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Anonymous #1
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Blogging about recreational drug use?
#15512242 - 12/13/11 06:58 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Lately I've been wondering about legal issues that come into play when openly discussing drug use on the internet. I've been considering blogging lately, assuming that people would actually want to read what I'm posting about which may not be the case at all of course. One aspect of my blog would be involving my drug use as well as a discussion of the misconceptions about drug use. So what sort of legality issues could I run into here? Supposing I somehow managed to create a very popular blog with a large reader base and I was making some small amount of money from ads or something what would the risks be? (I don't expect any blog I would create to be very popular, the subject just interests me now that I want to get involved in blogging.) Would law enforcement even be interested in an academically successful small time drug user? My gut says no, but I want to get some information from people who know the real risks. If there are risks how could I safeguard against them? I would be as anonymous as possible. My true identity would not be associated with the blog in any way other than a possible inclusion of some information about my institute of higher learning.
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Anonymous #2
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Re: Blogging about recreational drug use? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#15517204 - 12/14/11 06:56 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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sorry I have nothing to add I'm just as intrested as you.
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Blogging about recreational drug use? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#15518124 - 12/14/11 09:46 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Generally it is no problem, but there are some situations that could get you in trouble. It is hard to predict what those are.
Probably your school wouldn't like it so it would be a good idea to leave their name out of it.
Conspiracy to distribute or manufacture a controlled substance is the worst case scenario.
You wouldn't want to be in the middle of a drug case where someone got hurt, and you write about it. They could subpoena you / your ISP if it appeared that you had inside information about it.
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Re: Blogging about recreational drug use? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#15531735 - 12/17/11 05:46 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Anonymous said: Would law enforcement even be interested in an academically successful small time drug user?
I bet if you became big enough to make money you'd be big enough that the government would have a problem with what you're doing.
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Anonymous #1
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Re: Blogging about recreational drug use? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#17095582 - 10/24/12 10:10 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm bumping this post because the idea is still in my head and I'm really considering this. The blog's focus would be showing how I use drugs both recreationally and as an aid for my successes in academia. I plan to do it anonymously and distance it from myself as much as possible. Good idea or bad idea?
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Blogging about recreational drug use? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#17095962 - 10/24/12 11:00 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's a great idea.
The government doesn't care if you do drugs unless they catch you with them. Even then, they don't care, they love it! More money for them!
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dokunai
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If you can truly do it anonymously, then go for it. More than anything, that will mean discipline about how and what you post.
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Anonymous #1
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Re: Blogging about recreational drug use? [Re: dokunai]
#17096835 - 10/25/12 01:45 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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dokunai said: If you can truly do it anonymously, then go for it. More than anything, that will mean discipline about how and what you post.
Very true. Any recommendations on how to stay as anonymous as possible?
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Blogging about recreational drug use? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#17097014 - 10/25/12 03:03 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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Don't post pics of yourself, change the names of friends you post about. I don't see why you are worrying at all about this. None of the other drug websites on the net have any kind of problems unless they sell illegal drugs.
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