Re: why pot before looping?

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

This whole anti drug thing is creeping me out.  One of my good friends 
shoots up almost every time I see him.  He's a diabetic.  My wife comes 
from a long line of women who suffer from severe depression, and takes a 
drug that allows her to have a normal life.  Are these people drug 
addicts?  I have a cup of tea each morning and this time of year, a day 
doesn't go by where I don't take an allergy medication a few times a 
week.

Anyway, my feeling is that if you're looking for escapism you'll find 
it.  Maybe in cannabis maybe in LSD.  Maybe video games.  Maybe TV.  My 
mom seems to me to be wasting her life shopping.  Some people use some 
or all of these things as replacements for living, some use them to 
augment their life.  It's a subtle distinction, but a very important 
one, in my own opinion.  To me, drugs aren't the evil, they're the 
symptom of a bigger issue.  Having a beer every now and then isn't 
different than smoking a joint from time to time.  You can waste your 
life in so many ways, as many as you can live it.

I've done a number of drugs.  Had some amazing experiences, and some 
boring ones.  Don't waste time condemning the drug.  There are plenty of 
people wasting their lives in front of a Zenith which seems to be legal 
and encouraged by our government.  All things in moderation.

Mark Sottilaro