Mon Dieu et Mon Droit: Entheogens

Seeing as how the top three search terms for my site are ‘drugs, black men, charmed,’ – and I’ve no idea what to say about that combination – I do have a fairly strong interest in talking about the matter. What if we legalized drugs?  Even if they’re legal or not, people are going to use them. Though legalization of a few would probably increase public coffers and take a lot of people out of jail, not to mention create new jobs. But that is not the focus. I don’t work for NORML.

I ran across this article, What if we legalized drugs? I thought first about the legalization, but then my thoughts turned to the effects of drugs, why people use them and what they can learn from drugs. Some have wonderful lessons to offer, if practiced with care and guidance.

I do write about drugs quite often, admittedly. Hence the reason why the number one search for my site (to my chagrin) is drugs. Also black men and charmed. Go figure. First, I should define what I think a drug is. When I think of drugs, I think of mood altering substances. Alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, and marijuana. I also lump in psilocybin and LSD. In the words of Baudelaire and Leary : Get Drunk (Enivrez-vous). Light up. And Tune Out.  Albeit slightly changed. (Fully- Turn on, tune in, drop out.)

I sat down to write a post until it turned into multiple, multiple pages. Hence the decision to break it into series. Look, I have a lot of time here in my office, and when I’m not busy dancing to “Get Me Bodied” , “Proud Mary” or “Livin Your Life,” I write. But I digress.

I’ve no idea how to structure this series, so I’ll do my best as I learn along the way. Here is my take on drugs viewed under the perspective of an entheogen:

ENIVREZ-VOUS; to use the drugs and have a vague understanding of their effects. Get drunk on wine and every pharmaceutical delight

LIGHT UP;  to take what one has learned and find it within oneself. Get drunk on poetry, or in other words get drunk on life.

And finally, to TUNE OUT; To master the drugs within while enhanced with the drugs from outside. Get drunk on virtue and the pursuit of self idealization.

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