Re: Why not go back to Opium SMOKING?

Compairing opium to cannabis is a bit silly. You want a more "profound" 
drug, so you turn to heroin? Odd choice.

nvnvbnvn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> After all, opium is a natural, pure substance straight from the poppy.
>  Heroin is a man-made chemical from highly processed opium.
> 
> If we legalized opium everyone could just smoke the shit instead of
> spreading diseases with dirty needles.
> 
> Does every drug user want the _extreme_ powerful narcotic effect of a
> shot of heroin?  No.  People like myself wouldn't mind smoking opium
> once in awhile to relax.  I sometimes want a more profound drug than
> cannabis but I dislike needles.
> 
> Not to mention, as explained in "Opium for the Masses" (Amazon.com),
> opium contains many more alkaloids than just morphine (which heroin is
> made from). 
> 
> Injecting heroin is akin to injecting THC.  Imagine not getting _all_
> of the cannabinoids from marijuana, but just THC?  Sounds retarded
> doesn't it.  Well, that's how heroin is.
> 
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