TMK on Education

A very short, very poignant video by Terence on what education is in history, and, what it is for these days.

Ketamine Harm Reduction

Ketamine is becoming more and more popular in the rave and festival scene.  As someone who has experienced the downsides of Ketamine first hand, I advise anyone who decides to use it to think twice.  There are some SERIOUS downsides to abuse of this drug and its insidiously addictive [often called psychedelic heroin] qualities make it easy to go from use to abuse and, hard to drop the habit even when your body is sustaining serious damage.  Some links...

Ketamine Bladder Damage
Ketamine Kidney Damage
Ketamine Addiction

There are much safer alternatives to getting high that offer deeper benefits to the body and mind than Ketamine.  K, as it is often referred to in the interest of brevity, can be a kind of fool's way to chemical enlightenment.  BUT, as I have found the insights from K do not often apply to real life in the same way as those of mushrooms, DMT, cactus/mescaline, or LSD do.  K's insights can even cross into the delusional and psychotic realms of hallucination, and you won't know how far you went to you come back, but, sadly some never do.

If even after all the evidence of K's deleterious effects you choose to use it please try to follow these guidelines to reduce its negative impact on your body and mind...

• DO NOT do K in large amounts all at once.  Take small amounts["bumps"] until you find your sweet spot then, STOP.  Large lines are overkill and a waste of K along with a health hazard.
• Be very careful of doing K in public places if you "K-Hole" and become unresponsive you could end up robbed, raped, in a hospital, or jail.
• Drink water HEAVILY throughout the night and urinate regularly.  K is very hard on your kidneys and bladder so a constant wash of fluids will mitigate damage.  Urinating frequently even if you don't have an urge is necessary, as K makes your urine acidic and letting it acid wash your bladder can BURN IT, causing semi-permanent or PERMANENT DAMAGE.  (Peeing 20+ times a day is not uncommon for chronic K-heads)
• If you are insufflating K, hock up the drip from the back of your throat and spit it out, you will not lose any of the desirable effects of the drug from spitting it out(most of the active ingredients are absorbed nasally) BUT, you will avoid your kidneys and bladder having to process all that powder.
• Make sure you do constant reality checks about your world-view and K usage.  K has been known to make many delusional and some, psychotic.  It is not rare for a K-head to believe they are the only real human being.  
• Check out the stories of the most famous K-heads, all of them smart and successful people, unable to wrangle the Ketamine demon.
• John C. Lilly
• D.M. Turner
• Marcia Moore
• When you begin to feel worried, guilty, or anxious about your Ketamine use this is a warning sign to STOP.
• If you begin to feel bodily discomfort in your nasal passages, urinary tract/bladder, or kidneys PLEASE STOP only 1 or 2 more uses of K could damage your body/organs FOR LIFE.
• Get help, move away from "the scene", get new hobbies. new friends ANYTHING to avoid doing internal damage to body and brain.

Watch out for this one folks, it's sure to get worse before it gets better.