On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:12:38 -0700, William Rose
wrote:

I think we are all on the same page here. No offense was intended. I was
just trying to be supportive of Eve in cutting the pharmaceutical
umbilical cord.

Sometimes we do get blind-sided by plants, take lavender for example.
Turns out that compounds in lavender oil mimic estrogen and, in a few
cases, little boys have started growing breasts.
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2007/niehs-31.htm Gives me pause because I
have a nearly half a bottle left of lavender massage oil that I use on
my wife. (Could that be why those construction workers were looking at
me the other day? Naaa)

This interests me. I hadn't heard about this finding. I do take
phytoestrogens and all my menapausal symptoms stopped within a week or
two.

Speaking of dats. My brother had a drop of dew from a brugmansia flower
fall in his eye. His wife had to take him to the hospital when he
started feeling dizzy and his vision blurred. They gave him a shot of
something and, he was soon back up on his feet. He was a bit shaken by
the experience but, otherwise fine.

Yes, as a collector and grower of several varieties of Brugmansia, it
is indeed very toxic both internally and systemically through skin,
eye ducts, nose, mouth...etc. Not everyone who tries a Datura seed
high, or a Brugmansia trip from the seeds knows it can destroy your
mind in hours.

Marijuana has been illegal since 1933, when Elliot Ness & Co. suddenly
needed a "raison d'etre" due to the legalization of booze. No doubt
about it though, marijuana can definitely be hazardous to your freedom.
Smoking anything (combustion products), can't be good for you.

I don't know one person on the planet who died from smoking pot, but
we have numbers in the hundreds of thousands who die directly from
alcohol. That doesn't count the tens of thousands dead in car
accidents. I'm only talking about people with liver disease and its
related accompanying illness'. Pot should be legalized.

And I see that that popular populist, Evo Morales, is about to legalize,
to some degree, coca in Bolivia.

Probably out of desperation due to the drug cartels and the violence
surrounding the drug trafficing trade. I have to think that one
through. I had a cocaine habit in my twenties. I also had a choice
to do it or not. I chose to do it. I'm paying now with health
problems. I sure am glad I didn't know anything about smoking crack
or methamphetamine when I was using drugs. Free base and crank came
way after I already stopped.

That said, a person would be a fool to recreationally use amphetamines.
Everybody but "tweekers" know their mind-eating and, physically
punishing side-effects.

Especially knowing what we know now about the drug.

My favorite irritation is treating the dandelion as a weed when it is
really a great diuretic that provides potassium, which most diuretics
leach from your body.

You'd love my garden. I let them grow, bloom, and seed. They are a
beautiful flower which is hard to kill and the remarkable thing is, if
left alone will find a balance and not overtake the cultivated garden.
Then again, my garden is specifically designed for wildlife and boy
does it have it! Last night we counted 17 toads, all croaking through
the night, then it stormed and they are asleep now. That's 17 in two
small ponds. It sounded like the everglades back there LOL.

Since we are in the same choir, I wouldn't start preaching at you.

Which leads me to,

Cloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)
- Bill

Probablyus mostus. Gimme me my Ben and Jerry's tribute ice cream
"Americone Dream" which is dedicated to our favorite source for the
news; "The Colbert Report."