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What drugs do you use to enhance your listening experience?

In this post let's consider alcohol, nicotine, and coffee drugs, as they are, along with the usual suspects that can get you arrested in most US states and beheaded in Saudi Arabia. I live in Victoria, Canada, which has more marijuana shops than Starbucks, and we have tons of Starbucks. In 10 minutes, I can walk from my house to four dispensaries, which will sell to anyone over 18. OK, enough bragging, For me, a puff, and just one puff (I don't like getting stoned) can be the best tweak ever. A glass of wine is also a fine compliment. Too much alcohol will increase my enjoyment (because I'm drunk) but put Phil Spector in the room (wall of sound and loss of the stuff I value in my system, such as clarity).
golferboy
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wolf_garcia
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I read an article recently where the writer noticed the soup at her local Thai place was GREAT when she was stoned, not so great when she wasn’t. The issue isn’t "which soup flavor was reality," more interestingly is the fact that the flavor was enhanced by being stoned and what the hell is wrong with that? To puritanical often Right Wing freaks the whole "having fun with a drug WE don’t like" thing is BAD…a conservative (!) friend tried to make that case to me while he was drinking red wine, and I pointed out how lame that is, but taking rights away from those who you disagree with is the conservative credo these days…again: No deaths from pot, no notable lung issues (People have been pot smokers for centuries…this should have shown up by now) except when there already was an issue, where the obvious remedy should be don’t smoke anything. Pot is non-toxic by clinical definition…rare among any substance (sugar?). I smoke a little, you might not, leave me alone.
randy-11
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best wine (and pot) story involves Wm. F. Buckley, his yacht and the 3 miles limit on the high seas
czarivey
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@tostadosunidos ,

You don't have to smoke pot to consume it. Having now several states with legal weed, you can use vaporizer that is not dangerous to lungs. I don't smoke either. I either vape or eat cannabis infused meals on daily bases. During weekend I'm stoned whole day and during week days I'm stoned as soon as I'm out of office. 

@wolf_garcia 

There could be possible deaths from marijuana usage, but not from it directly. You can get asleep at the wheel or loose vehicle control and get killed just like from alcohol. Having a descent knowledge about types and grades of weed I can vary my menu weather I want to stay active stoned or passive. Skydiving when stoned is another super-thrill and I do that when I get chance before I reach an airplane! Also want to mention that only naturally grown and unprocessed weed along with medical grade is safe to use. Tried the 'street' grade years back and concluded that it IS dangerous.

wolf_garcia
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I'm meant "directly," and the "just like alcohol" comment is silly and you should take it back or get docked 3 points for misinformation. I can balance on one foot juggling 5 chain saws while solving the Sunday NY Times crossword in 10 minutes while stoned. Most accidents involve people who haven't been smoking OR drinking, so we need to get rid of those people, and understand actual statistics…like the fact that driving deaths plummeted after Colorado legalized weed, and also note I'm 66 and grew up in Hawaii…weed SHMEED…nobody should be worrying about it…and, it's legal in my state (MA).
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