Hi everyone,

I´ve just read the earlier posts and have somethings to add.

This is a very delicate matter, so I´ll try be very clear.

I strongly believe that the use of drugs should be a personal option, therefore no right or wrong jugment is expected by me in this forum.

Yes, I do spin records while under the influence of psicotropics. No, I am not a professional DJ.

I enjoy music and I enjoy some chemical substances that alter my state of mind. I see absolutely no problem in putting these two things together as long as it´s your conscient option. I won´t get into defining addiction.

I´ve played under the influence of marijuana (THC), acid (lsd), ecstasy (MDMA) and once while a mushroom trip (psilocibyn) and found the effects different, both on the music played and on the drug.

There is a strong connection between psicotropics (thc, lsd and mdma for exemples) and the music style I listen to (Goa, progressive and hardtrance mainly). Just check out some of the names of the songs and bands around, like "infected mushroom", "when you smile to the cows", "mdma records", "iboga records" and "triptamin" to name just a few.

You dont need to be on drugs to enjoy music. Actually you dont need to be on drugs at all, it´s your own personal choice either to do them or not. If you did chose to do so please at least be informed about it. If any of you would like to know more about these chemical substances I strongly encourage you to visit http://www.erowid.org and http://www.dancesafe.org, they are both awesome sites intended for those interested in the subject, users and non-users.

Hope I dont get too flamed for this.

Take care,

Andreas Rauh