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Having watched a dear friend lose all his social capital, put his entire savings up his nose and nearly burn us both to death in a house fire, I can safely say

Having watched a dear friend lose all his social capital, put his entire savings up his nose and nearly burn us both to death in a house fire, I can safely say that I'm disgusted. However, from a third world entrepreneurial standpoint, I can see how this is a great business opportunity(?) / disaster waiting to happen. Quick, someone make an iPhone app.

californiaguy 17y ago
If your friend had pickled his liver and beat his girlfriend with vodka, would you feel as disgusted every time you saw a bar & grill?
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  Would it matter if it did? Would it change the addictive nature of either substance or the damage they do to people's lives? (and I speak as a legalization supporter) Sounds like an ad hominem attack by impeaching the motives of the speaker. The implied message is that the speaker is biased against cocaine much more than other drugs so his judgment is not to be trusted. Not such a good tactic. EDIT: If this was an honest question and not sarcastic I apologize for misreading the tone. The internet is a tough medium for nuance.
DanielBMarkham 17y ago
I completely agree with you and would not want to make light of your comment at all. But I'm also reminded of the old Richard Pryor joke: cocaine is God's way of saying you make too much damn money. I hope your friend got some help.
movix 17y ago
"Quick, someone make an iPhone app" They already did: http://www.theisnort.com/isnort.html http://www.theisnort.com/isnort.html
- kscaldef 17y ago
  I'd have been impressed if it were a real app.
  - movix 17y ago
    I think there's a beta of the haptic inhale API somewhere.
elai 17y ago
If cocaine wasn't illegal and costs $2 a day, would any of that happened? Was it the cocaine or the society at large that caused those consequences.
- helveticaman 17y ago
  That's what cocaine costs in Brazil and Argentina. $2 a line. I've read that in Australia there are heroine addicts on whom everyone has given up hope of rehab who have normal, janitorial jobs to pay for their habits. They get the horse from government sanctioned farmacies at low cost.

californiaguy 17y ago

If your friend had pickled his liver and beat his girlfriend with vodka, would you feel as disgusted every time you saw a bar & grill?

DanielBMarkham 17y ago
Would it matter if it did? Would it change the addictive nature of either substance or the damage they do to people's lives? (and I speak as a legalization supporter) Sounds like an ad hominem attack by impeaching the motives of the speaker. The implied message is that the speaker is biased against cocaine much more than other drugs so his judgment is not to be trusted. Not such a good tactic. EDIT: If this was an honest question and not sarcastic I apologize for misreading the tone. The internet is a tough medium for nuance.

DanielBMarkham 17y ago

I completely agree with you and would not want to make light of your comment at all. But I'm also reminded of the old Richard Pryor joke: cocaine is God's way of saying you make too much damn money. I hope your friend got some help.

movix 17y ago

"Quick, someone make an iPhone app" They already did: http://www.theisnort.com/isnort.html http://www.theisnort.com/isnort.html

kscaldef 17y ago
I'd have been impressed if it were a real app.
- movix 17y ago
  I think there's a beta of the haptic inhale API somewhere.

elai 17y ago

If cocaine wasn't illegal and costs $2 a day, would any of that happened? Was it the cocaine or the society at large that caused those consequences.

helveticaman 17y ago
That's what cocaine costs in Brazil and Argentina. $2 a line. I've read that in Australia there are heroine addicts on whom everyone has given up hope of rehab who have normal, janitorial jobs to pay for their habits. They get the horse from government sanctioned farmacies at low cost.