ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST! ...WHILE PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER AND LEARNING HOW TO SEE FULLY WHAT WE SEE... ISSUE V COCAINE: HISTORY & IMPACT 'Fire Fly in the Dark' – also known as Gord 'Cat in the Hat' Zaretzki!) Find me @ > [email protected] MEET THE PUBLISHER: The views expressed herein are not entirely the views of the publisher (the clues are in the links. The links contain the pieces to the puzzle.) Fire Fly in the Dark' – Also known as Gord 'Cat in the Hat' Zaretzki!) Contact Info: Username: Flyer Fly in the Dark@ http://www.scribd.com/group/66708-issues-that-matter-most / (Publishers Network Group) http://issuesthatmattermost.ning.com/ (Global Activism Social Network) http://fire-fly-in-the-dark.webs.com/ (Website) Email: [email protected]/ PAST ISSUES OF 'ISSUES'...... • ISSUE I : Meet PLANET 'X' (NIBURU) http://www.scribd.com/doc/12315456/issues-that-matter-most-first- edition • ISSUE II : CHEMtrails http://www.scribd.com/doc/10120388/issues-that-matter- most-second-edition • ISSUE III: POISONS http://www.scribd.com/doc/12315064/issues-that-matter- most-3rd-edition-poisons • ISSUE IV: PLANET X (And more on what to expect for the year 2012) http://www.scribd.com/doc/13484949/ISSUES-THAT-MATTER-MOST-4th- Edition-PLANET-X-2012-part-2 Office: My Portable Laptop Location:The Information Highway COME SOLVE THIS RIDDLE I'M CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BUT TAKE IT ALL IN STRIDE AND HOLD ON FOR THE RIDE! SOME OF THE LATEST ISSUES AND PERTINENT NEWS THAT MATTER MOST IN 'ISSUES' FOR APRIL... Canadian Corruption - Sexual Abuse & Political & Legal Conspiracy. RCMP Incompetence & Cover up. Priors Of Grand Bank NFLD Canada • Added by Fire Fly in the Dark on March 17, 2009 at 1:50am http://issuesthatmattermost.ning.com/notes/index/show?noteKey=Canadian_Corruption_- _Sexual_Abuse_%26_Political_%26_Legal_Conspiracy._RCMP_Incompetence_%26_Cover_up._Priors_ Of_Grand_Bank_NFLD_Canada Government Transparency • Added by Fire Fly in the Dark on March 24, 2009 at 3:32am http://issuesthatmattermost.ning.com/notes/Government_Transparency What makes You Happy • Added by David Klamph on March 23, 2009 at 4:48pm http://issuesthatmattermost.ning.com/video/what-makes-you-happy Girl Who Silenced the UN For 5 Minutes • Added by Fire Fly in the Dark on March 23, 2009 at 3:43pm http://issuesthatmattermost.ning.com/video/girl-who-silenced-the-un-for-5 Cool music • Added by David Klamph on March 23, 2009 at 9:54am http://issuesthatmattermost.ning.com/video/cool-music The Law of ONE • Added by Fire Fly in the Dark on March 21, 2009 at 2:05am http://issuesthatmattermost.ning.com/video/the-law-of-one Senator Amy Klobuchar On A.I.G. Bonuses • Added by Fire Fly in the Dark on March 23, 2009 at 5:29pm http://issuesthatmattermost.ning.com/video/senator-amy-klobuchar-on-aig Pink Floyd - Earth Soldier - World Peace Song 2009 - esoldier HD • Added by Fire Fly in the Dark on March 6, 2009 at 4:05am http://issuesthatmattermost.ning.com/video/pink-floyd-earth-soldier Why you should buy physical gold/silver, not paper ETFs - David Morgan http://issuesthatmattermost.ning.com/video/why-you-should-buy-physical COCAINE: HISTORY & IMPACT The Brain on Cocaine These two images of the brain are positron emission tomography (PET) scans of a normal person (picture on the left) and of a person on cocaine (picture on the right). The PET scan shows brain function by seeing how the brain uses glucose, the energy source for neurons. In these scans, the red color shows high use of glucose, yellow shows medium use and blue shows the least use of glucose. Notice that many areas of the brain of the cocaine user do not use glucose as effectively as the brain of the normal person. This can be observed by the lower amounts of red in the right PET scan. Image courtesy of the National Institute on Drug Abuse; used with permission. LOOK! By Gord Zaretzki Look in! Look out! Look up and Look down! ...Look all around At the sights and the sounds! Can you see? Can you hear? What seemed far is now near Take it all in. Give it all back. Make it without but never lack! For the image remains and will be retained. If the will to regain is mutually maintained! Yes together we can make it! And we'll never need to fake it! For we have seen and learned Though we first crashed and burned So to once again return to a high from a low We must be certain just where we will go! So... Look in! Look out! Look up and Look down! ...Look all around At the sights and the sounds! Breakdown of what will be