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  • What to take to University

    This guide, although probably useless, is designed to help the average ToTSEan out when in University.
    A lot of forums are full of retarded questions which I have seen like “do I take pyjamas to University?” and “how many frying pans do I need?”. Seriously, there are some retarded forums out there hence why this is an &T guide!

    I will separate the list into areas, such as Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom etc just to make it easier to navigate, and highlight the reasons I added them in etc.

    So, to kick things off let’s go with the kitchen!

    • A thick bottom saucepan. Why thick bottom? Because you need decent quality cookware which won’t bend and fuck up given some Student abuse.
    • A wooden spoon. A big one that serves all purposes. It comes in handy to mix up whatever, from cakes to instant mashed potato.
    • A big, Tefal frying pan. A non-stick one will save your ass when you’re hungover or making a fry-up in a hurry.
    • Plastic, microwavable jug. One that at least measures out 500ml as you can heat up baked beans or whatever in it. I used to eat cuppa soup out of mine. Jus’ saying.
    • Fish slice.
    • A multiple set of cutlery. You’re bound to lose something. 3 of each (fork, knife, spoon, with some teaspoons as well).
    • Teabags/Coffee, milk and mugs. People like tea and coffee and it’s a good way to make sense.
    • Sugar. To add to above.
    • Seive/Collander.
    • Measuring jug.
    • Ziplock bags (for freezer stuff)
    • Clingfilm, foil and baking paper.
    • Food. Go for non-perishable for emergencies like tins of beans, rice, pasta etc, then freezer and fridge food. You will be sharing a house with people so will have (usually) 1 shelf/drawer in the freezer and fridge, so don’t buy too much in case it doesn’t fit. A few small frozen pizzas, some peas (multiple uses!) and some fresh fridge items. It all depends on what you like.
    • Stock cubes. They can turn rice or whatever into an awesome flavoured dish. Get a few flavours (Ham, Beef, Vegetable etc)

    Bedroom

    • Posters. I don’t care what your regulations say, put them up and take them down when room inspections come around. I recommend white tac over blutac.
    • Bathroom stuff, like a couple of towels, shower gel, shampoo, face wash, bog roll etc. You know how much you’ll go through? Take a few of each, and plenty of bog roll. Also a few flannels and a sponge. If you have en-suite then take some bleach.
    • Bedding. This includes duvet (probably single), bed protector, a few pillows and numerous pillow covers as changing them regularly helps reduce acne and skin shittiness.
    • Entertainment. This also counts for multiple extension plug sockets as your room will have 4 sockets max.
    • Relevant books for your module. Doesn’t matter if you don’t use them, but they could come in handy and keep you from the Library a few times. Try to get into a schedule of wanting to read for a bit each day.
    • Some leisurely books. I had Fear and Loathing, some Zombie ones etc. Just keeps you from going mental.
    • External Hard Drive. 1TB is fine but it depends on your Torrenting and sharing capabilities.
    • Laptop or Desktop? I’d go laptop and you can play mid-range games on it. Plus it takes up less space.

    Personal washing stuff and clothing

    • Bumper pack of Daz or Persil. You can wash your smalls in the sink and save a few quid on the launderette. Also some fabric softener?
    • Enough undies and socks for 2 weeks. Just keep them in a box in the bottom of your wardrobe.
    • A smart outfit if need be.
    • Fancy dress. Honestly, just think of themes like Cowboy ‘n’ Western, Pirate, 80s, Rave etc. Unfortunately most of the sods you’ll go to an 80s night were born 1992 onwards.
    • casuals for the days you don’t leave the house (trackie bottoms and hoodies)
    • Some clothes in general. I’m not going to fag on you and tell you how to dress.
    • Coins for the launderette.
    • Razor/Shaving foam.
    • Hair stuff and smellies.

    Personal

    • Condoms. Get them in bulk, cheap, on eBay.
    • Porn collection on your computer.
    • First Aid Kit. This would at a basic level include plasters, antiseptic cream, medicated talc, painkillers etc etc.
    • Any medical correspondence/records as you will have to change to a new Doctor.
    • Stash items. See my other thread for these.
    • A “safe” place. I used to use my laptop carry briefcase (the default Toshiba one) to keep excess meds, graffiti and other bits in. Kept it under my bed so it seemed a good semi-stash place.

    Scribing for lectures

    • Decent ruled pad (you will get through about 3 of them per academic year and I go for the 200 page Pukka Pads as they are a dream to write on).
    • A few biro pens.
    • Pencil – in case you get bored and want to sketch stuff.
    • A few different hilighters. They are a godsend – unless you’re HTS noob.
    • An A1 flip-pad (the ones they have in school) to make huge-ass mindmaps. Helped me!
    • Page markers and page dividers.
    • A hardback ringbinder for each module you do.
    • A4 folders to keep miscellaneous bills and correspondence.
    • A good, sturdy bag. Backpack or messenger/courier style. Chances are you will also use it to lug your shopping back home, too, so bear other things in mind than just a notebook and pens.
    • A list of your Lecturer/Tutors emails just in case.
    • USB drive for giving a presentation. Size doesn’t matter as a .PPT or .DOC file is rarely over 3MB so get a size which suits you (remember you may also use it to transport files from yours to a mates computer).
    • Ritalin.

    Good programs to have installed on your Computer before you go and other bits and bobs
    I say this as you may or may not have censorship at your University. This means access to Porn, any Torrent sites, or just anything slightly dodgy. Honestly, I was so pissed off that I couldn’t even access &T at one point.

    Software.

    • TOR bundle – a proxy of some sort helps.
    • Antivirus. I’ll leave the choice up to you.
    • nMap/ZenMap – scan your router and find open ports, or just have a nose around.
    • Wireshark – just for the lulz.
    • uTorrent – in case you can torrent. I used to use it at the pub nearby as my Uni blocked it…but then unblocked it and I got 6MB/ps
    • Backtrack OS on another laptop also helps as you can find an encrypted network you can tap into to Torrent.
    • TrueCrypt.
    • Hamster and Ferret.
    • A backup or synchronisation program. You need to back your work up every night as you will murder/suicide if you wake up one day and it’s gone.
    • Dropbox. Also useful if your mates can torrent you a file and download via HTTP on a Uni network if you are unable to Torrent.
    • Stealth webcam recorder in case you feel horny and have a chick over.

    Hardware.

