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Dreamer Kat
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Greetings Earthlings
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Hello everyone! I've been lurking for a bit. A while back I tried to post an intro but somehow it never showed. So here's for my second try . . .
I've done some experimenting in the past, but I'm trying to avoid such things right now.
I like to paint, read, write. I'm at a confusing point in my life; too many options!
I'm extremely against the drug war, and I don't see anything to support its continuation.
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Nice to meet you, What do you like to read?
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Once you're in here theres no way out.
Shroomery for life dawg.
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Dreamer Kat
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I think I have a fairly eclectic range of books I enjoy . . . Currently I am reading The Neverending Story again because it is one of my all-time favorites. There really is quite a lot in there to discover, and it is throughly enjoyable reading. I like Hubert Selby Jr.'s books--you must immerse yourself. Jane Austen books are a guilty pleasure. Plays are my favorite--Antigone is ranked high, but I find it necessary to read it aloud when I read it I generally read fiction books, but I also enjoy books on psychology, spirituality, history, etc. If someone recommends me a book, and I can find it, I'll read it.
And you?
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That sounds like a good selection, plays are great to read, shakespeare is my favorite.
I mostly read like to read mythology/religion and occultism. I collect books on those subjects, the older and rarer the better.
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This may be a bit long, but I wrote this a couple years ago . . .
America's Failing Drug War:
An Indictment
The drug war began in 1982 when the Reagan administration perceived a high rate of drug abuse in the nation. The tactics for the war on drugs involved focusing on the punishment of drug crimes and teaching our youth to "just say no." These tactics have proven to be very costly and ineffective. The war on drugs is a war on people, unfairly incarcerating thousands of Americans every year. The cost of the war on drugs is simply too high for its lack of effect. A drug policy with an emphasis on public health and education is needed to prevent the negative effects of drugs in our society.
One objective of the war on drugs is to reduce the supply of drugs. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, if this were being achieved, the prices of drugs would be raising and the potency of drugs would be lowering (1998). According to the Common Sense for Drug Policy [CSDP], heroin price has decreased significantly over time while the purity has sharply increased (1999). While the price of cocaine was $275.12 per gram in 1981, it dropped to $94.52 in 1996 (CSDP, 1999). The drug war creates a high price in America, because the demand and risk are high. While opium will sell in Pakistan for $90 a kilogram, it is worth $290,000 in the United States (Associated Press, 1997). Such artificial inflation of drug prices lends itself to further crime when people become addicted and may commit robbery and other crimes to achieve the high their bodies and minds demand.
An emphasis on convicting drug criminals has led to staggeringly high incarceration rates in America. The Department of Justice attributes an 85% increase in the federal prison population from 1985 to 1995 due to drug convictions (1996). The number of arrests for drug charges was 581,000 in 1980, nearly tripling to a record high of 1,584,000 by 1997 (FBI). Furthermore in 1999, 80.5% of drug arrests were for possession alone, whereas 19.5% of arrests were for drug sales (FBI, 1999). The notion that drug crime legislation targets high-end drug lords is disproved, and the facts are that the war on drugs has a devastating effect on Americans whose only crime was possession.
Furthering the high incarceration rates, new mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines have led to a significant increase in the amount of drug crime prisoners and an increase in their sentenced time. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws largely remove the judge from the criminal justice process, instead relying on laws and statutes which do not consider individual factors of the case. Since the enactment of mandatory minimum sentencing for drug users, the Federal Bureau of Prisons budget increased by more than 1,350%, from $220 million in 1986 to about $3.19 billion in 1997(Bureau of Justice Statistics [BJS], 1997). Since these minimum sentencing laws have been enacted, the chance of receiving a prison term for a drug offense arrest rose 447% from 1980 and 1992 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1995). The average sentence of drug offenders have increased since 1986, when the average term was 22 months in prison, to 62 months in prison in 1999 (BJS, 1999). We are punishing drug offenders more harshly than ever before, yet imprisonment has shown no effect on drug use.
To combine with the lengthier prison sentences, the punishment of drug crimes includes the denial of government services, most often for life. The federal "One-Strike" policy gives public housing agencies and landlords the right to evict any person involved in "drug-related criminal activity," regardless of where that activity occurred. A person with a drug conviction may fast find themselves homeless. The Higher Education Act was amended in 1998 so persons with drug convictions cannot receive federal funding to attend college. "A student who has been convicted of any offense under any federal or state law involving the possession or sale of a controlled substance is not eligible to receive any grant, loan, or work assistance," according to the Drug Policy Alliance [DPA] (2003). There are no such statutes on housing or financial aid imposed on rapists, murderers, or other violent offenders; these unfair barriers are exclusive to persons with drug convictions.
