Yeah Chuck, for a minute there, you looked a lot like Tony Bourdain.


BTW, anyone else think that by putting the bit about CH's at the beginning of the show it legitimized the rest of the show more?

I just thought about that when I woke up this a.m.

Bummer, National Geographic Canada had bull riding in it's 10:00pm slot.

Looking forward to finding it elsewhere.

Does anyone else think that they could have done away with the woman with ribbons on her head twirling sticks  around and 'tripping"?  I thought that it detracted from the seriousness of the good benefits that can be harnessed..as in the case of Cancer patients, CH, Autism and drug and alcohol addiction.

Not having seen it yet, I can't speak to how the information "was" presented.

But I agree with Brew in that the producers of the show certainly would have differing interests than ours in how it gathered and presented the information.

Chuck... you did an exceptional job there.  Well done. 

I am really dying to get my hands on some 2-Bromo.  One would think it would be less-controlled, but the fact there are few practical uses for it likely makes it impossible to source.

Looks like it will air again on Sat., 11-7

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After watching it, and the following Meth show (talk about scary, I was in Omaha and closely followed the search for the two young kids) but what struck me is the dopamine mechanism.  Do we know if the dopamine mechanism is triggered with Bromo or the other psychadelics?  At McMaster University they conducted trials where a person could actually increase their dopamine levels themselves with training.  I WANT that training.  The ultimate natural pain medication.  Wonder what it takes to trick to the brain into firing off that powerful pain killer feel good chemical without OVER stimulating it.

So many areas to look into, and just not enough money, time or resources to help .... *sigh*

Cat

Good work Chuck.

I fell asleep on the couch during the preceeding weed episode which is what normally happened to me when weed was involved.

I woke up in the middle of the night just in time to catch the rerun of the LSD episode.

I want my controlled substances.

Chuck, you're a star.

Root

Chuck!  You were NOT a dork!  The video of you getting hit showed exactly what a CH sufferer goes through with each hit.  During your interview, you gave very well thought out responses, were very intelligent, and.......quite charming, I might add.

Well done!

Sandy

Linda_Howell wrote on Nov 4^th, 2009 at 9:46am:


I so agree with you Linda. It just didn't fit into the rest of the stories. The time spent there could have been used for more medical content. And Chuck, you were great. Thanks for putting yourself out there for others to learn from.

Charlotte

cash5542 wrote on Nov 7^th, 2009 at 10:52pm:


Oh, you girls probably don't see a good reason for having girls in bikinis in the beer commercials either. 

If the story is, "Ya can't tell a book by it's cover" then you need to show the cover. To dispel misconceptions you need to tell the entire history.

Besides that, I'm sure all the ladies out there twirling sticks with ribbons have a different viewpoint of the content of the show and what else could have been focused upon.

I can tell you all this. The producers of the show took our part of the story very seriously and were determined to make it a serious, respectful look at what we as the cluster community had to say. I cant say enough about the care and concern they showed in telling our part of the story.

If you consider the long and storied history of LSD and psychedelics, we easily could have ended up on the cutting room floor without the producers commitment to our story.

Bob

Brew wrote on Nov 4^th, 2009 at 10:17am:

I mentioned this right after the program aired, and I'll say it again. NGC has bills to pay, and they do that through advertisers. This was NOT merely a report on some scientific studies. They had to dedicate part of this show to something that drew the non-scientific community in. Part of it was aimed at aging hippies, and I'm okay with that. I'm also grateful they included what they did about CH.

Ordered my copy day before yesterday.      Several of my (non-CH) friends have expressed interest in seeing it as well, and I've passed along the ordering information to them.

Kudos to the NGS, and to all those involved in the making of this production. 

Best wishes,

George