Progressive Rock and Drugs

Alcohol - very dangerous substance, I'd have to agree, but in sensible doses it's perfectly harmless, and I've never vomitted because of alcohol - ever!

It's only brainless morons who abuse alcohol and unfortunately because it's legal to imbibe (In christian/western countries) it's effects are anti-social, however - ganga is harmful - even in moderation.

Drugs - maybe they should all be legalised thus removing drug-addiction fuelled crimes.....

Thanks for all your advice. I've decided this weekend, since my drug buddy Jeremy is out of town, that I will relax to a mix of Pink Floyd, Yes, and Peachtree Schnapps. DMT and LSA are drugs I've been anxious to try, but could never afford.

To be totally honest, I can't say with perfect certainty that my drug use hasn't had negative effects...but anything you put in your body has good and bad consequences, from LSD to beer, from coffee to pasta. I do sometimes wonder how my life would be different if I hadn't done quite so much experimenting, but truthfully some of my happier memories involve drug experiences, friends, and music. So while I can't in good conscience recommend it, neither can I be a hypocrite and tell anyone not to try it.

Just try to be a little smart about it, at least. There's the old "boy who cried wolf" thing...some of the worst abusers got that way because they'd been lied to about drugs all their life, and then when they tried drugs and found that they liked them, they stopped listening to anything anyone said about it, even when it really was the truth.

And don't waste your money on that fuing Salvia...what a rip-off

If I needed drugs to listen to or enhance the music I'd be questioning if the music I was listening too was for me at all... That sound like music for people who hasn't grown up, or never managed to (wonder why?). Music is an artform that combines talent and vision with craftsmanship. And drugs.  Extremely few under the influence has managed to make anything but humorous works of art. Ever heard Hawkwind? The Beatles? The Rolling Stones? Miles Davis? Progressive is the avant-garde of popular music, and those who do it well over time, are those who have a dedicated and respectuful approach to the art they are creating and performing. And probably taken the odd drug or two - at least a nice cup of tea and a sit down

While there are obvious effects of drugs in controlled situations that alter various functions in the brain, there are far too many side effects to make any abuse worthwhile. Messing with the brains natural chemical balance is asking for trouble,

Just about anything you put into your body then... I would stop eating and drinking if I were you; all that oxygen and hydrogen in water goes to every single part of your body - especially your brain...

and in fact your are simulating mental illnesses by adding substances to your brain. If psychiatry is too difficult for you to read, try reading the book by Andrew Salomon, which simply and effective sums up what we know about the "chemical brain", and how it reacts and changes with susbtance abuse or through mental illnesses. Generally you have to be susceptible to mental illnesses in the first place, but serious abuse can do this, of course. One of the major reasons for depression is abuse of food, alcohol and drugs. So you want food and alcohol to be made illegal too??

What people do to their body is their own responsibility, but anyone who supports drugs supports crime and criminals, thus deserving the same fate as supporters of death and destruction in society...  *cough BULLsh*t* I though we had moved on from the careless 60s and 70s. Just look at all the talent that has been wasted... not to mention reduced to shadows of themselves...

You can't get a little bit pregnant... There is no controlled use of drugs unless it is made and distributed by professionals. You said it!!!  Drugs need to be controlled! The big problem is that they are NOT. THAT is what leads to the crime and criminals.

Who knows what sh*t a street pusher sells you. I've had friends OD on stuff they thought where safe... RIP suckers! Mind that bus...