Welfare and cash benefits are denied for life to persons convicted of a drug crime felony. Currently, states can opt to not punish drug offenders in this manner; however, 21 states enforce the ban completely, resulting in a lifetime denial of cash benefits and food stamps (DPA, 2003). Eighteen states have modified the ban to either only effect persons convicted of drug sale crimes, limit the time frame of the ban, or allow benefits to those in treatment. When you combine these denials of benefits, it paints a very bleak picture: a person who cannot go to college, is homeless, and hungry. These conditions can easily lead to further crime. The disenfranchised person concludes the government has turned its back on them, and they must provide for themselves. Our drug war laws are unfair and do not fit the crime, continuing punishment long after the drug convict had served their time.
The war on drugs also has the fault of being racist. According to The Sentencing Project, African Americans represent 58% of drug offense prisoners. However, they comprise only 13% of the nation's monthly drug users (2001). Crack cocaine, predominantly used in minority and low-income communities, is prosecuted in a harsher manner than powder cocaine is. Both powder and crack cocaine have the same chemical structure and same effects. Crack cocaine carries a mandatory five year sentence for selling five grams, whereas a powder cocaine seller must sell five hundred grams to receive the same sentence (United States Sentencing Commission, 1984). The war on drugs must be fixed to stop the racial disparity.
The war on drugs currently allows little treatment for drug addiction, a chronic disease that affects both the brain and behavior in which a person compulsively seeks and uses drugs despite harmful consequences. While the initial decision to begin taking drugs is voluntary, the brain changes caused by drug addiction impair judgment, decision making, learning, and memory (Volkow, 2007.). Medication can be useful in the treatment of addiction, used to treat withdrawal symptoms, maintain treatment, and prevent relapses. While medication alone is not adequate, the most effective drug addiction treatments combine medicine with behavior modification techniques.
A successful drug rehabilitation program, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA] Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment (Leshner, 1999), is appropriate for the individual, readily available, adjusts to the changing multiple individual needs, and combines medication with counseling and behavior therapy. It is important that a patient remain in treatment for the necessary amount of time as well as participate in maintenance programs to prevent relapses. There are a variety of treatment programs ranging from hospitalization, residential, inpatient, and outpatient programs. Since drug addiction is a chronic disease, ongoing support systems are necessary to maintain drug rehabilitation. There are more than 11,000 drug treatment facilities in the United States available to provide treatment to persons with drug addiction programs. Punitive punishment in America's legal system has no effect on reducing drug addiction, but there are proven treatment methods for the treatment of drug addiction.
According to the ONDCP, 66% of the National Drug Control Budget is spent on law enforcement, with 22% spent on treatment, and the remaining 12% on youth drug prevention ( McCaffrey, 1998). This is a clear indicator of the priorities of the government: punishing drug offenders is its top priority, with preventing youth from abusing drugs being low on its agenda. If our society endeavors to be free of drug problems, we must begin by addressing the needs of our youth, the key to our future. The National Institute of Justice proclaimed D.A.R.E. has "a limited to essentially non-existent effect" on drug use (Research Triangle Institute, 1994). Our current youth drug prevention programs are simply not working
Programs must reflect the special needs of the population it is addressing, specifically in regards to age, gender, and ethnicity. Programs should be comprehensive and address abuse of all drugs, including legal, prescription, and illicit drugs. Prevention programs are most beneficial when the community is actively involved in the anti-drug messages and when the message is consistent. Research-based prevention programs aim to decrease risk factors, such as aggressiveness and poor academics, and increase protective factors, such as strong family ties and academic success (National Institute of Drug Abuse, 2003).
Availability
The "just say no" approach to youth drug prevention has been ineffective. In fact, the National Institute of Justice proclaimed federally-funded D.A.R.E. has "a limited to essentially non-existent effect" on drug use (Research Triangle Institute, 1994). The availability of marijuana, for example, has remained constant. In 1975, 87% of youth ranked marijuana as "very easy" or "fairly easy" to obtain. In 1998, 89.6% of youth rated marijuana as just as easy to obtain. The exposure to drugs has remained constant. The National Institute of Drug Abuse reports that nearly 80% of youth who used illicit drugs in the past year were exposed to prevention messages (2000). These prevention messages have thus far failed to deter youth away from drugs, and the criminal drug laws have failed to keep drugs out of the hands of our children.
