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- "Ironically, on the 200th anniversary of our Bill of Rights, we find
- free speech under assault throughout the United States, including
- on some college campuses."
- --Geo. Bush, 4-May-1991
-
- "Pro-drug" teachers cannot be tolerated
- --Bob Martinez, 12-Apr-1991
- -
- Drugs may be the road to nowhere, but at least they're the scenic route!
- -
- Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control
- a man's appetite by legislation and makes crimes out of things that are not
- crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our
- government was founded. - Abraham Lincoln
- -
- "Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war
- to end drugs, how about a little attention to drugs which will
- end war?" Albert Hoffman
- -
- "The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered by considerably
- by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the
- government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be
- enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this
- country is closely connected with this."
-
- -- Albert Einstein,"My First Impression of the U.S.A.". An interview
- for _Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant_, 1921. Appeared in _Berliner Tageblatt_,
- July 7, 1921. Reprinted in _Ideas and Opinions_, publushed by Bonanza Books.
- -
- "As for drug proscription, I don't think it's possible except by
- inaugurating a society in which we wouldn't want to live. Legalize
- drugs for those over 21, and execute anyone convicted of selling
- drugs to a minor. That will leave us with about $25 billion per
- year to spend on therapy and education and will reduce the crime
- rate overnight by more than 50 per cent".
- - William F. Buckley, "National Review" magazine, Dec. 28, 1992, p 55
- -
- 1965 - Johnson "declares" war on Viet Cong - VC wins big.
- 1966 - Johnson "declares" war on Poverty. Poverty wins big.
- 1973 - Ford "declares" war on Inflation. Inflation wins big.
- 1985 - Reagan "declares" war on Drugs. Drugs win big.
- 1992 - Clinton "declares" war on Health Care Costs - oh God!
- -- Dan Mercer <damercer@mmm.com>
- -
- The fight against drugs is that against the sun.
- -- Bernward Vesper ("Die Reise", 1971)
- -
- "Who needs oil or gas
- When you've got good hash?
- You can stay at home
- And sit on your ass!"
- -
- A quote from Freewheelin' Franklin of the Freak Brothers :
-
- "Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you
- through times of no dope."
- -
- "Light up your spliff, light up your chalice,
- Gonna smoke it in Buckingham Palace!"
-
- - Peter Tosh
- -
- "A friend with weed is a friend indeed!"
- -
- Ken Kesey, who feels reluctant to recommend any other mental drugs because
- they have so often been impure, provides the ultimate pot commercial :
-
- ".. but good old grass I can recommend. To be just without being mad ... to
- be peaceful without being stupid, to be interested without being compulsive,
- to be happy without being hysterical ... smoke grass."
- -
- "Abstinence makes your dope grow stronger"
- -
- "Hashish to hashish
- Lust to lust;
- If the dope don't get you,
- The acid must."
- -
- "An ounce of Nep in the hand is worth two fields of home grown
- in the bush."
- -
- When the Lord said "Let the Earth Bring Forward Grass" - He did not mean
- football parks.
- -
- Never mind the grass roots - It's the flowering heads that are interesting!
- -
- POT: HOBBY NOT HABIT
-
- button,1960s
- -
- PSYCHDELICIZE SUBURBIA
-
- button,1960s
- -
- The scene: Two footballers are talking to each other.
-
- "Do you prefer grass or astroturf?"
-
- "I don't know man! I've never smoked astroturf!"
- -
- "Ale man, ale's the stuff to drink,
- for fellows whom it hurts to think."
-
- A.E.Houseman
- A Shropshire Lad
- -
- LSD NOT LBJ
- Let the State Disintegrate
-
- Button, 1960s
- -
- LET'S GET NAKED AND SMOKE
-
- Button, 1960s
- -
- "Narcotics officers brought in a display case full of drugs to show
- students in Tucson the dangers of such drugs. The drugs were stolen."
-
- -- DC Gazette, April 1981
- -
- "By keeping coffee legal, society has avoided extortionate black market
- prices that might otherwise bankrupt coffee drinkers and lead them into
- lives of crime"
-
- Edward M. Brecher,
- Licit and Illicit Drugs, 1972
- -
- "Do you have a marihuana cigarette?" asked Vivida as we lounged on the
- deck chair the next day in the boiling sun.
-
- "Marihuana? What's that?"
