When I first realized we live in a facist state.

Twas way back....Mr. Wizard...68' and my young drug using career was being tutored by another young hippie but husband and father of two. "Butch" was also a junkie and he warned me to never try heroin. Said I'd like it too much and I shouldn't end up like him. Advice I also took seriously. The thing that really bothered me at the time was something he said about herbs and hallucinagens. He told me the government was lying about the effects out of fear that we would "become awakened" if we all used them. Odd words but it made sense more and more as the years have gone by. Still to this day the government still lies and changes facts at will. But it was this original lie that led me to question everything and not to take their word on anything. Butch also said uppers and downers would hook and kill me just as quick as horse but the government wants us all hooked on their man-made drugs so they could profit. They could still chase hippies around and blame all the crime on them. Been many years since I've even seen my old friend but I've heard that he went through a divorce and a few attempts at detox but that was 20 years ago. I doubt he's still alive...I lost some of my junkie friends when China White hit the streets during the Reagan years. I saw MANY of my friends fall into the cocaine trap when the "Just say No" campaign dryed up the herb market. Suddenly Peruvian Marching Powder was everywhere and plentiful. It also made sense when I found out our facist government was who was bringing it in. Since then I've lost no less than three siblings amongst countless friends who are now coke or crack freaks. Drug War my ass! It's all a big scam to enslave us. Doin a fine job I might add.....
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