Another issue of the war on drugs is the people who are being arrested for drug charges. Our current practices rely on chance arrests. This is not an effective means to treat a drug problem for the nation. It's a matter of chance if a person who uses drugs will be caught and convicted. The results of a 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health show that 112,085 thousand persons aged twelve or older have used illicit drugs in their lifetime, yet it is not conceivable to arrest all of these people (2006). They have all broken the law, but they will not all be subject to the law because many of them will never be caught. The lack of continuity in crime and punishment is evident, yet we continue to cling to this system of random drug arrests.
The debate of allowing marijuana use for medical reasons continues to rage. Marijuana has shown to be beneficial in pain relief, the control of nausea and vomiting, and appetite stimulation (Benson, Joy, & Watson,1999). While nine states have passed medical marijuana initiatives and two states have medical marijuana laws, no physician may prescribe marijuana without the threat of revoking his license and jail time. Any person using marijuana medically can be prosecuted by the federal government, even when the state government has declared it a legal practice. This is a clear violation of the Constitution's Tenth Amendment, which states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." The power to regulate drugs is not given expressly by the constitution; it is therefore the right of each individual state to decide if drugs should be illegal or legal. The federal government has overstepped its boundaries, and the states must reclaim their constitutional rights to regulate drugs as they deem necessary.
The war on drugs advocates prohibition, which has been an American tradition when dealing with drug abuse for centuries. In 1920, the nation adopted a policy of prohibition of alcohol. Bootleggers transported alcohol among the states while speakeasies became commonplace. The nation's demand for alcohol was not deterred by making it illegal. Instances of alcoholism increased under prohibition. In 1933, prohibition of alcohol was repealed, and we have not returned to that method of controlling alcohol use and abuse. The learning curve of America proved to be low when in 1937, marijuana prohibition began and has continued into the current century. Prohibition has never been an effective means to prevent drug use, but it is still the stance that America maintains.
A far more balanced approach to the drug problem can be seen in the model provided by the Netherlands. The Netherlands separates the market for illegal drugs into "soft drugs," comprised of 'acceptable risk' drug users, and "hard drugs," comprised of 'unacceptable risk' drug users (Abraham, 1999). . Soft drugs refer to drugs including marijuana/cannabis, hash, and naturally occurring hallucinogens such as mescaline and psilocybin (mushrooms). This important differentiation between drugs with high risks of addiction and high levels of intoxication helps to clarify the problems with drug use. Soft drugs are often used responsibly, whereas the high rates of addiction associated with harder drugs indicates that these drugs are more likely to be abused.
It is important to note that the decriminalization of soft drugs in the Netherlands has not contributed to an increase in drug use. The lifetime prevalence of marijuana use is 36.9% in the United States (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2002) and only 17% in the Netherlands (Trimbos Institute, 2002). The culture created by allowing soft drugs to be sold in government-regulated coffee shops has not contributed to an increase in use or abuse, whereas the punitive criminal laws in America have contributed to an increase in both use and abuse.
The war on drugs in America has breed unforeseeable negative consequences. To reverse these effects, we must take a few steps back and reevaluate the effects of their efforts thus far and the bearing of emerging research. Punishing nonviolent offenders with jail time and taking away their financial aid, housing, and welfare benefits does not deter the amount of drug use. It punishes citizens unnecessarily and drains our nation of billions of tax dollars. Our youth prevention programs need a revamping to be effectual for today's youth. Fairness and equality should prevail in our justice system with drug laws that do not punish the addict and availability of treatment programs for addiction. A sweeping policy change is in order; until that time, the war on drugs remains a war on people.
References
Abraham, Manja D., University of Amsterdam, Centre for Drug Research, Places of Drug Purchase in The Netherlands (Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, September 1999), pp. 1-5. Associated Press. (1997, June 26). "U.N. estimates drug business equal to eight percent of world trade." Benson, J., Joy, J., & Watson, S. "Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base," Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research, Institute of Medicine (Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999).
Bureau of Justice Statistics [BJS]. , Prisoners in 1994, 1 995, p. 13.
BJS. Department of Justice. Prisoners in 1996.
Washington, DC: Department of Justice.
BJS, Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (Washington, DC:
US Government Printing Office, 1997), p. 20; Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the White House, National Drug Control Strategy, 1997: Budget Summary (Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1997), p. 111.
BJS, Federal Criminal Case Processing, 1999, February 2001, p. 1.
