15-08-2013, 04:36 PM
Tracy Riddle Wrote:Overall, I think LSD and pot kept too many people in that generation tranquilized into complacency. I'm not against consciousness-expansion, and the careful experimentation with such chemicals, but I think many young people were just kept drugged up so they wouldn't be a bigger threat to the system.
Some were. I wasn't and others weren't. I tripped at the maximum a few times per year and smoked no more than an average of once per week, maximum, for a few of my college years. Now, either is only for a very special occasion....the kind that hardly ever find me these days.
You are correct that some overused those and other drugs and hidden forces may well have been pushing just that, as they now do crack in the poor areas. Alcohol is a lot more dangerous in any case for most and has been a constant.
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