An Obstragite View Post 2

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I think you are doing fine for a homeless bum [how are you getting net access?] and a lot of what you are saying maybe close to the mark. It has however in various forms been discussed widely online. You may find it more effective to split content into sections. The days [sadly] when people sit and read essays are virtually gone.

Quote:Of all the medically applied substances ever discovered only penicillin has saved more lives than opium

Actually the biggest historical life-saver is not penicillin or any other pharma corp drug but an understanding of hygiene and bacteria. As an aside opium doesn't tend to *save* lives [although morphine is used to prevent cardiac arrest/tremors]. It is however, as you rightly point out, a vastly used substance in medicine and as any educated Dr will tell you is a miracle of nature.

Quote:For a side note, there is an indication that these drug lords knew America was coming to Afghanistan long before Sept.11. Opium production went up 1200%, 3 months after we were there, 2600%, 5 ½ months after we took it.

Being at the receiving end of this in Europe I can tell you that it was way before 2001. Afghan heroin flooded Europe since the 1980s and moreso in the 90s. My theory is that opium control was a far larger contibuting factor to both the Soviet entry and the CIA's funding to get them removed by proxy.

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However - i don't think you'll find anyone to act as a 'ghost' writer. In the age of the net everyone just does it themselves and with a bit of structuring you can re-write your stuff and make it more accessible.

Secondly anyone can set up a site these days at little cost. Even free - try a blog like wordpress or blogger etc.

Finally you will not get people to pay membership for a site unless you are offering some service or content that is totally unique [ie: rarely occurs].

Hope this helps.