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'##::::'##:::'#####:::'########: VIVA LA REVOLUCION! CERDO DEL CAPITALISTA!!
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##:::: ##:'##:::: ##: ##::::::: THE HELOTS OF ECSTASY PRESS RELEASE #340 !!
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#########: ##:::: ##: ######::: ZIEGO VUANTAR SHALL BE MUCH VICTORIOUS! !!
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##:::: ##:. ##:: ##:: ##::::::: "Drugs are bad, mmMM kay?" !!
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##:::: ##::. #####::: ########: by -> TPP !!
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..:::::..::::.....::::........:: 12/14/98 !!
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Underground Gonzo journalist TPP here in my first HoE release
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since the infamous unreleased article on extracting DMT from a human
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brain. Recently, I was reading the local University Newspaper, when I
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noticed an article so stupid and devoid of common sense that I had to
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respond. Here is the article followed by my response.
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The State News -- Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1998 Email: opinion@statenews.com
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"Doing Drugs Can Cost Students Their Futures"
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by Kenya Johnson
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There is a deadly war going on: the war on drugs.
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Drugs destroy families, deter dreams, scar innocent childhoods
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and systematically trap people. If you turn to drugs there is the
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possibility that you may never recover. Whatever happened in your life
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that made you turn to drugs, the use of drugs always makes the
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situation worse.
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No matter what it may be: alcohol, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy or
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household cleaning products -- they can be deadly when they are abused. A
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lot of us use drugs to impress others or to feel accepted. Even though
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sometimes friends say that they don't want to influence you by their drug
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use, they aren't satisfied until you use drugs, too. If you feel that the
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only way you can be accepted is by abusing your body, then you don't know
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what acceptance is.
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Whether it be the initiation to join a fraternity or sorority or
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maybe your idea of having a good time, you're playing with something that
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you only have one chance at: life.
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Some use drugs and decide that they will never use them again.
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Then there are others.
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They may have been told they would never amount to anything ever
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since they were born. Prove those that ridiculed you wrong. Not by
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getting high, but by choosing to take the high road in life. Choose the
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high road by setting an example to the younger generation that watches
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everything that you do, whether you know it or not.
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I can't speak from experience because I have never tried drugs.
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I had a normal childhood and represented the letter 's' in spoiled,
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which makes me the most vulnerable. We tend to stereotype people from
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urban areas or poorer households, but drug use is prevalent from the
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suburbs to the ghettos.
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No one knows what will happen to them in their lives. Whether
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it be the tragic loss of a dear one, a devastating breakup or simply
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the road of life seems to be at a dead end, don't turn to drugs.
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Drugs are used as a type of release from reality. When you are
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high you feel like all of your troubles are beneath you. The hardest
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part about getting high is the coming down process. Then you realize
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that you are in the same predicament that you were in before you chose
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to get high. Only now you're feeling worse because you realize that
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you may be hooked on something that only lasts a moment but can change
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your life forever.
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If you become addicted to drugs you risk losing everything:
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your job, family and most importantly your dignity. There is always the
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possibility of recovery. And that's all it is -- a possibility. There
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are no guarantees when you decide to let drugs determine your fate.
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As you look at the world around you, it is factual that people
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who are under the influence of drugs commit the most violent crimes.
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People are rational but become irrational when they are under the
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influence of drugs. You will do anything to get high, and will hurt
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anyone that tries to get in your way.
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There are some that argue that they can handle getting high and
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that they won't get hooked. I hope that they never do. Usually these are
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the people that you would least suspect. They get high on weekends and on
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special occasions such as birthdays and holidays. But it's also important
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to remember that no one starts out being a drug addict. Over time your
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body becomes accustomed and will crave drugs.
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I'm not an expert, but I don't have to be to know that taking
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drugs simply isn't the answer. If you feel like you have to get high to
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make it through the day, ask yourself if it's really worth it. Whenever I
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have second doubts I always tell myself that it's not worth it if I can't
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look at myself in the mirror.
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You can't blame it on the government or drug dealers. Drugs
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wouldn't be sold if there wasn't a demand. Usually the people that sell
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the drugs are in it for the money and nothing else. They may even
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consider it their own business.
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Until we chose to put them out of business they will continue to
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make economic profits that may cost you your future.
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-- Johnson, a political science junior, can be reached at:
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johns934@pilot.msu.edu.
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Previous columns by Kenya Johnson:
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* An A to Z of tips for a successful college career (Dec. 1, 1998)
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* Thanksgiving a time to forgive and forget (Nov. 24, 1998)
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* White males reign on list of Forbes' richest (Nov. 17, 1998)
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The State News -- Thursday, Dec. 10, 1998 Email: opinion@statenews.com
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"Johnson Drug Column Offensive to Users"
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by [TPP]
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As a drug user, I was personally offended by Kendra Johnson's
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attack on drug users. It is just another symptom of the continuing
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perpetuation of procrastination and/or calcitration of the man's
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conspir-a-cee.
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After all, how many drug fiends are on the Forbes top 400? So
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I'll tell you what I am going to do. I'm gonna take the people's
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blotter, I'm gonna put it on the people's tongue, I'm gonna take the
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people's trip and lay the smack down. I got four words for Kendra:
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Flush out your head. That D.A.R.E. propaganda you regurgitated has no
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basis in fact. I'll take Dr. Timothy Leary's advice over that of
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weak-minded, uneducated fools.
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You sit there and write about something you admit you know
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nothing about. How is that different from the stereotyping you seem to
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be against? Well, I know from personal experience what drugs are like.
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Back in high school, I smoked marijuana daily for an entire
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school year. Then one day I decided I didn't like it anymore and quit.
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Just like that, without even thinking about it, without having to <20>get
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help.<2E> About a year later, I stumbled across some mushrooms. I was
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never really into high school and spent my studying time learning about
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computers and other topics of interest. I rarely did homework and my
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grade point average was in the range 1.5-2.0.
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Shortly after that first trip, my GPA skyrocketed to the 3.0-4.0
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range. It made me realize that I would need a college degree to get a
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decent job and have a future. Later trips convinced me to start working
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out and now I am in perfect shape.
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Despite what you may have seen in those grade school drug
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propaganda films, I have never had the urge to jump out a window, find
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a rape victim, stare at the sun or knife my family to death.
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As far as addiction goes, it is a joke. Nicotine is far more
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addictive than any illegal drug. I know ex-smackheads who can't stop
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smoking. Addiction is only an excuse for not wanting to quit. As for
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<20>coming down, this happens on very few drugs and is no big deal. It is
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far more pleasant than any alcohol hangover I have had.
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I have not done any drugs in awhile and feel no urge to take
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them.
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I have gone through these periods several times in my life
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without any problems. My use of psychedelic drugs has been an entirely
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positive experience. If it wasn't for them, I would not have been able
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to get into college. Instead, I would be working at some nasty,
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minimum-wage job for the rest of my life.
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Mrs. Johnson, I suggest that until you have a clue what it is
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that you are talking about: Know your role, and shut your damn mouth!
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Go to the VaS Homepage! http://www.sinnerz.com/vas/
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!! (c) !LA HOE REVOLUCION PRESS! #340 - WRITTEN BY: TPP - 12/14/98 !!
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