<<i agree that its dumb to use illegal substances (not like prozac or
anything like that but the hard stuff) to control your emotions, because
there are plenty of
people out there (but there seem to be less and less as time goes on) who
can live life as they are supposed to-not fucked up and numbed from reality.
and the whole
artist using drugs debate is a good one...but i think that all those artist
you people have listed who abused drugs..dont you think they would be just
as creative
and talented (if not moreso) if they were clear minded? like they had the
talent to do what they did anyway..all the drugs did was make it last
shorter cause they
kill themselves. i wanna know if any of you people on this list are like me
and dont feel the need to do any drugs..including alcohol drugs and
cigarettes.....dont
get me started on cigarettes....those make even less sense than any of the
other drugs you could do. and they are NOT punk rock no matter what anyone
says.>>
I just don't know what to say in response to that..I guess..get some
perspective..is about all that comes to mind. I don't want to be like the
poster boy for drug use, because drugs certainly aren't all smiles and
rainbows, but the part they've played in society(not just music and the
creative process) is immesureable. The first cultivated plant was Cannibis,
for the simple reason that it made those long, boring days of hunting almost
bearable. It also slowed down the nervous system, and allowed someone to
remain incredibly still for long periods of time, which I'm told, is
extremely important to hunting game which though they can't see you, can
hear you move from quite a distance. Other than being the spring board for
cultivation and civilized society, the part they've played in spirtuality,
and in helping us to understand very complex abstract ideas, is also quite
profound. Forgetting all that crap with which you may or may not agree,
drugs can be fun. Whats the difference in paying ten bucks to see a movie,
which last two hours, and is just as much a replacement of our dreary
reality for another as compared to buying a dime bag..and having the effects
last significantly longer? Your a product of society that has found it
immensely profitable to demonize drugs, take a step back every once in a
while.
Mark
