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Originally posted by Billy Optimist:
SuperXO--
LSD is dangerous. It was invented to get severly, abnormaly menatlly diseased paitents to stop thinking they were oranges or had run from the martians that were stealling their cheerios. 
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Billy,
where you kidding? I couldn't tell if that was a joke or not. But, if you were serious, actually lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was created and researched for uses as either a truth serum or a drug that makes spies forget the info the learned. The CIA researched it a lot.
Yeah, 33 girl, I did see that history channel thing! That's what made me bring up the topic actually. It was VERY interesting. But, I have been interested in the topic since college when I took several classes on drugs (both legal and illegal) and both their biological and psychological effects.
Lindsay, did you think the Bad trip your friend had was any worse than some people get that we call "violent drunks" and have to be kicked out of bars because they fight and break things? I think there are certain people that need to be careful because of how their mood is affected by alcohol and drugs! But, still one is illegal and the other is not...I also kind of wonder if these people's lives get messed up with drugs both because they spend too much money getting it and too much time/ criminal activity getting money for it. well, if it were legal, it would be cheaper so people wouldn't have to commit criminal acts to pay for it, or spend all their money on it.
On the other hand, speaking of violence, some drugs just shouldn't be legal, IMO. Like PCP. I can't remeber what it does psychologically, but I know that someone who is in an altered state and has superhuman stregth is pretty scary! Also, Ecstasy (MDMA) is very dangerous. Eats holes in your brain and all that.
[This message has been edited by SuperXO (edited April 30, 2001).]