From:	Wafflemeisters <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject:	Re: Buzzed gangers
Date:	Sun, 3 May 1998 05:15:22 -0500

> Re: Buzzed gangers (David Hinkley , Sat 11:17)
>
> On 29 Apr 98 at 22:58, Erik Jameson wrote:
>
> > At 07:04 PM 4/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > > I've seen "Angel Dust" in recreational use, andit was not my
> >
> > I don't really want to know. I've been to raves (back before most
> > people in the States had heard of them) and I've seen a number of
> > drugs in use, but never PCP or 'dust...
> >

I went to "raves" in '89-'90 in LosAngeles, and happened to know for a
fact that some "X" being sold was actually PCP. I personally consummed
six packs of malt liquor, and folks tried to BUY "x" from me. Very
amuzing.

> > Gotta disagree here. Any sort of drug that has a hallucinatory
> > affect has the capacity for a "bad trip." In other words, something
> > just clicks wrong and the user, for lack of a better phrase, freaks
> > out. This happens with everything from pot to nasties like PCP.
> > And the more powerful the drug, the nastier that "bad trip" will be.
>

EH. "Bad trips" always seem to happen to unstable people, but I'm not
fond enough of drug culture and users to have any knowledge there one
way or another.

> <snip ER story> Seems that
> they had had single sets of cuffs broken along with the subjects
> wrists. All in all it is bad stuff.
>

Which bears out my point- the drug did not make the guy stronger, or
actully effective in "combat"- they just made him more willing to fight
and less concerned about getting hurt.
Your run of the mill NON DRUGGED psycotic can exhibit identical
behavior.

-Mongoose