-
- "You know," said Vivida, "Marihuana ...: Kunubu, Kunnapu, Cannabis,
- Kannabis, Konnab, Kinab, Kon-nab, Kannab, Kanub, Kinnab, Quinnab, Konneb,
- Quonnab, Quinnaq, Quinnab, Kenneb, Kalcanque, Kinnabis, Kinnub, Kanop,
- Kanaq, Ranob, Canapa, Kanep, Canep, Konopj, Konople, Konopli, Konoplia,
- Canapa, Cannappa, Canamo, Canhamo, Canamazo, Kans, Kas, Hon-neb, Hen-nab,
- Hennip, Hennup, Hamp, Hamp, Kamp, Hemp, Hanf, Cannabis Indica, Cannabis
- Sativa, Kandir, Bhanga, Hangue, Banga, Bhang, Bang, Beng, Benghin, Benj,
- Bendj, Ganja, Ganjica, Gangika, Ganga, Ginji, Ginjeh, Guinnjeh, Gindsche,
- Gunjab, Guaza, Haschischa, Hasheesh, Hashish, Haschisch, Hachache,
- Hachaichi, Hadschi, Azallu, Subjee, Shesh, Assis, Axis, Assyuni, Asarath,
- Nasha, Anascha, Asa, Dakka, Dakha, Dacha, Dakken, Dagga, Djamba, Diamba,
- Jamba, Riamba, Damba, Kanedir, Kanabira, Kendir, Kender, Kennevir, Kenevir,
- Kentyr, Butt, Cadaneh, Cansjava, Chanvre, Chenvis, Chutsao, Chu-Tsao,
- Chu-Tso, Hursuni, Indrasans, Jia, Intsangu, Keff, Kif, Kief, Kinif, Kerp,
- Kharaneq, Sharaneq, Shanareq, Sjarank, Sheera, Ma, Ma-yo, Ta-ma, Si-ma,
- Tse-ma, Maguen, El Mogen, Molach, Mosjusck, Maconha, Marihuana, Maringuana,
- Marajuana, Matakwane, Mnoana, Mutokwana, Opishnu, Penek, Pienka, Penka,
- Rongoyne, Sejav, Ahets-mangha, Fasukh, Vijaya, Teriaki, Tekrowia, Takrousi, Takut, Takruri, Takrouri, Tekrouri, Asis, Berch, Bernavi, Bernouay, Bers,
- Bosa, Charas, Chiras, Churus, Churrus, Chira, Marihuana Pura, Gard, Rup,
- Taghalim, Ganja, Gabza, Momea, Shahjehani, Mashak, Bhara, Dust, Chastry,
- Chatzraki, Chinty, Dawamesc, Dawamesck, Kawamesc, Diamonschum, Diamusch,
- Diamesch, Diamesk, Dyasmouck, Esrar, Extract of Hemp, The Emerald Cup of
- Haider, Garawisch, Hachich-Kafour, Hachich, Hafiou, Hafioun, Hashish Oil,
- Cooked Hashish, Maju, Majum, Tadhal, Majoon, Madjoon, Majoom, Madjun,
- Madjoun, Magi-oun, Majoan, Mapuchari, Mapouchari, Mapouchair, Maslac,
- Masha, Ma'agoun,Manzoul, Manjoun, Haloua, Masmoch, Malak, Maraguango,
- Juanita, Dona Juanita, Maria Johanna, Rosa Maria, Nabutal Qunnab, Siddhi,
- Subji, Patti, Ganje-kuper, Gur, Siddhi, Sabzi, Phulganja, Savia, Sukhu,
- Sidhi, Sabza, Thandai, Sabzi, Subzee, Darakte-bang, Barakhte-kinnab,
- Nabutal-Qunnab, Muggles, Moote, Reffers, Greeefa, Griffo, Mary Warner,
- Mary Weaver, Mary Jane, Indian Hay, Loco Weed, Love Weed, Joy-Smoke,
- Giggle-Smoke, Bambalacha, Mohasky, Mu, Moocah, The Weed, Grass, Tea,
- Ea-Tay, Eed-Way, Eed-Waggles."
-
- "No," I said.
-
- "Then I guess we'll have to do without," she replied.
- (It was thus that I learned Vivida was a teahound.)
-
- from "Call Me Adam"
- by Tuli Kupferberg (via Warton)
- -
- "Get really stoned - drink wet cement"
- -
- "Blow your mind - smoke gunpowder"
- -
- "Turn off your mind,
- Relax and float downstream
- It is not dying"
-
- Beatles, "Tomorrow Never Knows", 1966
- -
- "We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of
- high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole
- galaxy of multi-coloured uppers, downers, screamers, laughers.. and also a
- quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether
- and two dozen amyls.
