interested in using (much like the medical marijuana system before recreational was approved - except recreational).
This would eliminate the black market and unregulated manufacturing. It would eliminate the cost (societal and monetary) of the drug war. It would eliminate the shame currently involved with those reaching out for help & allow for more responsible decision making. It would also eliminate that primal hunter gatherer itch that gets scratched when you go out and score something you want.
What do you all think?
No one dies over selling alcohol and cigarettes. People DO die over selling meth, coke, heroine etc.
When alcohol was illegal in the u.s. thousands died over it. It became legal and now the only ones who die are the ones who dont know how to use it and the ones they kill in the process.
Cartels kill thousands over heroin and shit. Gangsters killed thousands over alcohol during probation. Just legalize it and the cartels will lose income.
If alcohol is legal then all drugs should be legal.
People will pay out the nose for buying drugs legally. Let's take advantage of capitalism and kill two birds with one stone.
We've seen the opinion again and again; "All adult drug use should be legal"
But I'd like to further that opinion by expressing why I believe its the best option to make drug use safe for everyone.
Legalization makes it so people can partake in use, regulation makes it so that we can ensure that nobody ingests something that's unsafe, and the free market will ensure that any recreational drug is of the highest, purest, safest, cheapest quality because capitalism.
You know how a heroin dealer doesnt give a shit if their dope kills someone? But Chipotle lost millions of dollars because their food got someone sick? Same idea, but the hypothetical company I'm talking about makes LSD and Cocaine.
Allowing the free market to regulate quality (beyond regulated standards), pricing and selling of recreational drugs would make the black market for every single legalized drug obsolete. And as such, the organized crime the depends on that income will suffer tremendously.
But what about the kids? If theirs a Cocaine/LSD store down the street, how are we going to stop kids getting their hands on it? Well, drug dealers don't ID. I'm 24 and still get IDd for a beer. If your kid wants drugs, as of rn, nothing is stopping them but thier will and luck.
If you're a capitalist, legalized drug use should be a no-brainer. Why have the government decide what you can put in your body? Why leave all the revenue for this age-old demand to alter ones state of mind to the cartels while we prosecute people for doing the one thing humans have been doing for as long as we've been fucking and killing, getting fucked up.
Dear all,
A while ago, police officers grabbed me in a club during a party in Munich and brought me to an isolated area with more officers, where told me that they suspected me for drug possession. They strip-searched me and found a small amount (less than 1 gram) of amphetamin. I was given the option to either pay [a fixed and known amount in between 400-700 EUR] so that I would be released, or to not pay and wait in a cell till the next day when I could face a judge in court. I paid the money and one day after I went back to my home country, which is not Germany.
Recently, I have received a letter from the Munich court saying that I have to pay another amount [a fixed and known amount between 500-1100 EUR] because of this offense. I was very surprised that I received this letter. First of all, because I thought the case was already finished. Also, because the amount I carried was very little and the fraction of working substances was very low.
I would very much like to avoid any notation in my countries' (and preferably Germany's) juridical system, because I don't want this incident to hamper me when finding a new job, or in any other way.
I am particularly interested in the possible scenario's when I would appeal to the case, and how likely these scenarios are. For example, how likely would it be that the case would be dropped if I appeal? Or, how likely is it that the punishment or penalty will change, e.g. altering of fine, or stay in prison instead of paying the fine. Also, I would be interested to hear what has happened in similar cases.
My question is of a purely exploratory nature.
Thanks for reading.
~RTDG