    • Blank DVDs. You can never have enough.
    • USB drive. The bigger storage the better.
    • As mentioned before, a big-ass external HDD. I had 2x1TB ones I soon filled up.
    • A cooling stand for your laptop…if you take a laptop.
    • DVD/CD wallets, like the 100 slot ones. They save you a ton of space.

    This is the sort of stuff I took to University with me and got through fine. Smaller things like drugs and contraband I will not list as it’s up to you to decide whether you will take responsibility for them or not. Although this list is probably far from complete, I will add to it as and when and make a note of it in the changelog below.

    Version 1.0
    11/8/2011

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  • All Natural Poisons

    This is for informative purposes only. Do not try this on yourself or against others!
    Written by white88enochian

    Castorbean / Castor oil plant – Ricinus communis

    Description: Castorbeans come from the castor oil plant, a member of the spurge family. They are cultivated world-wide for castor oil, and the seeds are easily available at some gardening stores. Castor beans are large mottled brown-black beans.

    Toxicity Rating: Very High, Death may result from even minute amounts, however, very slow acting (it uses a protein).

    Toxin: Ricin, a water soluble protein.

    Toxicity Distribution: The seeds (beans) are the most toxic, but the rest of the plant is also slightly poisonous. The beans contain about 0.6% ricin by mass.

    Lethal Dosage: The minimal lethal dosage of is an estimated 0.001mg/kg (1ppb), the LD50 value is an estimated 0.03mg/kg (30ppb) (through oral consumption). A 0.05mg dose of ricin could kill a person weighing 100lbs, a 1.5mg dose of ricin would kill of 50% of the population it is applied to. This would mean 0.8 grams of castorbean could kill a person weighing 100lbs, a 24 grams dosage of castorbean would kill off 50% of the population applied to. Commonly, only 2-8 castorbeans is enough to kill a grown adult.

    Possible Side-Effects: Stomach irritation, increased heart rate, death, profuse sweating, collapse, convulsions, diarrhea, abdominal pain.

    Availability: The seeds to grow castor oil plants are available at some gardening stores.

    Notes: The seeds only become toxic once the outer skin or casing is chewed off/removed, as this allows the toxin to pass through the system. Signs of toxicity may not appear until 18-24 hours of consumption, and death usually comes only 36 hours after consumption. Because of this, it is perfect for poisoning others, as they will only develop symptoms half a day later, and the protein decomposes in the body fairly fast. In the cold war, one of the spies was shot with an umbrella that contained a bullet with Ricin, and because it is a protein, it decomposed in his body before the autopsy could find what killed him. I believe they only discovered that it was ricin after the cold war ended.

    Cowbane / Water Hemlock – Cicuta Virosa

    Description: Water Hemlock is a wetland plant, considered a weed, but is fairly widespread in throughout North America, growing in wet meadows, pastures, sloughs, stream banks. A member of the parsley family.

    Toxicity Rating: Very High, This is one of the most toxic plants in the United States. A lethal dose usually causes death within an hour.

    Toxin: Cicutoxin, an extremely dangerous unsaturated alcohol.

    Toxicity Distribution: The taproot contains the highest concentration of cicutoxin, stored in the form of a clear oil that turns orange when exposed to air. The rest of the plant contains lesser amounts.

    Lethal Dosage: The LD50 of cicutoxin on humans is unknown. It is reported/estimated that a single bit of taproot material is enough to kill a grown man. The average person will usually die after 2-3 bites of taproot material.

    Possible Side-Effects: Nervousness, breathing difficulties, muscle tremors, collapse, convulsions/seizures, death from asphyxiation. Symptoms may take 15-90 minutes to occur, but death may be sudden if asphyxiation is long enough.

    Availability: A wetland plant that grows in wet meadows, sloughs, pastures, and along stream banks.

    Notes: The taproot contains the cicutoxin in a clear oil. A good idea is to store the roots, and when needed, to cut the roots and drain the oil into a vial/phial, and then subsequently mix it in with your or your victims drink.

    English Yew & Japanese Yew – Taxus baccata & Taxus cuspidata

    Description: These particular yew species are very dangerous. The yew family comprises of trees that have thin leaves, almost like needles, that are evergreen. They grow red berries (arils), which contain the seeds.

    Toxicity Rating: Extremely high, death is very fast and almost guaranteed if the lethal dosage is taken. The Japanese Yew is slightly more poisonous that the English Yew.

    Toxin: Taxine, a mixture of alkaloid toxins. Taxine is a type of Taxane, the name for the various alkaloids found in yew trees.

    Toxicity Distribution: The entire plant except for the flesh around the arils is poisonous. The seeds inside the arils, however, contain the highest concentration of Taxine.

    Lethal Dosage: About 0.1% to 0.5% of fresh plant material (needles) is fatal – a 100-500mg/kg minimal lethal dose pf foliage. The lethal dose of seeds for an adult is estimated to be around 50 grams worth (~30 arils/berries), and reports have shown that the lethal dose for a child may only be 4 or 5 seeds. A handful of seeds alone almost guarantee a quick death.

    Possible Side-Effects: Death is usually so fast that other possible side effects do not occur. If the dosage is low enough that death does not occur almost instantly, victims may experience breathing problems, trembling, weakness, heart problems, abdominal pain. Death occurs from the heart rate speeding up to the point that it suddenly stops (cardiac arrest, I think?).

    Availability: The English yew & Japanese yew are available at some large gardening stores (i.e. Holes), or in some home improvement centers with gardening departments (i.e. Rona).

    Notes: Only the English yew and the Japanese yew have Taxine. The other species of yew either have very minute amounts, or no poisonous compounds. Yew is poisonous even after being dried. This is good for storage purposes. The arils that contain the lethal seeds are sweet and nice tasting. Suicide from eating the arils is a nice way to go, as it is kind of like a ‘last dessert’. The seeds need to be ground up or properly chewed for the toxic material to come out; otherwise they may just pass through the system. The foliage of a yew remains toxic even after being dried. The Hick’s Yew (Taxus x. media hicksii) is a cross-breed of the Japanese and English yew, and is also very toxic (It is an average of both but slightly more similar to the English Yew). It’s leaves taste really bad, especially after being chewed up, Since it dries well, you may want to dry it, put it unto pill form, and take it ( with your favorite beverage), but you wont need to if you can just get the seeds ( be sure to grind them up).

