Psychoactive reaction to Product sold in 'pub shop'

Chairman Meow · 13-05-2010 02:09PM

ITT butthurt hippies who cant legally buy drugs anymore

13-05-2010 02:12PM

Renn wrote: »

hopefully taking the piss there with the 'real men' comment.

No, drinking is much more manly than sniffing some dodgy chemical sold from some dive of a head shop. I will never understand people wanting crap from a head shop when they can just drink instead.

Bonito · 13-05-2010 02:17PM

azezil wrote: »

Oh look, an attempt at humour. *cough*

Coughs aren't funny. Unless you're having a fit of whooping cough and are sprawled out on the floor and look like a smurf? If so, PICS or GTFO please.

flas · 13-05-2010 02:18PM

Dominick Helpful Blackjack wrote: »

No, drinking is much more manly than sniffing some dodgy chemical sold from some dive of a head shop. I will never understand people wanting crap from a head shop when they can just drink instead.

you like your drugs and they like theirs so why not just leave it at that!

delop · 13-05-2010 02:19PM

AKA pat sheen wrote: »

Will you people spouting this so-called argument please do some reading! The psychotropic substances law will be targeting NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION products. ffs!

Yes yes, you could be right, but if thats true that just opens another can of paint :-)

karlm37 · 13-05-2010 02:21PM

Dominick Helpful Blackjack wrote: »

No, drinking is much more manly than sniffing some dodgy chemical sold from some dive of a head shop. I will never understand people wanting crap from a head shop when they can just drink instead.

Real manly alright... lets kick d sh1t outta that guy, he looked funny at me. :rolleyes: Any more tips on how we can all be manly like you?

Banned Account · 13-05-2010 02:23PM

jimi_t2 wrote: »

Headshop Products - User writes a satirical piece of rhetoric emphasising publically acknowledged flaws in topical legislature

Alcohol - User lies splayed like a beached manatee in a darkened room watching endless repeats of Top Gear

Hmmmm.....

the above post would indicate that you drink alcohol.

Cheap Thrills! · 13-05-2010 02:29PM

Dominick Helpful Blackjack wrote: »

No, drinking is much more manly than sniffing some dodgy chemical sold from some dive of a head shop. I will never understand people wanting crap from a head shop when they can just drink instead.

Drink is a rubbish high.

Makes people sloppy, incapable and sleepy.

Boring!

falan · 13-05-2010 02:31PM

Hi Ho, Hi Ho its back to the dealers i go....

13-05-2010 02:33PM

karlm37 wrote: »

Real manly alright... lets kick d sh1t outta that guy, he looked funny at me. :rolleyes: Any more tips on how we can all be manly like you?

Where did I say anything about kicking the s**te out of anybody and how do I know that the now illegal highs don't cause even worse behavior than drink.

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Drink is a rubbish high.

Makes people sloppy, incapable and sleepy.

Boring!

Its what the majority of people want though. I have to say I very much enjoy being drunk.

beans · 13-05-2010 02:34PM

NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION products

Like cow's milk?

ocokev · 13-05-2010 02:36PM

Op. Are you sure that iv was the guinness causing there synthoms. You should go back to the pub shop and try some other products to see the effects there have on you. I would recommend you do this every night until you tried everything including the top shelf then make your judgement

Yakult · 13-05-2010 02:36PM

delop wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I was watching TV the other nite and saw an ad for the GAA, they were sponsored by a beverage called Guinness, I think it must be an energy drink from what I saw on the ad, So I decided to head to the local 'pub shop' as they are locally known and I had a number of Guinness', I felt a bit strange, I started to have feelings of relaxation and cheerfulness, later that evening I started to experience blurred vision and coordination problems. I then started to have irrational and slightly violent thoughts towards a building across the road called 'St Luke's' and finally i got violently sick.

I didn't sleep very well that night,and woke up feeling terrible the following day, depressed and ill.

My question is should I report this establishment to the Gardai under the new law (psychoactive substances law) introduced by Minister Ahern?

We need to ban that stuff. Its a disgrace that you can just walk into your local "pub shop" and buy as much as you want. It ruins lifes, makes people act stupid and very harmful. Even young people are taking it and we need to stop that. BAN BAN BAN!!

rubadub · 13-05-2010 02:37PM

Confab wrote: »

Alcohol isn't a psychoactive.

Yes it is, so is nicotine, but it is caffeine which is the most widely abused/used recreational psychoactive drug. I know people who get irate when they are told they are users of psychoactive drugs. I have never met a person who does not use psychoactives.

Cheap Thrills! · 13-05-2010 02:37PM

Dominick Helpful Blackjack wrote: »

Its what the majority of people want though. I have to say I very much enjoy being drunk.

How do you know?

Have you done a survey?

Being drunk is passably bearable for 20 minutes. I wouldn't put it into my top 10 favourite recreationals. (Can't even call it a 'high' really)

4zn76tysfajdxp · 13-05-2010 02:38PM

Pighead wrote: »

It was fun before but now you've just gone and made it nasty *broken, damaged shell of a man crying in an empty meadow.

How can the meadow be empty if you're in it?

13-05-2010 02:39PM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

How do you know?

Have you done a survey?

Being drunk is passably bearable for 20 minutes. I wouldn't put it into my top 10 favourite recreationals. (Can't even call it a 'high' really)

I can say for my group of about 20 friends I go out with regularly that drink is all any of are interested in. Also the packed pubs and clubs rather than empty head shops would indicate drinking is much more popular.