Common Sense for Drug Policy. (1999). The Effective National Drug Control Strategy,
1999
Drug Policy Alliance. (2003).
Barriers to Re-entry for Convicted Drug Offenders.
Retrieved March 1, 2007 from http://www.lindesmith.com/library/factsheets/ barriers
FBI. Crime in the United States, various years.
FBI. (1999.) Crime in the United States, 1999, p. 221.
Leshner, A. (1999).
National Institute on Drug Abuse Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide pp.3-5
McCaffrey, B. (1998).
The National Drug Control Strategy, 1998: A Ten Year Plan.
Washington, DC: Office of National Drug Control Policy, p. 58.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2003).
Preventing Drug Abuse Among Children and Adolescents p.15
2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. (2006).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Office of Applied Studies
Office of Applied Studies. (2000). National Institute on Drug Abuse,
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings 1998 (Rockville, MD: SAMHSA, US Department of Health and Human Services), p. 174.
Office of National Drug Control Policy. (1998). Performance Measures of Effectiveness. Washington, DC. p. 13.
Research Triangle Institute. (1994).
Past and Future Directions of the D.A.R.E. Program
Retrieved February 4, 2007 from http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/ GOVPUBS/retri94.htm
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pp.4-5
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The Netherlands Drug Situation 2002" (Lisboa, Portugal: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Nov. 2002), p. 28, Table 2.1.
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Health Services Administration, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Volume I. Summary of National Findings (Washington, DC: HHS), p. 109,
Table H.1. United States Sentencing Commission. (2002). Report on Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy Chapter 6: The National Legislative and Law Enforcement Response to Cocaine
Volkow, N. (2007).
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction pp. 23-24
I later was questioned about inflation, so I did some research. Here's what I have found: (http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi)
The Price of Cocaine: What cost $275.12 in 1981 would cost $507.16 in 1996. What cost $94.52 in 1996 would cost $51.27 in 1981.
If we compared the cost for 1981: 1981 1996 1981 $275.12 $507.16 1996 $51.27 $94.52
Prison Costs: What cost $220,000,000 in 1986 would cost $319,786,306.16 in 1997. What cost $3,190,000,000 in 1997 would cost $2,194,590,532.73 in 1986.
So, if we compared the costs for 1986: We spent $220,000,000 in 1986-which increased to spending $2,194,590,532.73
Accounting for inflation, the prison budget has increased 9.97 fold!
If we compared the costs for 1997: We spent $319,786,306.16 in 1986. We then increased to $3,190,000,000 in 1997.
Again, accounting for inflation, the prison budget has increased 9.97 fold!
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Oh--and I was the DARE Essay contest winner for my state
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haha
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Dreamer Kat
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Greenvalley,
I prefer used books to old and not just because they are cheaper (though that is a perk!). My favorite is when there are writings in the margins. Plays almost always have this--I'm always disappointed if it's all just blocking notes, though.
Hey--we have some of the same books
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Shroomery for life dawg.
Dude, you've been here a month
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I prefer used books to old and not just because they are cheaper (though that is a perk!). My favorite is when there are writings in the margins. Plays almost always have this--I'm always disappointed if it's all just blocking notes, though.
Hey--we have some of the same books 
I agree that used books have a greater personal value, people see these books that are treasures and very valuable to me and dont think much of them so they are always cheap. Most of the old books I have are used(sometimes by many people). Id also agree writing in the margins make a book more interesting, it is like seeing into someone elses mind.
here are all the tiles on my shelf; which ones do you have or have read???
