tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post8412690609237315104..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Arrest of Korean citizen native speaking instructor exposes loopholes in criminal record check systemmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-50426604293623501972014-04-11T10:55:32.417+09:002014-04-11T10:55:32.417+09:00Just to follow up on my previous comments, it irks...Just to follow up on my previous comments, it irks me when methamphetamine is equated with hallucinogens in an article such as this one because while meth and speed are often terribly destructive, hallucinogens (or entheogens) can help open the "doors of perception" and thereby be of great spiritual and intellectual growth. If every Korean dropped LSD just once, I always say, this country would finally realize genuine liberation. Of course, I'm confident that the media here, whose preferred drugs are booze and narcissistic nationalism, will ensure that such views never reach the wider populace here.King Baeksuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106210206814275410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-9853733428075428562014-04-10T13:43:58.295+09:002014-04-10T13:43:58.295+09:00If someone is suffering from "cocaine psychos...If someone is suffering from "cocaine psychosis" it is usually because they are crackheads or shooting it. Sniffed cocaine is a popular social drug among upwardly mobile urban dwellers in major cities in the West, such as New York, London or Sydney, and in such conditions rarely leads to "psychosis" or "hallucinations." It's important to always keep these different distinctions in mind. King Baeksuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106210206814275410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-3021631031867190722014-04-10T13:33:30.098+09:002014-04-10T13:33:30.098+09:00http://www.bluelight.org/vb/threads/386985-METH-Sm...http://www.bluelight.org/vb/threads/386985-METH-Smoking-vs-snorting?s=bfeaaa868663e485698a2953a9dca39c&p=6211254&viewfull=1#post6211254Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477169224986077718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-74771649922701065272014-04-10T13:30:23.302+09:002014-04-10T13:30:23.302+09:00I agree, it's all about social control, but ,e...I agree, it's all about social control, but ,edia collusion in govt propaganda is not just a Korean thing (Just Say No, Dare to Keep Your Kids off Drugs, MADD). You would definitely lose your mind if you had been awake for five days. Could a gram of meth do that? Not sure. I'm going with...maybe. Cocaine psychosis is pretty well-documented (and visible on the streets of most North American cities): https://www.google.ca/search?q=cocaine+psychosis&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=whxGU93IKeOV8QeMwoH4Dg<br /><br />Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477169224986077718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-61894544976163042472014-04-10T13:20:51.081+09:002014-04-10T13:20:51.081+09:00Yeah, well, that Wikipedia page also says that coc...Yeah, well, that Wikipedia page also says that cocaine and coffee can induce psychosis so take it with a grain of salt. If you've been awake for five days straight, you will probably hallucinate from lack of rest and extreme sensory fatigue, but I question whether "one dose" of methamphetamine really lasts for "five days." Certainly if he had been in a "psychotic state" it would have been noticed by students and colleagues at his workplace. More likely, the reporter has no clue about different types of drugs and merely wants to scare readers by exaggerating their effects. Propaganda as social control, in other words, mixed in with a strong measure of xenophobia, which is itself a form of social control, of course.King Baeksuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106210206814275410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-18299086753493284542014-04-10T12:35:04.505+09:002014-04-10T12:35:04.505+09:00The symptoms of stimulant psychosis may vary sligh...The symptoms of stimulant psychosis may vary slightly depending on the drug ingested but generally include the symptoms of organic psychosis including hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, and, in extreme cases, catatonia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulant_psychosisKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477169224986077718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-75168318133207889932014-04-10T09:53:45.137+09:002014-04-10T09:53:45.137+09:00"When Choi was arrested at dawn on February 2..."When Choi was arrested at dawn on February 26 he was high on methamphetamine and he said that the hallucinogenic effects of one dose of methamphetamine lasts about five days."<br /><br />Methamphetamine is a stimulant not a hallucinogen. But I'm quite sure most Korean journalists are hallucinating when they write their "factional" crap. King Baeksuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106210206814275410noreply@blogger.com