    Deadly Nightshade: Atropa belladonna

    Description: A perennial herb plant, it is one of the most toxic plants in the world. Because it is so dangerous, it is sometimes considered a weed. It grows dark black berries that are attractive to children cause of their taste and look, a berry on a pentagram platter.

    Toxicity Rating: Extremely high, sometimes considered the most toxic plant.

    Toxin: Tropane alkaloids, Atropine.

    Toxicity Distribution: Every part of the plant is extremely poisonous, the root being the most, then the leaves, then the berries, least poisonous, but still dangerous.

    Lethal Dosage: Eating more than 3 berries will likely cause symptoms in an adult, ingestion of a leaf can be fatal to an adult, the toxicity of the root varies between species, but it is still the most toxic part. A bite of the root could be fatal.

    Possible Side-Effects: Dizziness, dry mouth, flush, nausea and vomiting, visual impairment, increased heart frequency, agitation and raving, followed by weakness and sleepiness, breathing compression and death. The symptoms appear fairly fast.

    Availability: Available at some gardening stores.

    Notes: The scientific name, Atropa belladonna, comes in part because belladonna means ‘pretty lady’ in Italian, and the atropine in the Deadly Nightshade was used in the past to dilate the pupils of women, and give them a more ‘pretty’ look. The reason why it is sometimes considered the most toxic plant is because atropine is extremely poisonous, but is not always found in fatal quantities, as mentioned earlier, some species vary in toxicity. The juice is said to be inky black and very sweet. For suicide, this may be a viable way because it is like a last dessert, and it should at least taste good. It is said that the younger the plant, the more toxic it tends to be. Keep that in mind.

    Strychnine tree – Nux Vomica

    Description: An evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia. It is cultivated commercially for its medicinal properties. Its fruit are yellow and contain 5-8 disk-shaped seeds.

    Toxicity Rating: High.

    Toxin: The alkaloids strychnine and brucine.

    Toxicity Distribution: The seeds contain 1.5% strychnine; the dried blossoms contain approximately 1% strychnine. The bark contains brucine.

    Lethal Dosage: The LD50 value of strychnine is 10mg/kg (10ppm). The minimal oral lethal dosage of strychnine is between 30mg-120mg for adults. It would take around 8 grams of seeds to reach the minimum oral lethal dosage, and 60 grams of seeds for the LD50.

    Possible Side-Effects: Tightness in muscles, convulsions, twitching, hyperreflexia, extreme pain, death.

    Availability: N/A

    Notes: Strychnine is medicinally prescribed as a stimulant, laxative, or for stomach ailments. This is a very painful way to go, and should not be used for suicide. It would be better to use this to harm/kill other people because of the extreme pain from the symptoms.

    Monkshood/Wolfsbane – Aconitum Napellus

    Description: Herbaceous perennial plant native to mountainous regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

    Toxicity Rating: Very High. The alkaloid poison aconitine that is found in it is considered one of the most toxic plant poisons.

    Toxin: The alkaloid aconitine.

    Toxicity Distribution: The tubers have the highest concentration of aconitine, ranging from 0.5-3% concentration.

    Lethal Dosage: The lethal dose is estimated to be between 2-3mg for humans to be lethal. Oral/eaten lethal doses of aconitine have been reported as ranging from 1.5-6mg. This would mean that theoretically only a gram or two of monkshood tubers should be lethal.

    Possible Side-Effects: Oral paresthesias (tingling in the mouth), abundant salivation, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, death from respiratory failure or cardiac arrest.

    Availability: Available at some gardening stores and home improvements centers with gardening departments (i.e. Rona).

    Notes: Aconitum was used in the past in bait or poisoned arrows for killing carnivores such as wolves, hence the name Wolfsbane.

    Foxglove – Digitalis Purpea & Digitalis Lanata

    Description: Herbaceous perennial plant native Western Europe. The flowers of a foxglove plant hang down and look like bells.

    Toxicity Rating: Very High.

    Toxin: Digitoxin/Digoxin, a cardiac glycoside.

    Toxicity Distribution: The whole plant is toxic, but the upper leaves are the most dangerous, with a 0.26-0.62% concentration of digitoxin.

    Lethal Dosage: The estimated lethal dose for an adult is 10mg of digitoxin. The LD50 value of digitoxin is an estimated 0.3mg/kg (0.3ppm). It is reported that 0.5g of dried upper leaves or 2g of fresh upper leaves can kill. 5 grams of fresh low concentration leaves for each 100 pounds you weigh achieves the LD50 dose, as dose 2 grams of fresh high concentration leaves. Remember that when dried, the leaves will weigh less.

    Possible Side-Effects: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, delirium, irregular pulse, convulsions, and death from heart disturbances.

    Availability: Foxglove is commonly available at gardening stores, and available at some home improvement centers with gardening departments (i.e. Rona)

    Notes: Ironically, the digitoxin extracted from foxglove is used to make the heart medicine Digitalis. It helps your heart, and kills it too! One of the reasons foxglove is called foxglove, is because the flowers look like they would perfectly fit a fox’s paw into them. Foxglove retains its toxicity even after being dried, therefore being very good for storage. It is sometimes mistaken for the comfrey plant – which is sometimes used for tea – and with deadly consequences too.

    Oleander -Nerium Oleander

    Description: Evergreen perennial bush originating from the Mediterranean. It is known for its beautiful spiraling/whorl-shaped flowers and scent they give off. The flowers are very beautiful, and you should get them even if you are not going to kill yourself (it is always handy to have poison ready for when you need it anyways).

    Toxicity Rating: Extremely High. Ranks up with Atropa Belladonna as one of the most poisonous plants.

    Toxin: Oleandrin and neriine, both cardiac glycosides. Rosagenin (with strychnine-like effects) is present in the bark.
    Toxicity Distribution: The whole plant is very toxic, but the highest concentration of toxins occurs in the sap. The bark contains Rosagenin. The concentration of oleandrin in plant tissues is 0.08%. The total amount of cardiac glycosides in the sap is 2%.

    Lethal Dosage: One leaf is known to cause death in children, and a handful of leaves, 7-20 leaves, is usually enough to kill an adult. A single intensively chewed leaf (so all the poisonous can properly escape) has been known to cause death in adults.

    Possible Side-Effects: Nausea and vomiting, excess salivation, abdominal pain, diarrhea, irregular heart rate, drowsiness, seizures, convulsions and coma, subsequently death.

    Availability: Oleander is easily available at gardening stores; some flower shops may sell the flowers. It is also available at some home improvement centers with gardening departments.