TOP SHELF:
Survival wisdome and know how
1000 places to see before you die
prayer for people who think too much, Mitch Finley
Emotional intelligence, Daniel Goleman
Vital lies simple Truths, Daniel Goleman
Schrodingers Kittens and the search for reality, John Gribbin
In search of Schrodingers cat, John Gribbin
Exploring the outdoors with indian secrets, Allan A Macfarlan
Mans search for meaning, Viktor E Frankl
Discovery of the presence of God/Devotional nonduality, David Hawkins
Reality Spirituality and modern man, David Hawkins
Transcending the leveles of consciousness/ The stairway to enlightenment, David Hawkins
I/ Reality and subjectivity, David Hawkins
The arabian nights
The biology of transcendence, Joseph Pearce
Vagabonding, Rolf Potts
Come Let us reason, Geisler Geisler
Walden and Civil Disobediance, Henry David Thoreau
Alices adventures in wonderland and Through the looking glass, Lewis Carroll
The complete walker 4, Colin Fletcher adn Chip Rawlins
Forbidden History, Douglas Kenyan
Mind games, Matthew Turner
Small is beautiful, E F Schumacher
MIDDLE SHELF:
Kabbalah the way of the mystic, Perle Epstein
Sophocles Antigone, Translated by Richard Emil Braun
Otherworld Journeys accounts of near death experiences in medieval and modern times, Carol Zaleski
The enneagram
Hume Selections, 1927
Dictionary of Mysticisim, 1970
Jean Jacques Rousseau, first and second discourses and essay of the orgin of languages
Scientific Christian mental practice,1974 Emma Hipkins
The bridge between matter and spirit is Matter Becoming Spirit, Palo Soleri
Eight lectures of the I Ching,1960 Hellmut Wilhelm
The forbidden gosple,1976 Edgar
Mythology,1942 Edith Hamilton
Unity of good,1913 Mary Baker Eddy
Science and Healing key to the scriptures, 1900 Mary Baker Eddy
In tune with the infinite,1939 Ralph Waldo Trine
Bhagavad gita as it is, abridge adition, 1975
Sefer Yetzirah, Aryeh Kaplan
The koran, Translated by J M Rodwell
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,
The Living bible/ The holy bible, KGV
The tibetan book of the dead, translated by Gyurme Dorje
The science of mine, Ernest Holms
THEOSOPHY COLLECTION:
The secret doctrine, Vol 1 and 2
Isis Unveild, Vol 1 and 2
The letters of HPB to A P Sinnett
A textbook of theosophy, C W Leadbeater
PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY PRINTS:
Self unflodment by disciplines of realization, MPH
The most Holy Trinosophia, Compt De St Germain
The secret teachings of all ages, MPH
Meditation disciplines and personal integration, MPH
Spiritual centers in man, MPH
Wisdome beyond the mind, MPH
Psychoanalizing the twelve Zodiacal types, MPH
The sacred magic of the qabbalah the science of the divine names, MPH
Science and immortality, MPH
Astrological key words, MPH
The secret destiny of america, MPH
Sages and seers, MPH
Man, the grand symbol of the mysteries, MPH
The Hindu pantheon, Edward Moor
THIRD SHELF:
srimad bhagavatam, fifth canto
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Meditations of first philosophy, Rene Descartes
Ethics, Arthur Holmes
Quadrivium, number, geometry, music, cosmology
The philosophy of Plato, 1956
The republic of Plato, 1961
The secret doctrines of Jesus, By H Spencer Lewis, Out of The Rosicrucian Library
Utopia, Thomas More
Peace is every step, Thich Nat Hanh
The Desert,1976 John C Van Dyke
Human Destiny,1947, Lecomte Du Novy
Mere Christianity, C S Lewis
The Fountian Head, Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
The control of nature, John Mcphee
Into the wild, Jon Krakauer
The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff
98.6 degrees, Cody Lundin
Dream symbols/Freud on dreams, Eric Ackroyd,
This light in oneself, J Krishnamurti
In search of Zarathustra, Paul Kirwaczek
God is a verb, Rabbi David Cooper
National Audubon society field guide to north american mushrooms
The Dali Lamas little book of wisdome
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Shroomery for life dawg.
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Don't judge me bro.
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TOP SHELF:
1000 places to see before you die
Discovery of the presence of God/Devotional nonduality, David Hawkins
The arabian nights
Walden and Civil Disobediance, Henry David Thoreau
Alice's adventures in wonderland and Through the looking glass, Lewis Carroll
MIDDLE SHELF:
Sophocles Antigone, Translated by Richard Emil Braun
The enneagram
The koran, Translated by J M Rodwell
The Living bible/ The holy bible, KGV
THIRD SHELF:
Meditations of first philosophy, Rene Descartes
Ethics, Arthur Holmes
The philosophy of Plato, 1956
The republic of Plato, 1961
Utopia, Thomas More
Mere Christianity, C S Lewis
The Fountian Head, Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
The Dali Lamas little book of wisdome
I'd show a pic of what's on my bookshelf but currently everything's in storage.
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What's the most rebounds you've ever gotten?
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Not much of a basketball player, SprewellSleeve
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another one!?
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Another one what??
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Shroomery for life dawg.
Dude, you've been here a month
I've been here 3-4 and have 3x as many posts as you. I am proof that once you join the Shroomery...
IT HAS YOUR SOUL 
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Good to have another hoosier in our ranks. Welcome.
What part of Indiana?
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