Comments on: Drug Dealers of Notting Hill ( and nearby) plus dope culture 1979-1981 (part deux) http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/the-drug-dealers-of-notting-hill-and-its-suburbs-part-deux-1979-1981-ish-and-drug-culture-ramblings/ creative rantings and accounts of hippie counterculture and other random things Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:10:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: born2rant http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/the-drug-dealers-of-notting-hill-and-its-suburbs-part-deux-1979-1981-ish-and-drug-culture-ramblings/#comment-415 born2rant Sat, 16 May 2009 08:08:02 +0000 http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-415 Hello Dick I put a link to another bit of Fritz the Cat just for you but the whole of it is on youtube if you want to watch it. I subsequently realised that it was based on the characters created by Robert Crumb ( see stoned ag'in poster). Hello Dick
I put a link to another bit of Fritz the Cat just for you but the whole of it is on youtube if you want to watch it. I subsequently realised that it was based on the characters created by Robert Crumb ( see stoned ag’in poster).

]]> By: Dick http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/the-drug-dealers-of-notting-hill-and-its-suburbs-part-deux-1979-1981-ish-and-drug-culture-ramblings/#comment-403 Dick Sun, 03 May 2009 17:08:00 +0000 http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-403 Great blog. Very informative. Now if I can just get that Fritz the Cat video to work... Great blog. Very informative. Now if I can just get that Fritz the Cat video to work…

]]> By: born2rant http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/the-drug-dealers-of-notting-hill-and-its-suburbs-part-deux-1979-1981-ish-and-drug-culture-ramblings/#comment-276 born2rant Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:29:08 +0000 http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-276 Hello Mo Thanks for your comment once again. I don't think you need to really take drugs to enjoy the music and the creativity of the drug culture. I mean lots of people who never took drugs enjoyed Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" but would they have written it if they had never taken drugs? I don't know. I think the power of gathering creative people and ideas together and giving them the freedom to experiment artistically is probably more liberating to the mind than the drugs on their own. But anyway...there is nothing wrong with being cautious and looking after your mental health! I think skunk is so strong that it would be perhaps better to legalise cannabis that was a weaker strength and keep the stronger strains of skunk illegal because it really can make you mentally ill! Or just make everything legal but with the strength/percentage of THC labelled on the product so people know what to expect! Love and Peace Born2rant Hello Mo
Thanks for your comment once again. I don’t think you need to really take drugs to enjoy the music and the creativity of the drug culture. I mean lots of people who never took drugs enjoyed Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” but would they have written it if they had never taken drugs? I don’t know.
I think the power of gathering creative people and ideas together and giving them the freedom to experiment artistically is probably more liberating to the mind than the drugs on their own.
But anyway…there is nothing wrong with being cautious and looking after your mental health!
I think skunk is so strong that it would be perhaps better to legalise cannabis that was a weaker strength and keep the stronger strains of skunk illegal because it really can make you mentally ill!
Or just make everything legal but with the strength/percentage of THC labelled on the product so people know what to expect!
Love and Peace
Born2rant

]]> By: mo79uk http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/the-drug-dealers-of-notting-hill-and-its-suburbs-part-deux-1979-1981-ish-and-drug-culture-ramblings/#comment-274 mo79uk Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:04:05 +0000 http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-274 Dealer Mc Dope, lol. I've never tried any recreational drugs, perhaps I'm just a very big scaredy affected by government anti-drug messages in my childhood. I would however try pot over a pharmaceutical strength killer if I so needed it, that seems a vague rule in my head. I can imagine there was a different view on marijuana and potency back then and I guess I'm fearful of it because I know guys that are constantly depressed and unmotivated on it with phlegmy lungs. However, I don't mind hanging around these guys as they're better than drunks or synthetic drug users. Dealer Mc Dope, lol.
I’ve never tried any recreational drugs, perhaps I’m just a very big scaredy affected by government anti-drug messages in my childhood. I would however try pot over a pharmaceutical strength killer if I so needed it, that seems a vague rule in my head.

I can imagine there was a different view on marijuana and potency back then and I guess I’m fearful of it because I know guys that are constantly depressed and unmotivated on it with phlegmy lungs. However, I don’t mind hanging around these guys as they’re better than drunks or synthetic drug users.

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