    Notes: Because oleander also uses cardiac glycosides, the symptoms are usually similar to that of foxglove. Oleander also retains toxicity after being dried or boiled.

    Lily-of-the-Valley / May Lily – Convallaria majalis

    Description: Herbaceous perennial woodland plant native to northern Asia and Europe.

    Toxicity Rating: Moderate-high. Often fatal when eaten in abundant quantities, such as when children will eat many of the berries because of their sweet, rich taste.

    Toxin: Contains about 20 glycosides, including convallotoxin/convalatoxin, convalarin, and convalamarin, and saponins.

    Toxicity Distribution: All parts of the plant, including the bulbs and berries. The seeds are the most toxic, and the fruits are the least toxic.

    Lethal Dosage: The LD50 values for lily-of-the-valley are not yet determined. The glycosides in lily-of-the-valley are poorly absorbed orally, and are much deadly when taken intravenously (injected). Through oral consumption, a high quantity is required to cause death.

    Possible Side-Effects: Abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, headache; higher quantities result in hypotension (low blood pressure), mental confusion/delirium, death from cardio-respiratory failure.

    Availability: Lily-of-the-valley is extremely common, flower shops, gardening stores, and home improvement centers with gardening departments are almost guaranteed to have them. Even the florist departments in grocery stores (i.e. Safeway) probably sell Lily-of-the-valley.

    Notes: Even though convallotoxin is one of the most toxic naturally-occurring substances that affect the heart, because of low concentration in Lily-of-the-Valley, a high quantity of plant material has to be consumed for death to occur. Lily-of-the-Valley retains toxicity even after being dried, but it is reduced significantly.

    Bitter Almond – Prunus Dulcis

    Description: The fruit of the almond tree, part of the rose family. A native plant to southwest Asia and northern Africa. The difference between bitter almonds and sweet almonds is that bitter almonds come from pink flowers, and are shorter and broader.

    Toxicity Rating: High.

    Toxins: Bitter almonds contain 6-8% prussic acid, which is a form of hydrogen cyanide.

    Toxicity Distribution: The bitter almonds contain 6-8% prussic acid.

    Lethal Dosage: The LD50 of orally ingested prussic acid is 1.1mg/kg (1.1ppm). This would mean a dose of 50 mg of hydrogen cyanide or ~0.8 grams of bitter almond for every 100 pounds the person weighed would be the LD50. A handful of bitter almonds does the job, usually 20 is enough to a guaranteed death.

    Possible Side-Effects: The symptoms of bitter almond poisoning are the same of that of regular cyanide poisoning. Weakness, confusion, excessive sleepiness, coma, shortness of breath, headache, dizziness, seizures, death.

    Availability: Unprocessed bitter almonds are illegal for sale in the U.S. and Canada (?).

    Notes: Unprocessed bitter almonds are illegal for sale, and only processed bitter almonds can be purchased legally. The heat from the processing procedure makes the bitter almond no longer poisonous. Minute amounts of cyanide are also present in other fruits from the rose family, such as in apple seeds (pips), cherry pits (you have to crush them thoroughly first to extract poison), and apricot and peach pits.

    Azalea / Rhododendron – Ericaceae

    Description: Flowering shrubs originating from the East Asia. There are a deciduous subgenus and an evergreen subgenus of azalea.

    Toxicity Rating: Medium.

    Toxins: Grayanotoxins (also known as andromedotoxins), which are glycosides.

    Toxicity Distribution: All parts of the azalea are toxic.

    Lethal Dosage: A dosage of 100-225g would have to be eaten to seriously injure a 55lb child. Evidently, a much higher amount would have to be eaten to kill an adult.

    Possible Side-Effects: Salivation, vomiting, cough, seizures, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, palsy, unconsciousness, death. The symptoms for poisoning take a few hours, death comes near 6 hours.

    Availability: Very easily available. Flower shops, gardening stores, gardening departments in home improvement centers. Even florist sections in grocery stores (i.e. Safeway) sell azalea.

    Notes: A type of wine from azalea blossoms is made in Korea. Azalea is a commonly used plant to commit suicide, because it is easily available, and if taken in high enough doses, fairly reliable.

    Wild Black Cherry – Prunus Serotina

    Description: Deciduous tree belonging to rose family. Native to Canada and the eastern United States.

    Toxicity Rating: High.

    Toxins: Contains cyanogenic glycosides, which changes into hydrogen cyanide when metabolized.

    Toxicity Distribution: Seeds (the seed pits), leaves, twigs. The foliage is poses the greatest risk, especially when damaged because it releases cyanide when damaged.

    Lethal Dosage: The LD50 of orally ingested hydrogen cyanide is 0.35-0.5mg/kg (0.35-0.5ppm). The leaves of black cherry on average contain 212mg of Hydrogen Cyanide per 100g of fresh leaves. Since a 25mg dose of hydrogen cyanide for every 100lbs someone weighs is the LD50, to achieve the LD50 value, only ~12 grams of fresh leaves is required for every 100lbs a person weighs to achieve the LD50. Keep in mind, however, that the toxicity is higher when the foliage is damaged from things like frost, wilting, drought, trampling.

    Possible Side-Effects: Anxiety, breathing problems, staggering, convulsions, collapse, death (which may be sudden).

    Availability: Black cherry trees are naturally found growing in Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. Some large plant nurseries or gardening centers may sell them.

    Notes: Healthy cherry leaves contain prunasin, a cyanide precursor that in itself is non-toxic. When the leaves are damaged, the prunasin molecule is split and the cyanide is freed. Hydrogen Cyanide’s Ld-50 value is valued at 0.35-0.5ppm when taken intravenously (injected).

    Common Poisonous Fruits that have Cyanide

    Plants in the Rosaceae (apples) family all have cyanogenic glycocides that metabolise into HCN, the hitler-jew poison. Eating 2 cupfuls of apple seed ( thoroughly blended and mashed up ) should be enough to poison you. Keep in mind though, Hydrogen Cyanide is the painful cyanide.

    Peachs and Apricot (also Rosaceae) pits also have cyaogenic precursors. When you crack open the pit, the seed ( that looks like an open almond that smells almost ‘vanilla-ish’ ), that stuff contains an estimated equivalent of 212 mg / 100 g (212 ppm). The LD 50 of cyanide is about 4 ppm to body weight. So for every 100 kg you weigh, you need ~4 grams of CN. Just take 300 grams of peach pit and you should be able to get on your way.

