A Cooper is talking about Rehnquist and Placidyl

[TomInTib]

I was home on leave in the early 70s.

A friend and I found some liquid gel caps of that crap in my Mother's medicine cabinet so, naturally, we got a syringe and fired 'em up.

I just came to some hours later and had no idea what had happened. A blank slate.

Neither did my friend.

Each of had done lots of pretty much every drug known to man but we swore we would never touch that particular one again.

I can still remember how much that stuff scared me.

Placidyl is the only drug that I ever swore to never do again.

And Rehnquist was sitting on the bench and taking that shit.

[illinoisprogressive]

1. can you imagine a justice whacked on that stuff

[mountainvue]

2. Elvis was also very fond of placidyls. He gave them to

a young Priscilla once before they were married and she woke up several days later, according to her book.
Rehnquist must have been wacked out of his mind on those things. I wonder how he even stayed awake.

[Horse with no Name]

3. THAT is really the issue here

To be able to take that shit and remain conscious shows how many he took. Tolerance is only built with increasing amounts being taken.
The old bastard should be censured and thrown off the court for this.

[rusty charly]

4. should HAVE be censured, you mean

[Horse with no Name]

8. Ahh yes

I mistyped.
Thank you.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Well, he's dead now, so that won't work.

But somebody should have dealt with this and got his sorry ass off the court long ago, because his crackpot decisions have done an awful lot of damage.

[XOKCowboy]

5. OMG it was Placidyl?

I hadn't read that! I've got a scar on my shoulder from the one and only night way back when that I took one of those gel caps orally! Totally incapacitating and at the time my tolerance was, shall we say, somewhat elevated. That's what Rehnquist was on?

Now that's scary...

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

11. Yeah, but them hippies that smoke them pots?

They're the threat, right?

[TomInTib]

13. Finally , someone has their priorities straight

See, you can't tax that reefer.

Gotta stop that shit.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

15. Sure you can tax it!

But Christ on a crutch, think of the devastation that would cause! To tax it would be to make it legal and if they made it legal, think of the terrible economic effects on the jail guards, the lawyers and prosecutors and others who profit from the prison-industrial system.

You don't want jail guards selling their beach houses or lawyers canceling one of their yearly vacations, do you? Think of the children! If they do, the terrorists have won!

[XOKCowboy]

18. Exactly!

Don't forget cops that can retire at 35, Cadillac dealerships and Ziploc (for making those perfect 1/4 oz "hotdog sized" baggies)! The economic devastation would be enormous.

[rusty charly]

17. "Now that's scary..."

"But the main thrust of Monday's ruling is that even when the marijuana at issue never crosses state lines, the Controlled Substances Act is a valid exercise of congressional power to regulate interstate commerce.

"One need not have a degree in economics to understand why a nationwide exemption for the vast quantity of marijuana (or other drugs) locally cultivated for personal use ... may have a substantial impact on the interstate market for this extraordinarily popular substance," wrote Stevens. "If there is any conflict between federal and state law, federal law shall prevail."

The Court's decision, the latest of many endorsements of the federal government's "comprehensive regime" of drug laws, was not unexpected. But it was remarkable in light of Chief Justice William Rehnquist's quiet and recently successful campaign to limit federal encroachment of states' rights in the name of the commerce clause.

As he had earlier in his 33-year tenure, but not as much recently, Rehnquist on Monday found himself in the minority on a major federal-state dispute. He joined a dissent written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and joined by Justice Clarence Thomas that repeated many of the pro-states' rights arguments that have prevailed of late."

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1118061315039

[Hieronymus]

6. During the Clinton impeachment, Rehnquist put gold stripes ..

on the sleeve of his black robe. Apparently it was inspired by HMS Pinafore. Talk about tripping.

[TomInTib]

14. Hah! I had forgotten that!

Jeebus

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

9. Another thing about Placidyl:

It is one of the two drugs that will, in the case of an overdose, really make a rescue squad get the lead out of their asses. The other one, surprisingly, is acetominophen, especially in the presence of alcohol. From what I have heard, Placidyl overdose is very hard to deal with and literally, seconds count. Something about a high potential for damaging effects to the brain.

Acetominophen's effects in overdose, both with alcohol present and without, are well-documented.

[Rex]

10. What about that Judge they caught masterbating and nekked

as a J-bird WHILE in court listening to cases! Makes ya wonder about the people who supposedly run our country. :(

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

12. I have a theory:

It goes like this:

All of the people who were the real perpetraitors, the dealers and the chemists and whatnot, especially the ones that seem to have just vanished? They all remade themselves and now run the huge corporations and have important roles in the Repuke party.

I personally know of one former Repuke congresscritter I got high with, back in the early 70's. The boy could bogart the shit out of a joint. Learned it at Dartmouth, although I don't know how. No one has ever partied at Dartmouth. :sarcasm:

[Rex]

16. LOL!

Makes sense, I mean we are talking about some far out powerful people. Wicked and perverted. I can't imagine what a lifetime of mind-blowing drugs and unlimited power would be like. I bet it would send some people to the loony bin.