baltimoresun.com — "I like ayahuasca," a hallucinogenic tea, said Stone, who's also spoken of his love of pot. "And I liked LSD, and I liked peyote." The director of Platoon and JFK thinks tripping is so beneficial that he once spiked his father's wine with acid.
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Closed AccountJul 23, 2006
@qwjc: Not a full hit? There are no "full hits" with LSD-25--nor with anything else that I can think of. No one has any idea how much LSD-25 made it into Hoffman's brain, but since he was handling it in solution and mentioned that his skin came into direct contact with it, circumstantial evidence suggests that his dose was over 100 mics--100 mics being just about the common dose.
spiralspiritJul 23, 2006
90% of the time when I see a Hollywood movie I think to myself:"This movie is sooooo bad, the people who made this had to have been high."It turns out they were.
crazymanJul 24, 2006
HIL-AR-OUS
chosenone_Jul 25, 2006
Insolent, the way you write is struggling to be so objective I have a hard time determining which you are, a male or female? The reason I ask is if you honestly believe what you're writing;"Guys think they're self-entitled to have sex with anyone or anything, and often try to get with drunk girls. Drunk girls later regret that they weren't careful in the number of drinks they had, and even though their inhibitions were lowered, they couldn't just say 'I decided not to have sex if I got to drunk, so I won't' but instead they call it date rape."Also, it's useless for you or anyone to try and categorize the drug user, because people from all walks of life have tried and to some extent used drugs for an infinite amount of reasons.
ejm508Jul 26, 2006
syd barrett was the only member of pink floyd on LSD and he left years before DSoTM
insolentJul 26, 2006
I write to be objective because opinion has no place in matters that can be settled objectively. I did make some estimations that are subjective; however, they aren't inaccurate. I generalize guys, and I wouldn't say all or even the majority, but the ones who do commit date rape (not the malicious kind) will often think nothing of having sex with a girl who has had a few drinks. Why should they, they might even be more drunk than the girl. But the law is clear that any amount of lowered inhibitions, "diminished capacity," can be considered date rape, and a small girl can get buzzed off one drink. It sounds unfair that it only favors girls, but since guys typically initiate, the following scenario occurs. A guy that would normally have a slim chance has a slightly better chance because the girl is even slightly inebriated; she may later regret it. It is stupid because the girl could easily say, "no" and that'd be it, knowing that they are drinking (at what point do you suddenly forget you are drinking? besides nearly passing out, that's clearly rape), but their inhibitions were lowered, so they're technically not able to consent at the time.And you're right, it is useless to try to categorize the average drug user when statistically they are poorer, homosexuals are more likely to use drugs than heterosexuals, and it's clearly impossible for psychology to determine the potential reasons people might use drugs: like self-medication, religious purposes, relaxation, escapism, and model those compared to the population. Useless to search for motivating factors behind drug use.Nobody f**king thinks before they speak, or thinks before they believe. Humans are stupid.
anpanmanJul 26, 2006
I love every movie of Oliver Stone.He is a very good director.
iaianrocksAug 3, 2006
try 5$ a hit lol
flashback99Dec 25, 2008
electromagnetic. I'm afraid nobody has explained to you that drugs unlock creativity. This is known fact.Talented graphic designers, filmakers, musicians & programmers will all testify...you've been brainwashed into thinking that all drugs are bad and harmful...!Sure some people don't use drugs and come up with good ideas, but MOST of the talented ones use or have used drugs for inspiration and creativity for centuries...
johnm2154Jan 9, 2009
Brain damage? Many? Argument from ignorance. There are few commonly-enjoyed drugs that cause brain damage, but its not like there aren't plenty of commonly used legal drugs that do.The only ones I can think of right now are the amphetamines which might have some toxicity, and probably do, however; they are still prescribed for various indication. Other than that you've got rare synthetic opioids and I don't know what else.The vast majority of drugs, the pscyhadelics, the canabinoids, the opioids, and many amphetamine/phenylethylamine analogues cause no problems other than acute psychological effects in retards and some raise in blood pressure, like coffee, that can be dangerous to people with very fragile cardiovascular systems.
projectnirvanaMar 20, 2009
WE need to look for better substitutes for tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and even straight hayawaska... People will always experiment with consciousness altering substances.Legalizing some drugs that are far less harmful than tobacco or alcohol may be a temporary measure to stop the worst insanities of The War on Drugs. But we will still have numerous health and social problems associated with legalized drug abuse. We need to develop safer plant-based alternatives to many legal and illegal drugs. This will happen because governments will not be able to afford the economic losses associated with illegal drug trade, the sacrifice of the young people on the altar of the War on Drugs, and the loss of productivity of older citizens who are hooked on Big Pharma’s ineffective and harmful psychotropic substances.So, in 3-5 years time, you will be able to buy in a corner shop a derivative of hyawaska or ibogaine or peyote or psilocybin mushroom to make you feel good and sane, and more tranquil, and more productive (although not necessarily in the way that the governments would plan it -- please search Google for “Project Nirvana”). However, before this happens there will be a War on those who want to stop the War on Drugs, as these people will become the worst enemies of the drug mafias and the war-on-drugs-addicted law enforcement agencies around the world (read the extraordinarily prescient “High Society” by Ben Elton). But eventually, the economics of increased productivity and extra tax dollars for the governments burdened with ageing and less productive populations will win. Hopefully, we will go the way of “Project Nirvana” (Pyotr Patrushev) and not the way of the “Brave New World” (Aldous Huxley) or ”The Futurological Congress” (Stanislaw Lem).