decontructionist
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decontructionist said:With regard to the symptoms of the substances
I cringed as I thought about this - symptoms. Spatt you describe it so much better:
Spatt said:The depth perception is amazing. Everything is so 2D but you can pinpoint exactly wherte something is, how far away something is.. muich better than our 3D.
Perhaps that could become an item in an instrument developed through actually talking to people who use substances.
I hate the way in which medicine can suck all of the fun out of drugs. It might just be semantics, but I think it makes a big difference. Think about 'global warming', which we now politely refer to as 'climate change' - it makes a difference. My favourite example of this:
(www.biopsychiatry.com)How might an everlasting-happiness drug - a drug which (implausibly!) left someone who tried it once living happily-ever-after - find itself described in the literature?
"Substance x induces severe, irreversible structural damage to neurotransmitter subsystem y. Its sequelae include mood-congruent cognitive delusions, treatment-resistant euphoria, and toxic affective psychosis."
Eeek! Needless to say, no responsible adult would mess around with a potent neurotoxin under this description.