Drugs

[tech/a]

I cant believe the stupidity of these people in Indonesia or anywhere for that matter.
They obviously think they are bullet proof and have the I'm smarter than they are attitude.

A mate of mine got back from Bali last Thursday. He's no kid---my age---50.
Over dinner on Saturday Night he mentioned that he had taken a small pouch with him for personal use---without the knowledge of the New wife of 12 mths. They both use for recreational purposes.

Well uncharateristically--(As you can imagine) I lost it! :swear:

Not only did he put his freedom at risk but without even thinking he put his wife at risk (He put it in HER bag---not thinking--he didnt do it to mitigate his risk). He put his new marriage at risk. His Business and employees. Friends and relatives.

His response---even dumber---"Whats the problem its not like I got caught!"
Wife was just as off hand.

 

[chicken]

I cant believe the stupidity of these people in Indonesia or anywhere for that matter.
They obviously think they are bullet proof and have the I'm smarter than they are attitude.

A mate of mine got back from Bali last Thursday. He's no kid---my age---50.
Over dinner on Saturday Night he mentioned that he had taken a small pouch with him for personal use---without the knowledge of the New wife of 12 mths. They both use for recreational purposes.

Well uncharateristically--(As you can imagine) I lost it! :swear:

Not only did he put his freedom at risk but without even thinking he put his wife at risk (He put it in HER bag---not thinking--he didnt do it to mitigate his risk). He put his new marriage at risk. His Business and employees. Friends and relatives.

His response---even dumber---"Whats the problem its not like I got caught!"
Wife was just as off hand.

Tech I do agree with you..would have been good if he had got caught..in all ASIAN destanation you leave your weed at home because getting caught is not an option....because he had it to good here in Australia, and an ASIAN jail is hell on earth..tell him to stay in Australia because the Asians dont muck around as the Australians do..in China its death,and most the other places as well I travell to Singapore just rercently and saw some one caught its utter stupidity.....this morning another Australian got caught in Indonesia...they will learn when the nine arrested in Bali get shot..and it wil be soon...leave your weed or whatever at home if you wish to travel in ASIA...thats if you value your life

 

[ghotib]

Grow up!! Seems particularly appropriate. Dunno if it's worse or better when your friends make the sorts of mistakes that you try and teach your kids to avoid.

Maybe you could remind them that Skase and Bondie thought they'd never be caught either. Or is that too much of a stretch?

Ghoti

 

[Happy]

As an alternative, don’t use it at all.
Coffee, alcohol, throw in ordinary cigarettes and they are more than enough to kill you, why do anything else?

Recently I saw 30-yeal old woman on TV, former drug user, pleading with everybody not to touch the weed.
She said this is the gateway to harder drugs, and it is not if but she said you will do it sooner or later.
Her habit at some stage was more than $2,000 a day if I remember it right.

Maybe some can afford this type of daily ritual, but her body looked much older too.

That’s my rant, but some will do it for the first time today, so I just wasted some bandwidth

 

[Knobby22]

I don't blame you for going off Tech/a, I would have done the same thing.
Unbelievable!
Some people just can't quantify risk!

 

[mista200]

To be honest, it's plain stupid buying drugs in Indonesia. I am a recreational drug user in Australia and find it pathetic that these people cant take a 2 week holiday from drugs when they travel overseas!

 

[Smurf1976]

Taking illegal drugs of any kind to these countries is in much the same category as breaking the road laws right outside a police station when there's an Officer standing out the front.

Completely :swear: stupid but with far worse consequences. And yet few would speed past that police officer...

Nobody can say that they didn't know the law because there's been just so much publicity in recent times. And as for punishment, we're talking about quite a bit more than paying a fine and travelling by bus for a while.

We're talking about a decade plus in prison or even death. So why do it?

I can't say that I consider it overly smart to be messing with these drugs in the first place. But to do it in a country where the punishment is known to be severe is just plain crazy.

 

[emily]

After all that has been hapening on the news........ people still dont understand....hear about that model that got caught the other day ?
awfull....


mr garisson: drugs are badd mmmmkaiiii, mmkaiii

emilyz

 

[bvbfan]

Maybe it's time to get TOUGH on drugs (crime in general) here!

I like the 3 strikes and your out policy, and I really mean out!
3 strike should be the death penalty or for you softies life imprisonment!
Get the scum of the streets

I'm sick of these repeat offenders getting soft sentences (in drugs and in general crime), take up some punishment from other parts of the world.
It may not be a deterent but they sure as well won't be doing it in the future, or with great difficulty with some of the sentences given.

And with these people who were caught, they don't deserve to be part of the gene pool!
I mean how stupid are you to go around doing drugs in Asia, maybe some get a weird kick out of it but come on 10years in jail for a few pills or some pot.

 

[Julia]

I will never be surprised at what people will do in pursuit of drug use.

