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  1. Drabs, you and I have kind of lost touch and, in all sincerity, this thread has made me miss you very much. You gave shit to Scott, made an educated and informed statement about urban living, and threw in a Law & Order reference...all in one thread. You are one of my favorite humans.

  2. Here's the full article. Holy Jesus...

    http://www.theledger.com/article/2011012....g-Ab use-Menace

    Officials Say Bath Salts Are an Emerging Drug Abuse Menace

    Presently legal, powders can cause hallucinations, suicidal thoughts.

    ( page 1 of 4 )

    FULTON, Miss. | When Neil Brown got high on bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived, but authorities say others haven't been so lucky after snorting, injecting or smoking powders with such innocuous-sounding names as Ivory Snow, Red Dove and Vanilla Sky.

    Some say the effects of the powders are as powerful as abusing methamphetamine. Increasingly, law enforcement agents and poison control centers say the bath salts with complex chemical names are an emerging menace in several U.S. states, where authorities talk of banning their sale.

    From the Deep South to California, emergency calls are being reported over exposure to the stimulants the powders often contain: mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone, also known as MDPV.

    Sold under such names as Ivory Wave, Bliss, White Lightning and Hurricane Charlie, the chemicals can cause hallucinations, paranoia, rapid heart rates and suicidal thoughts, authorities say. The chemicals are in bath salts and even plant foods that are sold legally at convenience stores and on the Internet. However, they aren't necessarily being used for the purposes on the label.

    Mississippi lawmakers this week began considering a proposal to ban the sale of the powders, and a similar step is being sought in Kentucky. In Louisiana, the bath salts were outlawed by an emergency order after the state's poison center received more than 125 calls in the last three months of 2010 involving exposure to the chemicals.

    In Brown's case, he said he had tried every drug from heroin to crack and was so shaken by terrifying hallucinations that he wrote one Mississippi paper urging people to stay away from the bath salts.

  3. I haven't seen a thread like this yet, so here goes...show some love (or hate if you want) for some of the local bands in your neck of the woods. You never know, you may find a new band or two you like. I won't include links because I am lazy, but I am sure you can google all of these.

    Tampa and the surrounding areas:

    * Worldwide Zoo (shameless plug haha...instrumental funk/acid jazz/bullshit)

    * Cult Ritual (noisy hardcore)

    * Merchandise (post punk/goth...new 12" is sick)

    * Green Sunshine (hip hop/soul/funk)

    * Neon Blud (noisy hardcore...should be on tour now)

    * Auto! Automatic!! (instrumental prog/math rock)

    * Devout (hardcore)

    * Red Room Cinema (post-rock, though I haven't heard their new stuff yet)

    * The Grecian Urns (indie folk)

    * Nazi Dust (hardcore)

    There are tons more, believe me...

    Edit: Such as: The Beauvilles, Candy Bars, Volcanic Slut, Pugfort, Elysium, Criminal Culture, The Tim Version, New Bruises, Guiltmaker, Centuries, Cellgraft, Dads, Slave Scene, Month Mind, and on and on...

    What happened to Candy Bars? Are they still a band? Their one album was amazing.

    Lawrence, KS

    - KU Basketball

    - The Get Up Kids & all of their other projects

    Thats about it.

    Kill Creek was from there and William S. Burroughs lived there for the last few years of his life.

    I wish I could rep my town more. The only decent band from here was The Why I Oughtas/All Ages. Copeland and Anberlin are from here but they are the suck.

    EDIT: They aren't really from my area, but close. Anyway, Airplains are awesome. FFO: ATDI, Twelve Hour Turn, Joan of Arc.

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