Aaron:
<< .... peyote has supposedly been very succesful in helping native americans
overcome addiction, and the terminally ill to come to grips with their death>>

Liza:
Where do you get these 'facts' that you write about here? I've worked in
addiction centers, I have worked with Native Americans, and I have not seen or
heard anything like this story about peyote helping anyone overcome an
addiction.

Just like my question about mysterious reindeer taking drugs and drinking
their pee, and supposed drug-using shamans in a culture that doesn't have
shamans - I would want to know where you get stories like these?

What terminally ill?  Are you talking about marijuana use among Aids patients?
Cancer patients? Where? Where did you hear these stories, or read about this?
Please state where you are getting your information.

Aaron:
<<  It's not our place to judge whether 'natural' intoxication is 'bad' or
'good', 'healthy' or 'unhealthy'. >>


Liza:
This is not a judgement call, Aaron.  This is an issue of health. I cannot say
that from my experience, it is healthy for people to drink gasoline. It is
your right to choose to do this if you want, but I am not making a judgement
when I say that this is not a healthy thing for you to do. Common sense.

Aaron:
<< The truth is drugs are fun, even though they are psychoactive and some are
harmful to the body. >>

Heroin is fun? Maybe for you.  Then again, so are Twinkies, potato chips,
lasagna, coke, coffee, baked ham, Doritos, and frontal lobotomies. Like I've
said before, each person is totally free to choose their own life.

Aaron:
<< And again, from what I've read, animals seem to enjoy them as much as
humans.>>

Liza:
Really?!  What exactly have you read? Can you provide more information on the
book other than that you glanced through it several years ago in a bookstore
in Georgia? A name and author might be a little helpful.

Aaron:
<< From personal experience I can say my past use of intoxicants enriched my
life
 immensely, >>

Liza:
If this were me, I'd be wondering why I needed drugs to 'enrich' my life. I'd
be wondering what was missing from my life that I had to use drugs to distort
things so I could have fun. I'd wonder why I didn't prefer reality to
illusion.

Again, this is not a judgement of people who use drugs and alcohol, or a moral
stand against anything. It is simply a question of health - of the body, mind
and spirit.

Love, Liza

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