I know I’ve been posting a lot of pro-drug information and comments on here, but I don’t want people to think I encourage anyone to use drugs. There is just so much anti-drug propaganda out there that I often feel it’s necessary to defend them. There’s a lot of bullshit out there perpetuated by this insane idea that lying to people will get them to stop using drugs. I don’t think drugs are inherently good or bad. There are positives and negatives, but false information put out by anti-drug groups makes it harder for people to know what the negatives really are.

Illegal drugs, for the most part, are either escapist, or recreational. Or both. However they’re being used, people sometimes develop addictions. How hazardous a certain addiction is to a persons health depends on the drug. Cocaine? Can get pretty ugly. Marijuana? From what scientists tell me (personally, of course) you’re probably ok. You might get a bad cough, or a bad memory. Maybe slow reflexes. Hey, at least you’re not stealing money for heroin right? Well, I guess the heroin addict wouldn’t either if he could get clean, legal, affordable heroin.

Just like the great Artie Lange said in this clip of the Howard Stern Show I posted a couple days ago; we’re funding Al-Qaeda, or whatever other “terrorist” muslim extremist groups there are by handing them the lucrative drug market, when we could be using these proceeds to helping people who have addiction problems. And we could do real research into what causes addiction and how to prevent it, because we haven’t been able to get people to stop using drugs. I think sex and aids have proven that “abstinence is the cure” doesn’t work.

Anyways, what I originally wanted to say before getting distracted a couple times is that using drugs for recreation is fine, as long as the user stays that way (which is possible, believe it or not), and doesn’t slip into addictive or abusive patterns. Using drugs for escapism? Probably not a good idea, in my opinion (…though i’m one to talk). Although it’s very understandable (especially for me). “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti. That quote is from one of the zeitgeist movies. I just looked this Jiddu dude up on wikipedia, and I really like the way he thinks (or thought… he died the year before I was born.). I’m gonna have to go learn more about him so I can regurgitate more of his views as my own. Anyways, with how fucked up and money focused our culture is right now, it’s no wonder people need to escape. It’s no wonder that after 40 hours a week doing something you hate just so you can stay alive, people want fun. No matter what the cost.

Anyways, I’ve avoided saying this for a while, because I wasn’t quite sure, but if anyone besides Jack (two more weeks and that’ll actually be his name) and B-ho are actually reading this, go join thezeitgeistmovement.com. I’m officially throwing my support behind them (I’m sure they’ll thank me someday…). Because most of my thoughts that I write about in here are just bullshit arguments that distract us from the real problem, which is money and government. And we don’t need either of them. They create the noise that creates the arguments that I so love to be a part of.

“The Zeitgeist Movement is a grass roots campaign to unify the world through a common ideology based on the fundamentals of life and nature. This movement ignores politics, religion and the like, and instead attempts to communicate how all humans are the same at the fundamental level and how it is time we start to work together on a global scale to end the seemingly perpetual conflict and suffering in our current world society.”

I know a lot of people think this is either dumb, or idealistic and impossible. I don’t. I think it’s logical, and I think it’s possible. The only way if could possibly work is through a revolution in consciousness, by changing one persons mind at a time, not a political revolution. So if you do check out the movement, and you understand what they’re trying to do, at least try and spread the word.

(Going for my longest, most preachy entry yet) If the zeitgeistmovement is too ‘out there’ for you right now, at least go check out ted.com. They have some really smart people on there with some really great ideas for the future. Technocracy, Inc is another group that wishes to abolish government and money, also worth looking into. But I guess I’ll stop now, this was supposed to be a drug related entry… My next ‘thought’ is probably going to be an all out pitch for the zeitgeist movement though, so be prepared.