discussed in this issue of ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST! ➢THE HISTORY OF COCAINE First of all I would like to introduce the history of what led up to my choosing to publish an issue of 'Issues' dealing with Cocaine... I know that there are a lot of drugs out there. Some are used medicinally. Others are used recreationally. Some are helpful for certain aspects of life. Others are nothing but trouble (with a capital 'T'!) The reason I chose to isolate this particular drug is due to my particular interest in it. Now my interests differ drastically from the way I used to be interested in cocaine! In the past I was a slave to this stimulant drug – particularly to it's 'offspring', CRACK. It took me down a 'rabbit hole' the sorts of which left me floundering for air like a fish out of water, as it were, when I was done with it (or rather.. as it was done with me!!!). I found myself out of sorts, out of place, out of my 'time' and out of my mind once it took me, partook of me and then forsook me. Sure, I took it too and embraced it lovingly as I partook of it emphatically until I finally forsook it back. But before I could accomplish this I had to tumble down the 'rabbit hole' to near death. In fact I feel that I did die... literally in the emotional and spiritual sense. Then I nearly physically died when my heart stopped – not once but twice! In between, for many minutes before and many minutes after, as well, my heart was barely beating – pumping very weakly for only a few feable beats a minute..... A friend and fellow confrere from this labyrinthal world of chaos (the life and times of crack enslavement) approached me while I was still working on finishing up the last issue of 'Issues' expressing his concern over this epidemic inflicting itself on the town that we both grew up in – as we so often do. I had not spoken much with this friend, Jimmy, since moving from the town that he still lives in but I moved from (for the 6th or 7th time!). Since speaking last about this we both had made more positive progress since those dark and deadly days of addiction to one of the world's most powerful drugs. Both of us now have a few years clean and healing from the devastating effects of such a life. In addition to staying away from it we have both tried different ways to spread the message of why it's so vital to stay away from such a course as well as how to break free should one find one's self enslaved to the evil world enveloping and permeating cocaine/crack addiciton. Currently Jimmy is taking steps to get into politics in the local community. In so doing he wishes to raise awareness to crack, cocaine, it's history, impact and how to break free from it. Our home town has been plagued by gang activity with it's ensuing crimes and moral breakdowns of family and community. Included among the crimes and moral breakdowns is the impact of the drug on the people there. I will discuss these details in the next section though along with it's impact world-wide. My near death experience I will discuss in this section and my path of addiction with relationship to this very powerful drug as well as the history of cocaine itself. Some of the history will be revealing as well as surprising. Included in the discussion will be origins (past and present), methods and avenues of its circulation world-wide and how it has developed through shape and form into the lives of so many over the years. ➢THE IMPACT OF COCAINE After giving you a rundown of how I was run down by cocaine (particularly CRACK)in the last section I will share with you generally what happens to one when they so decide to take the 'highway to hell' by enlisting one's soul in this soul devouring course. I will portray the impact of this drug as I have seen it and experienced it in my personal life, in my home town, on the streets of the cities I have wandered as well as what is happening around the world with regards to how this drug is effecting the lives of so many in a devastating and destructive way. I will take into account it's effects physically, emotionally and spiritually. I will prove that it is not something to be taken lightly, that it is far different from cannabis and even more harmful to society then alcohol even though fewer abuse this drug compared to alcohol. In so doing I will compare it's effects to those of other popular vices such as alcoholism, addiction to 'softer' drugs (like marijuanna, hash, hash oil etc), other 'hard' drugs (such as heroin, crystal meth, ecstacy, LSD etc), cigarettes, pharmaceuticals and gambling.