-
- The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the
- world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths
- of an ether binge..."
-
- "Fear and loathing in Las Vegas", Hunter S. Thompson
- -
- "Only users lose drugs"
- -
- "Roll, roll, roll your spliff, twist it at the end.
- Light it up, take a drag, pass it to your friend."
- -
- "I had a number of projects I wished to pursue in France. I
- wanted to learn to speak the language, I wanted to break my father
- loose from his grief over the death of my mother, and especially,
- I wanted to put a methylenedioxy group in place of two of the
- methoxy groups in TMA." (p. 31)
-
- "PHIKAL"
- Alexander and Ann Shulgin
- -
- Dilbert: I've discovered the exact chemical compound which produces
- happiness. I've calculated the exact mixture of fruits and
- vegetables needed to produce happiness. Do you realize what
- this means?
-
- Dogbert: Yes, that the government will ban all fruits and vegetables.
- -
- ...try various Kojak episodes where Kojak dips his finger into some
- recently acquired contraband white powder, puts it to his tongue, and
- instantly proclaims, "yep, pure stuff alright" ... how does he know,
- unless he's a seasoned user ;)
- -
- "If God took acid, would he see people?"
- -
- "Psychedelic drugs cause paranoia, confusion, and total loss of reality
- in politicians who have never taken them."
- -
- "Smokin' dope and drinkin' beer is like pissin' into the wind."
-
- Freewheeling Franklin, ca. 1970
- By way of Gilbert Shelton
- -
- "Legalize it, don't criticize it,
- Legalize it, and I will advertise it.
- Some call it tampee,
- some call it the weed,
- some call it marijuana.,
- some call it ganja,
- but you got to legalize it."
-
- "Legalize it" - Peter Tosh
-
- (Jamaica's 2nd national anthem :) )
- -
- QUICK QUOTE
-
- "Marijuana users appear to be not fully awake and seem to be in a state of
- semi-sedation ... after 5-10 minutes,heavy users become very awake with
- feelings of restlessness and anxiety. Their speech becomes rapid,
- concentration becomes difficult, memories deteriorate, and distances may
- appear to be shortened ... after 20-25 minutes, heavy users may have
- hallunications which can last from 3-6 hours or longer."
-
- - The source of this information was a US Justice Department DEA report. It
- was found in a booklet distributed to school children called "Marijuana:
- What It Is, What It Does" (1989-90 edition), published by the National
- Child Safety Council.
- -
- GOVERNMENT STASH
-
- "Gold isn't the only thing the government keeps locked away in the vaults of
- Fort Knox, KY. As part of the strategic reserve started in 1955, the
- government has stockpiled about $23 million worth of opium and morphine.
- The reserve was started in case foreign opium supplies were cut off.
- Although this is now unlikely, a Louiseville newspaper has reported that
- the government plans to spend an additional $7 million to preserve this
- national treasure."
-
- - New York Newsday, September 7, 1993
- -
- "Smoke it, light it, don't hide it, divide it!"
- -
- "The best thing about being high is the view!"
- -
- "Make no point, roll a joint."
- -
- "Hardcore, y'know the score. What shall we do? Smoke some more!"
- -
- "Pack it up, pack it in, let it begin!"
- -
- "Done it, liked it, still doing it!"
- -
- "Penalties against the posession of a drug should not be more damaging to
- the individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they
- should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the posession of
- marijuana in private for personal use."
-
- (then President) Jimmy Carter
- -
- "Of course the state would tax cannabis, prices would be lower, the state
- would put a tax on it as it does with anything the people like. Taxes have
- got to be raised somehow and it could help no doubt the Chancellor of the
- Exchequer who should be very pleased to receive such revenue."
-
-
- "Judge" James Pickles.
- -
- "Cocaine, such an amusing drug. Don't you think?"
-
- Princess Margaret to the Rolling Stones
- -
- "Speed will turn you into your parents."
-
- -- Frank Zappa
- -
- "What do I think of the American flag? Soak it in heroin, and I'll suck it."
-
- -- William Burroughs
- -
- The Royal Drug Store
-
- "Recently published records have revealed that Britain's royal family was
- regularly supplied with drugs, including cocaine and heroin. The proof is
- contained in the ledgers from A.R. Clark's drugstore, locatwd near the
- family's summer home in Balmoral, Scotland. They are dated from 1897 to
- 1914, when now-illegal substances were used for medicinal purposes. Among
- the many royals to visit the drugstore was the Countess of Londesborough,
- who was sold a tonic containing heroin. Winston Churchill, who purchased
- a mixture containing cocaine, was also a satisfied customer."