    (don’t even bother thinking of trying to extract cyanide to poison another with this, it is cyanogenic precusors, not cyanide. Which also brings up to make sure the source is fresh, so there is the highest metabolism and cyanide/weight/absorbtion rate. )
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    These all-natural sources are much better ways to poison yourself. They are natural for one (need I say more?). They are more reliable (The only sleeping pills you can OD suicide nowadays are barbiturates [sic?] (like phenolbarbitol), and they are only available if you’re doctor prescribes them, and he will first prescribe crap-melatonin, and he won’t even think about barbiturates if you’re a teenager. Don’t even bother drinking drain cleaner, nowadays, everything is all safety design and all that crap.), and some of them are pretty (oleander), and some (like yew berries or Deadly Nightshade berries) are tastier than other poisons. These all-natural sources are also very easy to get, unlike cyanide (The Hypatia tutorial on cyanide, http://www.hypatia-lovers…m/footnotes/Section01.pdf , actually requires 1200ºC for the second phase, and unless you own a smeltery, it is not very ‘home-ingredient friendly’).

    The side-effects duration and time listings are when taken intravenously (injected). If taken orally (eaten), you should add 5-8 hours to the time because of digestion before you should start experience any effects.
    The digestion time is lowered when on an empty stomach to around 6 hours. A full stomach may take upwards of 12 hours or more to have it digest.

    If taken orally (eaten), it is best recommended to do so on a mostly empty stomach, as this ensures it will take faster. This also ensures that the digestion is even, so that enough toxins can get in fast enough (because it gets digested at the same time) and in doing so avoid the toxins from going in slowly, which cause the side effects to come slowly, usually a very painful experience.

    If taken orally, it is a good idea to well maschsticate [sic?] (chew up) the plants properly. This ensures that more toxins will be able to come out, and faster too, so less plant matter will have to be taken to achieve the toxic dosage. In the case that the taste of the plant is so bad you could blend it up and mix it with a good-tasting drink. Make sure that the pH of the drink is appropriate, as a wrong pH may disrupt some toxins.

    The Symptoms as described are if enough of the poison gets into your system all at once. This is why an empty stomach is usually better. However, if not enough poison gets in all at once, you may not die instantly (such as with taxus cuspidata/bacata). Intravenous taking will ensure enstantaenous effects (except with ricinis communis ), but may be extremely painful. Intravenous taking does NOT work with hydrocyanic precursor poisons (Rosacae, Prunus Dulcea) as they have to be metabolised.

    A lot of the poisonous plants taste very bad to the point that the taste may induce vomiting, therefore being unable to digest and subsequently poison the victim. To help stop from vomiting, take one or two anti-histamine tablets (travel sickness, sea-sickness, hayfever tablets etc) from your local pharmacy to help stop this.

    Some poisonous work better with alcohol, and increase their potency by up to 50% (you need to only take 50% less poisonous material). However, I am sorry I do not know which ones they are (I think the cardiac glycosides, but I’m not exactly sure), but since

    With the plants that can be dried and still retain toxicity (yew, foxglove), it is a good idea to dry up the plant matter, then mill it in a mortar and pestle. Take the powder and fill it into an empty medicine pill (you can just empty out a tylenol tablet) and fill it up. Then, you can use this and eat this instead, as it does not taste that bad. This also makes the poisons easy to transport, hide, and utilise (in the case that you want to be a poisoner/assasin/hitman).

    Do a little ‘kitchen-table-math’ to get the Dosages down right, I jotted this down pretty fast without thinking.

    Do not consult your doctor before use, cause he will prescribe anti-depressants and make you a mindless zombie

    Lol, death as a possible side effect image . Just stick it in the middle of the side effects list; like you are reading this to find something with a different side effect other than death [sarcasm].

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  • How Long is a Drug Detectable in My System?

    How Long is a Drug Detectable in My System?

    The following is for informational purposes only. I neither endorse nor encourage illegal activities, and this thread is not intended to help anyone negate their way around a drugs test. The word “detectable” is not used to imply that the purpose of this guide is to pass a drugs test; I believe that anyone who is considering taking a drug should know how long it will stick around in their system. However, figures for the complete absence of a drug are difficult to quantify, and so SAMHSA guidelines on a positive result are used instead.

    Figures are approximate; as factors such as the metabolism, body mass, age, overall health, drug tolerance, urine pH, level of exercise and fluid intake of the person being tested, the amount and frequency used, the method of administration etc. will all have a bearing.

    Format:

    Substance: duration detecable(urine); duration detectable (hair)

    Amphetamines: 1-4 days; 90 days(*)
    Anabolic Steroids: 2-3 weeks (oral) 1-3 months (injected) 8 months+ (Naldrolene);
    Barbiturates: 1-21 days;
    —> short acting (allobarbital, alphenal, amobarbital, aprobarbital, butabarbital, butalbital, butethal, pentobarbital secobarbital) 1-4 days;
    —> long-acting (i.g. barbital, phenobarbital) 2-3 weeks;
    Benzodiazepines: 1- 42 days;
    Buprenorphine (suboxone): 1-3 days; 90 days
    Cocaine: 4-5 days; 90 days
    Codeine: 2-4 days; 90 days
    GHB: 12-24 hrs; undetectable ?
    Heroin: 2-4 days; 90 days
    Ketamine: 2-4 days; ?
    —> norketamine: 14 days; ?
    LSD: 12-14 hrs; undetectable
    Marijuana: 2-3 (single use) / up to 30 days (chronic use); 60-90 days
    MDMA: 3-5 days; 90 days
    Meperidine: 4-24 hrs; 90 days
    Mephedrone: 1-7 days; ?
    Mescalin: 1-4 days; ?
    Methadone: 3 days; 97 days
    Methamphetamine: 3-5 days; 90 days
    Methaqualone: 14 days; 90 days
    Morphine: 2-4 days; 90 days
    Opium: 1-2 days; 90 days
    Oxycodone: 2-4 days;
    PCP: 3-7 days; 90 days
    Propoxyphene: 6 hrs-2 days; ?
    Psilocybin: 1-3 days; ?
    Salvia: <12hrs (**)

    (*) 90 days accounts for 1.5 inches of most recent growth, the standard sample tested
    (**)Probably. Based on a study of the half life of Salvinorin A in rhesus monkeys.

