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drhqnril | 2:47 AM on 10.04.2007 7 comments


I like playing games high. I admit it. When I was a kid I’d get really fucked up then go kill people on quake (No.1 baby!) for hours. Nothing beats a friday night fight with shitloads of meth and twitchy kill counterstrike. Awesome.
Though right now I don’t want to talk about that.
On the weekend I was working at one of those huge festivals where everyone (40000 people) is on drugs. We didn’t have a single drug related fatality. We had 15 hospital transports from alcohol and 2 from GHB (nasty shit).
Here in the .au 12% of kids (20-29’s) have tried or are regular uses of mdma. That’s around about 300,000 people. Of those 50% use it monthly – weekly.
It made me wonder. So looked up some stuff.

In the last year we’ve had 1 reported death from mdma.

In the last year, from one state (NSW) in the same age bracket (a comparable population size) there were around 190 fatal car crashes.

I know its kinda like comparing apples to oranges. Its not like people eat pills all day to get to work. Then again 33% of the fatal crashes happened on fri-sat night between 10pm-5am.
The stats almost say "stay out, its safer".
Crazy world.

I know its not game relevant but I found it interesting. So I thought I’d share

Drug stats
http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/NDARCWeb.nsf/page/home

Crash stats
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/crashes/statistics.html?plid=crashstats



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DanGale's Destructoid Blog
Wait, what? Are you advocating the use of drugs on this law abiding establishment? Tut tut.
Necros's Destructoid Blog
Yes, because Destructoid is a shining example of saintliness and moral restraint.
dgenerate's Destructoid Blog
Yeah, if you look at the stats for car related deaths, you'll realize a LOT of people die on the road.

remember kids, if you wanna be cool, do drugs! :P
PKN's Destructoid Blog
Meth fries your brain. When I smoke pot I actually find it more difficult to play games though so maybe I should move up to it.
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
Meth-heads are fucking stupid. Ive seen a lot of them here in Oregon, and theyre fucking gross. Sorry man, but meth is ridiculous, and if youre hitting that shit, then I feel sorry for you.
drhqnril's Destructoid Blog
I never advocate anything but moderation.
And it doesn't matter whatever the substance, addiction isn't a fun path to go down.
That counts for everything. meth, coke, pot, alcohol, WoW, CS:source, tetris.
I mean, have you looked at people playing games in internet cafe's recently? It's like going into an opium den.
edrok's Destructoid Blog
I remember my first charlie ... living in the country, parents away ... best games of ping pong EVER [sigh]. Yeah moderation is the key. Haven't done much charlie since but ping pong almost destroyed my life ... the meetings are helping me now :/


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Lately it seems that tetris has become my entire life. I could use some analogy and say that every portion of my well rounded existance correlates with a tetragon. Every piece falingl together as I play, but I won't. I've just been playing a lot of tetris because its an easy procrastion.
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