--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > So what's more sad? Someone who "got over" their > > > hippie ideals and consigned them to the Windows > > > Recycle Bin Of Life, or those who still think that > > > there was something fairly cool going on then, > > > something that had value even if the drugs that > > > fueled that revolution didn't? > > > > (What's sad about the latter? Did you get your > > rhetoric all tangled up again?) > > > > Some of us think the drugs had a tremendous value > > (the psychedelics, at any rate) and could still have > > enormous benefit if we could lose our stupid > > prejudices against them and learn to use them > > properly. > > Wanted to add: Medical marijuana is a start. I just > worked on a book with a big section on the various > conditions marijuana is good for--not just pain and > insomnia relief and appetite improvement but actual > curative effects. And there's renewed interest in > research using LSD, psilocybin, and MDM (Ecstasy) in > psychotherapy.
Its actually happening. A number of experimental / research programs have been approved and are functioning. good article in NY times with the last month. > > With any luck, the experimentation that "fueled the > revolution" will result in these beneficial drugs > making a comeback after a period underground. And > that might fuel a new revolution, one that's even > "cooler" because its idealism is more solidly > grounded, and maybe lead to a new wave of spiritual > renewal via meditation. On the theme of facades from prior posts, veneer-captitalism, veneer-democracy, we also have a facade of freedom. True freer than totalitarian regimes past and present, but hardly free. Its a god-given (excuse me curtis) inalienable right for people to pursue liberty, liberation, spiritual discovery and happiness in any and all ways they deem useful -- if they do not explicitly harm or endanger others. And dangers can be minimized with Drug Licenses. You take a course, read some books, -- on effects, dangers, physiological effects, dosing, chemistry, neuro-biology of drugs and take a test. When you have your license, you can go to the pharmacy and buy what ever you are licensed to have (that is, there will be different grades of license -- for casual weekenders to dedicated explorers.
