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Hekate

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31. One of my brothers had a reeeeeally strange hallucination, but I think he was mixing drugs

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 01:49 PM

Dec 2015

He was driving (I didn't say he had good sense) and saw the freeway loop up into the sky in a wonderful flower-filled road. That's when he decided he should pull off the actual freeway and wait for his head to clear (which showed some residual good sense).

That was back in the 1960s. It is very possible the pot he bought was contaminated with something else -- but I can't really say. IMO that's always a problem with illegal drugs -- unless you are growing your own, you don't know for sure if it's pure. Regardless, he should not have been driving, any more than he should have been drinking when he got pulled over for a DUI in more recent years.

BTW, I voted to legalize medical pot in California last time it came up on the ballot. As far as recreational use, again imo, I think it should be treated like alcohol under the law. One state at a time, the people are speaking out about how stupid the federal government has been in its pursuit of the "war" on drugs.

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the danger of paying too much. 6chars Dec 2015 #39

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+1000 True Earthling Dec 2015 #57

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True davidpdx Dec 2015 #72

One of my brothers had a reeeeeally strange hallucination, but I think he was mixing drugs Hekate Dec 2015 #31

Most of the evidence suggests that there's some risk of psychotic episodes... Spider Jerusalem Dec 2015 #34

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From the second link ---- Avalux Dec 2015 #40

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Should we outlaw everything that is not "totally safe?" tabasco Dec 2015 #8

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