Saturday, June 7, 2008

Love and LSD

Talking in terms of non-platonic love , I feel that there is an uncanny resemblence of heady man-woman love and a use of hallucinogenic drugs. Look at the similarity

Love Drug(say LSD)

1. Triggered by emotional events emotional events , sorrow, hapiness,
depression

2. Love is a secondary sensation to
this main event and leads to
approximately
a. Lightheadedness
b. Temp euphoria
c. A general feeling of hapiness

3. Lasts for a short time and is followed
either by long periods of depression or Withdrawal symptoms...and cravings.
worse ,suspension of logic leading to...marriage or suicide.

The similarity is striking and has been studied .
The only issue is that it is only in human beings that love is celebrated as something divine and drug as something vile. Which should be the reverse.
There is a rehabilitation programme for drugs ...do we have something equivalent for love?

Drugs lead to temporary insanity but can be physically diagnosed . One can tell a druggie that he his stoned ..That is a warning enough. Is here such a diagnosis for people in "love"? They look pretty normal and sane which is rather deceptive ...So, who is more dangerous ?

Drugs are addictive , fine . But this entails an economic and social loss in terms of manhours lost in terms of days and weeks. However love leads to issues where the damage lasts almost a life time . Look at most love marriages and you will find a frustrated couple at the centre of it. The damage of "love" is a couple ..while drugs attack singletons. Whose loss is more bearable to the society??

The last and the most abominable part of the whole story is that drugs supply can be controlled and if wished can be almost wiped out to a nil. Love however is more dicey. To prevent love one has to physically wipe out either man or woman as a specis..which requires huge political will. Which is more dangerous , a controllable menace or an uncontrollable one?

I leave the readers to judge for themselves. Since most of you may already be under the influence of either Drugs or Love..I suggest you refrain conciously from taking a biased viewpoint and consider the argument from logical rather than a sentimental pedestal.

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