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From: todd@scirtp.UUCP (Todd Jones)
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Subject: Re: Suicide, D&D, and DrUgS
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 12:51:53 EDT
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> If a 13-year old, by definition a very unstable personality in the throes
> of change, is using psychoactive drugs, then the drugs are very likely to
> make any perception that "life stinks" worse.  This is especially true of
> drugs like cocaine, which gives incredible downs to go along with the
> spectacular highs, or alcohol, or just about any depressant.

> Mistakes with drugs are often fatal, final, and not particularly useful
> tools for anyone who doesn't know what they're doing.
> 
> Roleplay is a game.  Drugs are no game.  Don't even pretend to equate the two.
> 
> Hutch

Hutch, what drugs have you taken to give you expertise? (careful, your
employer may be reading!)