-
- -- San Jose Mercury News, Augus 29, 1993
- -
- "I hadn't had any psychedelic drugs for almost ten years since the '60s
- when we were all loonies, so I thought maybe I should have it to just
- see... if it reminds me of anything... You have to be careful (with
- mushrooms) because they're so good. That stuff is very organic, you know.
- You feel great, and everything is in perfect focus, even the physical body
- feels good. But because I felt so good, I kept on eating them all day. I
- nearly did myself in; I had too many. I fell over and left my body, hit my
- head on a piece of concrete - but they were great!"
-
- -- George Harrison, 1979
- -
- "LSD? It went on for years. I must have had a thousand trips... I used to
- just eat it all the time."
-
- -- John Lennon, 1970
- -
- "I think George was pretty heavy on LSD, we are probably both the most
- cracked. Paul is a bit more stable than George and I... I think LSD
- probably profoundly shocked Paul and Ringo. I think maybe they regret it."
- -- John Lennon, 1970
- -
- "You could sleep in Central Park, see? You could walk down the streets
- blitzed out of your mind on acid, and people would actually stop their
- cars to let you cross"
-
- -- Whoopi Goldberg remembering the '60s
- -
- `To go through an entire lifetime without a psychedelic experience is sort of
- like driving a Mercedes all your life, and never pushing that one button on
- the dashboard to see what it does.' - Terence_McKenna -=- You will not kill!
- -
- "...Alcohol is a social stimulant. It warms one and brings one closer
- to people. Mushrooms whirl you inside, too close to yourself. They
- produce a temporary therapeutic pyschosis. I never felt better.
- But there's no wisdom there. I solved the secret of the universe
- last night, but this morning forgot what it was."
- -
- "Rule number one : work with influential officials on the fringe
- of the system. Rule number two : use the prestige of the institution
- while remaining as far as possible from it's centre. Rule number
- three : Find closet individuals from within the system to help you."
- -
- "Dissident organisations in academia are controlled. The CIA
- creates radical journals and student organizations and runs them
- with deep cover agents"
- -
- "You have to go out of your mind to use your head"
- -
- "We've got to do what the liqour people did during prohibition -
- dispel the cloud of illegality and danger. Psychedelic drugs must
- be associated with beauty, glamour, sexuality. We need symbols of
- personal freedom, High fashion. Graceful hedonism compared to
- sloppy boozers"
- -
- "My understanding of the situation was this. The western world was
- experiencing a quantum jump in intelligence. For the first time
- in history a large and influential sector of the populace was
- coming to disrespect institutional authority, not as members of
- organised dissident groups, but as intelligent individuals,
- highly selective political consumers who demanded responsive and effective
- leadership, which no existing party, no religion, no union seemed
- able to provide. Thus a conflict between the old industrial society
- and the new information society is about to be played."
- -
- "Now's the time to flick on the inner switch to full power. Listen,
- you'll either spend your life as a paid extra in someone else's
- low budget black and white documentary/training film. OR. You could
- become the producer of your own movie. Direct it, script it, cast it,
- choose your own locations for the greatest reality flick ever made.
- Why settle for less?"
- -
- "I asked Dr Hoffman (inventor of LSD) about the dangers of LSD. Without
- hesitation Hoffman replied 'There was no evidence that LSD damaged
- the brain.' Then the dangers are pychological then? Hoffman nodded.
- Then if the pyschological conditions are supportive, these dangers
- can be eliminated? 'Thats what evidence suggests' he said."
- -
- "Just say Know to drugs"
- -
- "The counter culture of the sixties probably did open more minds
- and boot up more brains to spiritual dimensions than any other
- group in history - Put together"
- -
- "It is the duty of every free person to oppose attempts by
- politicians, police, teachers and medical authorities to control
- who and what adults put into their bodies"
- -
- "belief is the death of intelligence" - SNOG
- -
- "and i, for one, am incensed by all of this complacency - why oppose war only
- when there's a war? - why defend the clinics only when they're attacked? - why
- are we always reactive? - let's activate something - let's fuck shit up -
- Whatever happened to revolution for the hell of it? - whatever happened to
- protesting nothing in particular, just protesting cause it's Saturday and
- there's nothing better to do?" -- King Missile
-