    Sources:

    www.craigmedical.com
    www.erowid.org
    http://www.sdrl.com/drug-detection.html
    de la Torre, R. et al. [2000] Pharmacology of MDMA in humans; N Y Acad Sci, 2000; 914:225-37
    Zhao, H et al. [2001] Profiles of urine samples taken from Ecstasy users at Rave parties: analysis by immunoassays, HPLC, and GC-MS; J Anal Toxicol 2001 May-Jun;25(4):258-69
    Jansen, Karl [2001] Ketamine: Dreams and Realities; Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
    Schmidt, M.D. et al. [2005] Pharmacokinetics of the plant-derived kappa-opioid hallucinogen salvinorin A in nonhuman primates; Synapse. 2005 Dec 1;58(3):208-10

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  • The Open Road

    The Open Road
    by burroughs

    A six pack of O’Douls stares longingly at me from its position on the counter, but I’m not biting. At a whopping one proof, liquor control officers everywhere are amazed that these aren’t flying off the shelves. Oh, the great state of Pennsylvania. Did I mention it’s a Sunday too?

    I had wrongly guessed that this shithole convenience store would defiantly sell alcohol without a license. They would gladly sell me cancer in twenty neatly packed sticks, or enough caffeine to give me a fucking heart attack. But god forbid I lose my inhibition for a few hours.

    I move down the aisle. Cough syrup? Hmm, 8%. Not bad, though I would probably vomit before I got my load on. How would it look if I bought ten bottles, anyway? Do I even care? Not really, but even I have standards on altering my perception solely for amusement. And maybe some sick kids out there actually need it. I used it medically in my younger years, until I found out it fucked me up pretty good with a few extra doses. Then my parents wondered why I was sick all the time. Nah, too middle school for my taste.

    Deodorant? Hairspray? What am I, homeless? As I laugh that one off, the bored clerk shoots me a look that says, Hey buddy, I have a shotgun underneath this counter, and I would love to use it because I’m angry I’m stuck in this dead end job waiting on dicks like you. Wanna dance?

    Whoa tiger, you’re not med school material, but we can all go back to college if we want. Or maybe get the GED if we haven’t gotten quite that far. The truth is you don’t want to. Because then you can be contently pissed off all day reading your porno mags. Who really wants to be happy in this life anyway?

    Bingo. The light bulb suddenly goes on. All the big questions have been answered. I feel like I just ate twenty apples from the Tree of Knowledge. Naked, and with a snake nearby egging me on. I grab a bottle of Listerine Gold from a neglected shelf and immediately focus on the ingredients list. 26.9% alcohol. I pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming.

    Though I don’t know you, I think we’ll get along just fine. We’ll have a long chat and figure out we have a lot in common. I’ll look past your warning signs, the fact that you’re friends with dozens of dangerous chemicals who would gladly send me staggering to the nearest ER, and you can ignore the fact that I’m way too desperate and reliant on self medication. I think it’s a good plan.

    Grinning, and holding the bottle like a newborn baby, I swagger to the register in style. I can see the clerk is surprised that I’m not pointing a glock at his pimpled face, or even buying condoms for a motel quick fuck. Some of us have morals, Mister.

    Sighing, he seems trapped in some kind of complex moral dilemma, wondering whether to lecture me on my seemingly inappropriate use of hygienic items, or not give a fuck and let natural selection take its run. He ultimately decides in my favor. I grab the bottle without waiting for my change and skip to my beaten up Econoline like I’d just won the lottery.

    **********

    I was a pretty smart kid in school, though I never had to put in the effort. This drove teachers insane, and resulted in many trips to the inept counselor whom I was sure was a grade A pedophile. In the spirit of great intellectual coke heads, he attempted to delve into my unconscious mind and implied that I was molested as a child. I agreed and started crying just to see his pants rise, and punched him square in his face for being such a fucking faggot. I told him that that was my rage speaking, and begged him not to tell because the other kids would make fun of me. He said yes, keeping his hopes high for a blowjob upon my return.

    I never had many friends growing up. I knew a lot of people, but no one close enough to build a fort of blankets in the living room, paint each other’s toe nails, talk about girls, and awkwardly emerge from puberty together. I was a loner, but maintained an air of mystery about myself that for some reason qualified as cool in people’s minds. I went to parties, strolling in like I fucking owned the place and finding some drunken girls to talk to. All the nerds enviously remained virgins while I introduced my dick to every girl in my grade, getting so shitfaced on the weekends I could barely remember doing as such. I still kicked their asses academically. The preppy kids didn’t really know what to make of me. I refused to wear polos or listen to music that I could duplicate in one minute.

    My primary interests were always in business and science. For my future I’d imagined that I’d be laundering money for greasy wops or cooking meth for the respectable neo-Nazi skinhead types. Neither really panned out as I couldn’t muster the motivation to do any kind of work, be it legitimate or not. I probably would have just grossly overpaid aging strippers with the dirty money in an intoxicated state, or leveled my house in an explosion of Chernobyl proportions.

    With no real options, one day I just left home and drove. And never came back. It’s easy to pick up and leave when you have nothing stopping you.

    My parents didn’t give a fuck. I was an only child, and when I crawled out of my mom’s gaping vagina they had continued with their lives as if nothing had changed. Between going to bingo games, fucking her boss on a tower of bread crates, and going to bars, there wasn’t much time for me, let alone my father. The only thing they had in common was an unconditional love of alcohol. He eventually left her, choosing to deepen his relationship with a man named Jim Beam.

    I swerve my van onto the shoulder, narrowly missing a deer that had stopped in absolute amazement to stare at my headlights. He slowly walks off to the opposite side of the road, as if sending me a casual fuck you from the local wildlife. I stare ahead in awe wondering how forest animals mastered the art of teleportation before mankind, but the empty bottle in my passenger seat cuts me off. How wise you are.

    **********

    My head is pounding. Before I open my eyes, I wonder if I’m alone as an angry man loudly tells me about his impoverished neighborhood and how many girls he’s fucked in a trebly voice. Maybe he’s hiding under that poor excuse for an engine that some upper management asshole in Detroit thought was a good idea. Sometimes I wonder if they specifically engineered them to break down in the middle of nowhere, in conjunction with some tourist traps. Occasionally my own theories even frighten me.

    I get out of the van, thankful that it lasted me this far. A diner, glowing full neon in broad daylight, smiles at me from the distance. It beckons all those who’ve had a rough night a chance at a bargain breakfast, complete with coffee flavored water and desperate single mother waitresses. I easily fall into its trap and stumble towards this oasis, stopping for a minute to decorate the shoulder of the road with my vomit.

