Comment by hcarvalhoalves
12 years ago
> I can't imagine life without stimulants. I hope to move off into the woods one day and live a completely natural lifestyle for a while.
Funny way to put it, because human beings have been smoking something for as long as they've walked on earth, as evidenced by older cultures, so it's arguable what would be "natural".
Most of the world's population spends their entire waking day stoned on something more powerful than nicotine, whether it is coca leaves, betel nut, khat, or some other indigenous herb. It just seems a given that wherever you find people, you will find drugs.
Coca leaves dont get you "stoned" though, only the refined stuff. Neither do I agree that most populations spend their days "stoned". Indigenous tribes that drink ayahusca for instance only use in rituals. The natives from north america didnt smoked tobacco all day either.
Its obvious they had functional societies, which isnt possible when people spend all day using psycoactives, like Europe on heroin or Asia on opium days.