choff wrote:I really don't think legalizing PCP would be a good idea, especially since it could be used with other drugs, deliberate or accidental. Whatever else you want to legalize, this ain't it, the stories you get after the homicidal incidents are users who don't know where all that blood covering them came from.
Legalizing it? It is freely available. Distributed by criminals.
You aren't one of those believers in words are you? "Prohibited" does not mean unavailable. It means "distributed by criminals".
Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you can get at a profit.
Actually the criminals charge for it, and it was removed from distribution to humans in the '50's long before becoming a street drug because of psychotic reactions.
Legalizing as a recreational drug would cause the pharmaceutical makers to get sued over violent incidents, while it's probably easy to get the bad rep keeps usage down.
choff wrote:Actually the criminals charge for it, and it was removed from distribution to humans in the '50's long before becoming a street drug because of psychotic reactions.
Legalizing as a recreational drug would cause the pharmaceutical makers to get sued over violent incidents, while it's probably easy to get the bad rep keeps usage down.
PCP is a synthetic drug sold as tablets, capsules, or white or colored powder. It can be snorted, smoked, or eaten. Developed in the 1950s as an IV anesthetic, PCP was never approved for human use because of problems during clinical studies, including intensely negative psychological effects.
originally Was used as a horse tranquilizer .
PCP is a "dissociative" drug, distorting perceptions of sight and sound and producing feelings of detachment. Users can experience several unpleasant psychological effects, with symptoms mimicking schizophrenia (delusions, hallucinations, disordered thinking, extreme anxiety
Michael,
Your bait an switch argument is very worn.
In any event;
Skimming over the paper and its supplements, it appears that some kind of statistically significant effect has been documented.
You should be extremely ashamed in how "hollywood liberal" you sound.
But, maybe, just maybe, the multiple years of drugs use has clouded your judgement, reduced your IQ, and thus, by your doctrine, we must not hold you accountable for your actions.
After all, it is not your fault, but your father's...as he obviously continues to make the decisions in your life. As you so often like to point out.
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What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
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