    Another new place, another new opportunity. I can never stay in one area for too long. I guess part of the problem is my inability to see anything but the worst in people, or more generally in everything. Say what you will about childhood trauma and poor role models, it doesn’t change anything. Everything gets old after awhile, its true nature revealed through cracks in the façade that people like me work endlessly to see through. No, I’m not perfect, and nor do I claim to be. But by moving around, I, for the most part, spare other people the virus of my cynical nature, and for myself the inevitable disappointment in growing close to someone.

    A trip wire of cheap bells alerts my entrance to the hostess, busy saturating herself with makeup in hopes of a few extra dollars. Before I take my seat at the counter, a cup of coffee is already being poured for me. I have the appearance of a veteran homeless man with the smell to back it up, so she must be extremely desperate. I thank her, and she politely nods as she hands me a menu that hasn’t been changed since the 70s.

    A trucker to my left a few seats down softly grunts, acknowledging my presence. Loners instinctively identify another one of their kind and make futile attempts at communication, a kind of human anomaly if you will. The open road is a grim life. But for some people, it’s the only way.

    A plate of eggs and bacon that I didn’t order is plopped down before me. The waitress quickly smiles, then scurries away to sweet talk some toothless redneck. Somewhat bewildered, but following only the orders of my malnourished body, I begin gorging myself with food. It’s been awhile since I’ve eaten, and it’s probably good I have a calorie intake that hasn’t been distilled.

    “That’s some appetite you’ve got there, buddy.”

    I almost spit out my food in noticing that the trucker seamlessly beamed himself across the room, defying all laws of physics. He’s wearing a Nascar hat and cutoff jean jacket, displaying a bear belly that would make any blue collar man proud. His gaze remains on me after a few seconds. With my mouth full, I search for a napkin to no avail, settling for the sleeve of my already stained shirt. I’m equally successful in a search for words, only offering a nod and forced chuckle.

    “Where ya headed?”

    He takes a sip of coffee. This is more than just small talk. I don’t have the look of a trucker, nor a naïve adventurer with an army of maps just passing by. I stick out like a Jerry Falwell in a bar frequented by Nathan Lane.

    “Wherever the road takes me.”

    He laughs. He liked my answer. Finally breaking his gaze from me, he pulls out a pack of cigarettes, ignoring the blatant no smoking sign in the immediate vicinity. At the sound of a lighter, the waitress looks over, but continues talking to the toothless charmer. Whatever keeps the business afloat, I suppose.

    “I’m Marty. Nice to meet you.”

    He extends an arm in my direction. Oh what a fun time it would be to connect all those track marks. I shake his hand, this time with a genuine smile.

    “Jake.”

    He didn’t have to tell me his life story. I already knew it. A family photo out of his immediate sight says it all. Divorced, two kids. She has custody, probably remarried to some dickless businessman with a degree in management.

    I can guess that they met in high school based on her waspy appearance and his caveman demeanor. He was probably captain of the football team, scoring touchdowns for the cheerleader way out of his league. They say opposites attract, but high school sweethearts never last. At that point in life, most people go with what makes them happy. And what makes people happy is almost never the best means for survival. That burger from McDonald’s tastes good, but your arteries likely have an objection.

    I don’t even know where we’re going, but I don’t care. He knows that. I’ll go wherever the road leads me. I just hope it ends with my diminished sobriety.

    **********

    I thank Marty for the ride and offer him some money I don’t have. Thankfully he turns down my offer. Acts of kindness like this instinctively alarm me, but I guess some people actually had a stable childhood.

    “Best of luck to you.”

    I nod and wave to him. It’s somewhat unsettling knowing that he’s driving a tractor trailer in such a state, but who am I to judge? As he pulls away, I laugh at the How’s my driving? decal with a number provided. Not so good, Marty. I turn and slowly begin walking.

    It’s funny sometimes where the road takes you. Some call it fate or destiny, or even just dumb luck. No matter how you label it, the end result doesn’t change. You are where you are. What put you there rarely matters: you’re left to deal with it. Some people might also search for higher purpose. Why am I here? What’s the significance of this? Mental masturbation was never quite my thing. That orgasm of realization never comes. I’m here because I am. Maybe something good will come of it. Maybe not. Only time will tell.

    I haven’t been here in years, yet it’s exactly as I remember it: the lawn almost qualifies as a nature reserve, the paint has long since faded, several windows are broken, and an overweight man is intently staring from the porch. Home sweet home.

    The gate creeks as I open it. I stare at the cement path as I walk up. Reaching the steps, I face my father. Time has not been kind to him, but who do you think taught me my strict virtue of moderation? He studies me for a few seconds, and then reaches into the cooler next to him. He hands me a beer, and I pull up a chair next to him.

    “Good weather we’re having, don’t ya think?”

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  • Leading a Better Life Through Chemistry (a subjective view of drugs)

    Leading a Better Life Through Chemistry (a subjective view of drugs)

    No author, taken from http://www.textfiles.com/uploads/chemlife.txt

    Leading a Better Life Through Chemistry (a subjective view of drugs)

    Usually, by the time they’re in high school, people realize a basic
    concept: You really CAN live a better life through chemistry. But
    there are a few issues that need to be addressed. Many, many people
    have created “rules” and regulations for the drug lifestyle. Most of
    these rules are absurd. In fact, if you think this document is gonna
    describe those rules, you’re miserably wrong. This text file is based
    on my experience and my experience alone. I am trying to describe the
    method that allows me to lead this lifestyle without major
    consequences. Whether or not these tips will be useful to you remains
    to be seen.

    So here are a few suggestions:

    1- There is nothing wrong with using drugs to escape. Technically, the
    whole point of using narcotics IS to escape. However, you should never
    escape the fact that you use drugs to escape. Meaning, at the point
    where you become a heroin addict and you use more heroin just to
    forget the fact that you’re a heroin addict, you can be safely labeled
    as an unintelligent user of drugs.

    2- There are two things you should mainly avoid above all: The two A’s
    – Arrest and Addiction. Both of them are extremely easily avoidable,
    you just need to be moderately smart. You will not get caught if you
    don’t over-publicize your use, be dumb about where, when, and around
    whom you use drugs, or overdose and have to be taken to a hospital.
    You can easily avoid addiction by using safety nets [described below]
    to help you use addictive drugs intelligently. Remember, when you
    become addicted to a drug (speaking from experience here), you won’t
    enjoy it anymore, you’ll NEED it. These safety nets will also help you
    not get caught.

    3- A “safety net” is necessary. This “safety net” can potentially be
    anything, but in most cases, it is the friends with whom you often use
    the drugs. Most heavy drug users have a community of anywhere from 5
    to 15-20 people that they use drugs with the vast majority of the
    time. These safety nets have many functions. First of all, most drugs
    are more enjoyable when used in social situations with people you
    trust. Secondly, this network, probably spread out over a large amount
    of territory, will be where most drugs are shared. Say you have a
    friend who, thanks to her/his geographical location and acquaintances
    can get LSD. Then she/he is responsible for introducing the drug to
    the rest of the group, and she/he will most often do it. Another
    function of this group is to provide the support all friendship
    circles provide. The circle should obviously be made of people who
    have no problem helping each other. Most of the members of these
    groups believe in “all for one; one for all”. If one person is in deep
    shit, everybody better dive into the deep shit if they’re not already
    in it. But the two most important functions of these circles should be
    not allowing any member to become an addict, and making sure everybody
    has a safe, friendly environment where they can use drugs.

    4- Ideas like “I’m gonna stick to soft drugs” work for some people.
    For most, they don’t. According to statistics, 60% of all drug users
    stick to pot. But if you’re in the rest, you’re not gonna stick to
    soft drugs, eventually, you’re gonna move on. It’s a simple idea, the
    concept behind most human desire: “The more you have, the more you
    want”. That can be translated to “Once you get the better shit, you’ll
    want the best”. Understand that the line between “soft” and “hard”
    drugs can be drawn at different points by different people. Try not to
    label drugs as “soft” or “hard”. Labeling them more scientifically,
    as in “addictive” and “none-addictive” is simply more practical and
    more useful. I mean, Cocaine is considered one of the hardest drugs.
    But seriously, would anybody who’s not an addict choose coke over LSD?

    5- Exhaustively research every drug you do. Use Erowid on a
    more-than-occasional basis. Understand that no matter which “safety
    net” or “drug circle” you belong to, there is one very large circle of
    all drug users who are helping each other through the internet.
    Technology has made drug use much more relevant, and possibly even
    easier. Research basically allows you to find information about the
    prices, the side-effects, the normal effects, the signs of overdose,
    the addictive properties, what might or might not happen when you take
    the drug, what should and should not happen. This basically means
    you’ll never be taken by surprise. Facing an effect of a drug you did
    not expect can DEFINITELY ruin your experience.

    6- People will tell you things like “Draw the line at heroin”, “draw
    the line at cocaine”. Sure, these are personal suggestions, but
    there’s nothing wrong with trying everything at least once. There
    really isn’t. NO DRUG WILL TURN YOU INTO A PHYSICAL ADDICT THE FIRST
    TIME YOU TRY IT. The concept of addiction is based on so much intake
    that your brain chemistry does not return to normal, and to stay at
    abnormal levels, needs more of the substance. Besides, most people who
    say things like “NEVER DO COCAINE” have never actually done cocaine
    themselves (most, not all). If, say, I have never played basketball, I
    hardly have the right to actually give an opinion about it. Accepting
    other people’s opinions blindly can be pretty dumb because most drugs
    affect people differently. Research, evaluate the cons and pros, make
    a serious risk-benefit evaluation, then make a decision whether or not
    it’s worth it.

    7- “Everyone gets caught” is a myth. There are many ways not to get
    caught. One method is always being very paranoid. Most moderate drug
    users are very relaxed. Both novice users, as well as expert users,
    are usually paranoid (this is based on personal observation of drug
    users I’ve known). This is why seasoned users do not get caught, even
    though they use very large amounts. This is why most people who get
    caught are moderate drug users.

    8- Understand that once you’re in the “pudding”, you can’t get out. It
    is VERY, VERY hard to stop using drugs and go cold turkey when you’ve
    been smoking pot 7 times a day, tripping on some kind of hallucinogen
    at least once a week, using opiates on a virtually daily basis and
    using hard drugs like cocaine, meth and heroin more than once every
    two weeks. So choose to be in the “pudding” with the right people.
    [The word “pudding” was coined by a friend of mine after doing large
    amounts of cocaine and topping it off with 5-6 bowls for just the two
    of us].

    9- Doing drugs without really wanting to, as in, by giving in to peer
    pressure, is the absolute lamest thing you can do. Not only will it
    not make you look cool (I’m talking to 13 year old kids here), it’ll
    make you look VERY lame and everyone will avoid doing any kind of
    drugs with you.

    10- Get a job. You’ll need the money. Don’t steal. Everybody who does
    drugs on a daily basis, as well as hard drugs occasionally, steals
    from parents and others. That’s just not nice. Get a job.

    I wish you good luck as you fill your life with drugs. They will soon
    become the most important aspect of your life, what everything else
    revolves around. There is nothing wrong with that. For the great
    majority of the population, life revolves around material possessions,
    money, fame, dreams that probably won’t be realized. We have had such
    lives that drugs are the one thing we can base everything else around.

    Oh, and the most important suggestion I can make:

    11- NEVER, EVER rip off anybody, or act like a jackass to anybody in
    your drug circle. Those are the people with whom you have the closest
    friendship, because a friendship based on drugs is a friendship based
    on emotional openness, exploration of the mind & soul, escape from the
    realities of life, and generally being somebody that society does not
    consider “proper”. That circle of friends you have is ALL you have,
    because by now, most of the straight-edge friends you used to have
    have probably abandoned you.

    And as a conclusion, think about this – have you ever met very
    unintelligent drug users? The answer is probably yes. Some hardcore
    stoners tend to be stupid, but usually those people don’t mess with
    other drugs. Users of street drugs like crack might not be the most
    intelligent people in the world, but that’s because crack is basically
    designed to be used by poor, uneducated young adults. Think about LSD.
    Did you know that some of the world’s most famous philosophers were
    LSD users? I’m not talking about Timothy Leary, I’m talking about
    people like Michel Foucault and Jean-Paul Sartre, two of the most
    famous and respected philosophers of the 20th century. Think about
    artists, people whose creativity is exceptional. How come the great
    majority of musicians use drugs? Did you know that the ancient Greek
    used to sit around drinking wine and then discussing philosophical
    issues?

    So be smart.

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