Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdcad!amdahl!ames!hao!boulder!sunybcs!rutgers!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!cok From: cok@psuvm.bitnet.UUCP Newsgroups: alt.drugs,misc.legal,alt.flame Subject: Mescaline (Re: The War on Drugs-1 year old today) Message-ID: <23455COK@PSUVMA> Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 19:13:11 EST Article-I.D.: PSUVMA.23455COK Posted: Mon Oct 26 19:13:11 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Oct-87 23:46:49 EST References: <1136@puff.wisc.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: The Pennsylvania State University - Computation Center Lines: 109 Keywords: Just say THANKS, MAN! Xref: hoptoad alt.drugs:392 misc.legal:3151 alt.flame:397 [Note: the line eater managed to get most of this article before it arrived at my insignificant part of the country. No great loss; I get the general idea.] At Puff, the Magic Eric writes: >Families were chickening out of their problems >and filing for divorce in record numbers. Unemployment and inflation were at >record highs. And then Ronald Reagan, out great president, found the trouble >maker--illicit drugs. Forigen nations were sending drugs to America so that >they could get us fucked up on drugs and invade our country and overthrow our >fine government. But with help from the US Army and the DEA, drugs were cleaneout of South American countries, and our nation was I don't recall even Reagan making such a statement. You're saying Columbia and Brazil are attempting invasion? [Stuff deleted which is pretty much a restatement of Eric's usual opinions: "Anyone who supports drug use is either a drug addict, a drug pusher, or crazy." He suggests that anyone who would give their children a choice about drug use is probably a drug addict. See the original article. Also, see "The most disgusting story I've ever heard." This is a great example of Eric's writing.] >Eric Mading. >University of Wisconsin-Madison Computer Science Department. > >Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of >the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Thank the gods! Eric's entire argument is based on the ideas that all illegal drugs are harmful; all drug dealers are amoral bastards who'll knife you in the back for a sawbuck; any law, no matter how stupid, ought to be obeyed; Nancy Reagan is an authority on drugs, and knows what she's talking about. I think I'll describe a typical government anti-drug law. This is the law concerning mescaline. All my data about the drug and the law come from the U. S. Department of Justice report on Mescaline. This should be available in any large library with a collection of Department of Justice documents. I can't remember the exact document number, but as of today, it is the only USDJ document expressly concerning mescaline. Remember when reading this that this document was published by a government body engaged in a "War on Freedom--um, Drugs." The USDJ would have every reason to lie about and overexaggerate the deleterious effects of the drug. This is not Timothy Leary speaking, but the people who are trying to take your rights away. [Some chemical information.] The chemical name of mescaline is: 3,4,5 trimethoxyphenethylamine. This is a member of a chemical family called the tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids. It is a phenethylanine derivative, and a close chemical relative of the hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline. This might make sense to a Chem major. All I know is that that is the general chemical information concerning mescaline. [Mortalities caused by mescaline.] There is not a single known death caused directly by mescaline. No one has fatally overdosed on mescaline. I don't want to understress the effects of this horrid drug, so I'll admit that the booklet does say that it is "possible" that a diabetic "could" die if he took a massive dose of mesc. [Ill effects of mescaline.] Mescaline causes absolutely no impairment of mental function after a trip. During a trip, however, there is some impairment of higher mental function and performance on intelligence tests. However, the booklet admits that the main reason for this is that people on a trip generally laugh in amusement or otherwise refuse to participate in intelligence tests. [Good effects of mescaline.] Users of mescaline are never alcoholics; in fact, the use of mescaline makes it unenjoyable for the user to drink alcohol. It can be used with good effects in the treatment of alcoholism (a legal drug which kills more than any other). Also, it has been used in the treatment of asthma and heart disorders. Very little information is available about this, though, since the experiments are no longer occurring. [Punishment for dealing mescaline.] Let's see. First the government lists all it's ill effects: none. Then it goes on to list medicinal properties: lots. Then we come to the clincher. You can be fined $50,000 and/or sentenced to jail for a term not to exceed five (5) years for dealing mescaline. I am not sure about the fine; however, I'm sure about the punishment for dealing; I know someone a friend of whom was sentenced to five years for dealing it. Nice government we have, eh? Now, for more information on how the "War on Freedom" is helping you. Mescaline, as the government itself admits, is completely harmless. However, due to its illegality and the high demand for it, pushers (not dealers--there is a difference) often cut mescaline with PCP, LSD, STP, dexedrine, and other nasty substances which are dangerous. Often what is sold as "mescaline" actually contains no mescaline whatsoever. All thanks to Ronnie and Nancy Raygun's "War on Drugs." Note: I am not a drug user, I am not a drug pusher, and I'm quite definitely not insane. I wouldn't say the same for you, though, Eric.