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Fact of the month contest:

Did you know that France produced 98% pure heroin from its poppy fields to sell to Switzerland for its heroin maintenance programs? And did that until it was known, then France stopped altogether, from fear of being treated as a narco state.
 
Fact of the month contest:

Balzac worked by night with the aid of litres and litres of black coffee. And Jean-Paul Sartre worked with the aid of tons of amphetamine.
 
Mugz said:
You could always pop round to see the nicer uncle tomorrow on your own and apologise for not turning up, I'm sure he would understand the reasoning, afterall he is in the family too and probably knows why it might have been uncomfortable for you. He would most likely appreciate the visit too.
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i've actually intended on that. i've half written a letter to him thanking him; for putting a roof over our head when my parents split and partly acting the father role for me and being an awesome uncle all round. i was just a messed up junkie then and he saw the worst of me but has come to see the progress i've made in those five years. that's not to say i still don't have my flaws but he's non-judgmental unlike a lot of family, etc.
 
Paul Erdos was a brilliant mathmetician, and a lifelong user of amphetamine. He was a nomad, and lived by turning up unannounced at the homes of other mathemeticians, writing a paper, then moving on. He once made a bet that he could stop using speed for a month; he won, and then immediately resumed his use, saying that his abstinence had set mathematics back by a month. (Fascinating guy, I recommend you read more, i think everyone should know what an "Erdos-Bacon number" is (sounds complicated and technical, is actually just quite amusing).
 
Nice fact Vader :)

I think I will research some more about that, if only to find out what an Erdos-Bacon number is, it sounds interesting.

disposition said:
i've actually intended on that. i've half written a letter to him thanking him; for putting a roof over our head when my parents split and partly acting the father role for me and being an awesome uncle all round. i was just a messed up junkie then and he saw the worst of me but has come to see the progress i've made in those five years. that's not to say i still don't have my flaws but he's non-judgmental unlike a lot of family, etc.
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That's a nice gesture :) I've been rather lucky in that most of my family seem to be like your uncle and have been non judgemental about a lot of my drugged up mistakes and antics and have seen the progress I have made recently. I should really go and see my aunt and uncle that housed me for a year after I fucked my dad over and he chucked me out sometime soon as I don't see enough of them and they were really great and took me in as one of their own and treated me like a normal human being and didn't judge me based on what I did to my dad. I am really grateful for what they did to help me and I should show it more often. Maybe I'll write them a letter, letters are always nice to receive :)
 
Fact of the month contest:

Heinrich Boell, who in 1972 was the first German to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature after the war was a member of the Nazi German army. He was heavily addicted to Pervatin, more commonly known as speed. The Nazi German army used stimulants heavily to give a "superhuman" edge to their soldiers. It cut down on food consumption and raised aggression massively. They called it the wonderdrug.
 
There is currently an epidemic of qat use in Yemen, that is becoming a severe social problem. Qat is a shrub that contains cathine and cathinone (amphetamine drugs), and though it has been used for centuries, use has exploded in recent years. Think it's all casual, it's just a hobby?
Thirty years ago, chewing qat leaves for their curious effect of physical relaxation and mental stimulation was an occasional pastime. Now more than half of Yemenis chew it daily. This has bad effects. A World Bank report estimates that a quarter of working hours are spent chewing and that Yemenis spend money on qat instead of food for their often malnourished families. Irrigating qat is also a drain on water reserves that are anyway drying up fast. And it can cause oral cancer. A local pundit, frustrated by people’s reluctance to protest against Yemen’s poverty, corruption and violence, describes the people as “anaesthetised by qat”.
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http://www.economist.com/node/17155919
 
i've watched a few videos/docos on the kat/qat use in yemen. they spare a few hours a day just to sit around and chew the shit and get high.

if only we could sit around shooting dope with no consequences:(
 
Vader said:
Paul Erdos was a brilliant mathmetician, and a lifelong user of amphetamine. He was a nomad, and lived by turning up unannounced at the homes of other mathemeticians, writing a paper, then moving on. He once made a bet that he could stop using speed for a month; he won, and then immediately resumed his use, saying that his abstinence had set mathematics back by a month. (Fascinating guy, I recommend you read more, i think everyone should know what an "Erdos-Bacon number" is (sounds complicated and technical, is actually just quite amusing).
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An Erdos-Bacon number sounds delicious!
 
Vader said:
Paul Erdos was a brilliant mathmetician, and a lifelong user of amphetamine. He was a nomad, and lived by turning up unannounced at the homes of other mathemeticians, writing a paper, then moving on. He once made a bet that he could stop using speed for a month; he won, and then immediately resumed his use, saying that his abstinence had set mathematics back by a month. (Fascinating guy, I recommend you read more, i think everyone should know what an "Erdos-Bacon number" is (sounds complicated and technical, is actually just quite amusing).
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Nicked the stim fact I was planning to offer, you bastard. ;)

I suppose I'll have to rack my brains and remember which was Lou Reed's favourite hat to wear while he was shooting up methamphetamine or something.
 
Thanks for bringing the thread back to life Samhaim :) Am glad to see my BDD plugging in EADD has brought you over to visit us again.

I didn't know what to reply to Tripmans brilliant posts 8) so decided to wait for someone else to post.

I might try and think of a fact to submit too, is a shame mods can't win though. I like winning 8)
 
I've considered that. They totally should. Us mods would be celebrities too, which would be kinda fun. Sex, drugs and BL :D

edit: LOVE the facts, guys. Keep 'em coming :)
 
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