My former husband was a successful doctor, chairman of the NZMA, taught general practice to uni students etc etc but had a well concealed narcotics addiction.

Ultimately, about a year after I left, he was deregistered, charged with multiple drug offences including trafficking in heroin after being blackmailed by a junkie patient, and sent to prison. He lost his marriage, his children, his career, all his money and of course his reputation.

He died alone in his 50's.

Recreational drug use? Sorry, I just don't buy it
Julia

 

[ob1kenobi]

Tech/A, I agree! I saw the effects of it first hand in PNG some years ago whilst doing 'ambulance' work on a remote mission station for 2 years. In Australia, I have seen friends and relatives prescribed very strong cough mixtures (ie. containing up to 4 different narcotics) by a GP. In at least one case it slowed the patients metabolism down to the point where it nearly caused heart failure. That was under medical supervision!!!! How much harm is done when its not supervised at all???? I can fully understand your response!

 

[Milk Man]

The problem is with marijuana being seen as a soft drug. You can call it a gateway drug to amphetamines and opiates but the fact is that it does far more damage in this country than both combined.

I can safely say this because I was on the brink of drug induced psychosis from habitual pot smoking. Prolonged mariujuana use causes mental illness in one in nine Australians. Don't know if that is one in nine users or the total population, but one in three Aussies are regular smokers anyway.

If your lucky enough to not get paranoid schizophrenia or obsessive compulsive disorder, etc. then you'll most likely wind up a dead-beat like half the fruit pickers i'm forced to employ. Best case scenario from regular weed smoking is a lack of motivation, apathy, and "brain fog".

If you think i'm a prude; I like doing burnouts, making knives and don't have any qualms about porno's. If you're smoking weed please heed my warning- don't make the same mistake I did.

 

[Porper]

If you think i'm a prude; I like doing burnouts, making knives and don't have any qualms about porno's. If you're smoking weed please heed my warning- don't make the same mistake I did.

Hope you don't come round my way Loakglen, I am the local boy racer hater here in N.Z. No 1 Hippo driver at the ready !! Not sure that you get them in Aus or not, sure you do.

Anyway half joking aside, I am amazed at how many "pot heads" there are over here, a couple of new friends I met over here amazed me one night while trout fishing by getting out a home made pipe and puffed away half the night.What's wrong with the good old days of going out,having 10 pints of yorkshire bitter, staggering to the fish and chip shop and having a good old fight and end the night by taking yourself or mates to hospital emergency because somebody broke your nose ?

Oh the good old days :screwy:

 

[andrew_c2o]

loakglen

I had to laugh when I read your post "fruit pickers" cus that sounds like people I know, everything you said is spot on! I've actually sent what you wrote to a few of those people I know.

Well Done!

 

[Smurf1976]

If your lucky enough to not get paranoid schizophrenia or obsessive compulsive disorder, etc. then you'll most likely wind up a dead-beat like half the fruit pickers i'm forced to employ. Best case scenario from regular weed smoking is a lack of motivation, apathy, and "brain fog".

Add to that list that it also contains most of the nasties in tobacco smoke, and at much higher "unregulated" concentrations. Smoking tobacco isn't too good for the lungs, to the point that it can lead to death eventually, but this stuff dumps a whole lot more tar etc. and leads to big problems down the track.

And yet the popularity of dope is increasing at a time when fewer are smoking tobacco due to the health risks. Go figure...

 

[phoenixrising]

Drugs in Asia, about as smart as opening, say a 100k forex account with 3k margin, play pin the tail on the donkey to select the trade, toss a coin to go long or short, then put the lot on the one trade with no stop loss.

Trouble is they will probably win $50k in a week and think they're the new Buffett.

Cheers.

 

[Rockon2]

My two cents worth.....
Australia is way too soft on drugs...
Especially the Labor party... ( its ok for a bit of dope, apparently?)

Even on tv for the last say 20 years, dope smoking seen as a joke , a bit of a giggle,......Hmmmmnnn doubt it!!
Chickens going to come to roost soon.. To The detriment of ALL Australians, poor show people!!.. Lift Your head up and take a bit of pride in yourself !!!

There... I feel better now ... got that off my chest.

 

[madhun]

Alcohol remains the biggest public health risk of all illicit drug use.

 

[madhun]

Drugs in Asia, about as smart as opening, say a 100k forex account with 3k margin, play pin the tail on the donkey to select the trade, toss a coin to go long or short, then put the lot on the one trade with no stop loss.

Trouble is they will probably win $50k in a week and think they're the new Buffett.

Cheers.

Anyone want to start a fund, sounds more exciting than lotto.

 

[Milk Man]

Alcohol remains the biggest public health risk of all illicit drug use.

That's my current vice. If I may get up on my soapbox again: regular binge drinking (more than a six pack) can give you stomach ulcers, clinical depression and anxiety. Just ask me. That's from a weekly visit to the pub mind you.

But it tastes so good! :drink: