Designer drugs as a path towards a better society ?? Gimme a break! If there's any development that destroys the chances for a better future (both individually and societal), it is the growing use of these drugs.
Thomas Lunde wrote: > My daughters generation - in my opinion, may provide as much catalyst to > society as the Hippie Revolution did in the sixties. How many of you, have > had the experience's she had last weekend. Probably none. Millions of > young people are going to Raves. The hard drugs of Cocaine, Heroin, Opium > are not at these places. Designer chemical drugs are. These drugs alter > consciousness, promote feeling sensations within the body that allow greater > knowledge of self and what the human body is capable of feeling. The also > seem to to widen thought in that many young people become aware - for the > first time - how to think and ruminate on what they felt and experienced. On the contrary: Designer drugs can cause irreversible brain damage (from a single dose), and in many cases have caused death (the death rate is highest among young females, due to estrogen interactions). Instead of increasing awareness and ability to think, designer drugs actually destroy mental abilities, such as the ability to plan ahead, to concentrate and to remember. Ecstasy is the chemical MDMA that destroys brain cells that produce serotonin -- the important neurotransmitter that regulates aggression, mood, sleep and pain sensitivity. Effects of MDMA intoxication include anxiety, paranoia, increased heartbeat and blood pressure, muscle tension and depression that can last for days after the drug is taken. As for "hard drugs": On the contrary, designer drugs can be hundreds of times stronger than conventional drugs -- they're *designed* for that ! Synthetic heroin analogs cause symptoms similar to those found in Parkinson's disease: uncontrollable tremors, drooling, impaired speech, paralysis and irreversible brain damage. Amphetamine and methamphetamine imitations cause nausea, blurred vision, chills, perspiration and faintness as well as anxiety, depression and paranoia. PCP analogs produce illusions, hallucinations and impaired perception. So your advice to your daughter is wrong: She'd better take what you call "hard drugs" than designer drugs, and she'd better ride in a car driven by a drunk than by a user of designer drugs. Or even better, none of that at all. The keyword here is "Darwin Award"... Chris > I'm going to bring a little > shocking reality into this discussion - which may - if you and others can > step back from your beliefs for a couple of minutes give you some insight or > not... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