Drinking is also a social thing to do, sit around a table in the pub having the craic. You cant sit in a pub with a table full of head shop produce.

AnonoBoy · 13-05-2010 02:40PM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Being drunk is passably bearable for 20 minutes.

You're doing it wrong.

twinQuins · 13-05-2010 02:40PM

ITT: one group of drug users think they're better than another.

Dominick Helpful Blackjack wrote: »

I cannot imagine people enjoying themselves in their own home, with friends.

Thought I'd just fix that for you.

Dominick Helpful Blackjack wrote: »

I can say for my group of about 20 friends I go out with regularly that drink is all any of are interested in. Also the packed pubs and clubs rather than empty head shops would indicate drinking is much more popular.

I don't see people sitting in grocery shops eating their produce so they must be unpopular!

Dudess · 13-05-2010 02:40PM

Nox, are you opposed to head shops?

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

Watch out folks, seems like the headshop frequenters are getting narky on the cold turkey.

Seems like the anti head shop dudes are still unwilling to admit the inconsistencies of our culture.

Cheap Thrills! · 13-05-2010 02:45PM

Dominick Helpful Blackjack wrote: »

I can say for my group of about 20 friends I go out with regularly that drink is all any of are interested in.

Square group?

Dominick Helpful Blackjack wrote: »

Also the packed pubs and clubs rather than empty head shops would indicate drinking is much more popular.

Its been the other way around in my experience!

Dominick Helpful Blackjack wrote: »

Drinking is also a social thing to do, sit around a table in the pub having the craic. You cant sit in a pub with a table full of head shop produce.

You can too! Or a gaff or a club or anywhere you want!

13-05-2010 02:46PM

Dudess wrote: »

Nox, are you opposed to head shops?

I suppose I'm not opposed to them but I would certainly not be touching any of their produce and I dont really mind if they are closed down.

I'm more giving my opinion that I think there is enough enjoyment to be had from drinking rather than having to resort to other very dodgy substances.

Banned Account · 13-05-2010 02:50PM

Dudess wrote: »

Seems like the anti head shop dudes are still unwilling to admit the inconsistencies of our culture.

I'm not anti-headshop in the slightest, they have never bothered me and I have no strong feelings on their existence or otherwise. I think that the whole story was a cheeky one and bound to be shut down, why dwell on it.

Prof.Badass · 13-05-2010 02:51PM

Confab wrote: »

Alcohol isn't a psychoactive.

Alcohol is a sedative drug which works by activating the GABA receptors in your brain. Other drugs that work in this way include the benzodiazepines (and derivitives), kavalactones and GHB.

The biggest difference between alcohol and these drugs is that alcohol is a hell of a lot more toxic.

Dudess · 13-05-2010 02:53PM

Dominick Helpful Blackjack wrote: »

I suppose I'm not opposed to them but I would certainly not be touching any of their produce and I dont really mind if they are closed down.

I'm more giving my opinion that I think there is enough enjoyment to be had from drinking rather than having to resort to other very dodgy substances.

The point people are making though is that alcohol is no less capable of being dodgy just because of being legal. Alcohol, when abused, is a devastating substance, but it doesn't get the better of most people thankfully. The same can be said about drugs.

Cheap Thrills! · 13-05-2010 02:53PM

But what about 'live and let live' ...?

I've no interest in pubs and booze but I wouldn't advocate they be closed down just because its not my bag.....We're supposed to be living in a free ADULT society here.

Not some sort of 1950's throwback with this bullsh!t hypocritical right wing 'morality'....

Banned Account · 13-05-2010 03:00PM

Dudess wrote: »

The point people are making though is that alcohol is no less capable of being dodgy just because of being legal. Alcohol, when abused, is a devastating substance, but it doesn't get the better of most people thankfully. The same can be said about drugs.

Dudess, if that was indeed the point that people were making, there would not be too much happening in the way of debate - bar from those who are just taking a militant stance (these people are everywhere unfortunately and there is no use in debating with them).

From what I am reading here though, it seems that a large proportion of folk are really upset that their chosen drug suppliers are closing down and now, they won't have access to their favourite drugs. Whether this is just and fair or not is a very broad debate on society as whole, but I can't understand the outcry.

The fact of the matter is that a business selling "bath salts - NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION" which the world and its mother knows is bought purely for the purposes of being ingested to produce a high, is bound to be shut down eventually - why the uproar. They chanced it, people had a good time, the party's over, move on to the next one - or pick a few mushrooms.

RGDATA! · 13-05-2010 03:00PM

Confab wrote: »

Alcohol isn't a psychoactive.

You're obviously not sure what psychoactive means. Alcohol is psychoactive. Excellent contribution to thread nevertheless.

PunkFreud · 13-05-2010 03:02PM

It's ridiculous to have such a double standard in society. Either ban all drugs (including alcohol and cigarettes), or let similar drugs be legal (ie. alcohol, head shop products, etc). That's my opinion.

A friend once told me something very interesting. Put 10 people in a room with alcohol (a considerable amount, that is), and something is going to break. Replace the alcohol with cannabis/something similar, and all they'll do is giggle and relax.

Cheap Thrills! · 13-05-2010 03:03PM

The party is NEVER over. :pac:

Psychoactive reaction to Product sold in 'pub shop'

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