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Wrolf, Does it surprise you that there has been a TDI instructor death, in which both deep air and having just smoked marijuana, were both implicated in the death??? Dan Volker -----Original Message----- From: Wrolf Courtney <wrolf@co*.ne*> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: Friday, July 24, 1998 4:09 PM Subject: Re: Brett Gilliam and George Irvine >Skip MacElhannon wrote: > >> Wrolf >> >> From your recent posts I was starting to think you might be learning >> something, > >Thank you! > >> but this post makes me doubt that assumption. > >Oops. > >> It is not just that Gilliam participated in marijuana research in the 70s, >> but from the tone of a very recent article, it is obvious that his interest >> was more than scientific and is ongoing. > >I have independent information from a previously known reliable source >confirming that Brett Gilliam, a public figure in the diving industry, >is a pot >smoker. > >> He all but advocated smoking pot >> as a recreational pursuit in this article. While I personally feel that >> what one does in their own time is their business I think it is highly >> irresponsible for someone in Gilliam's position of influence in the dive >> industry to take such a public stance. Diving is dangerous enough without >> doing so under the influence of anything. I would also like to point out >> that in other recent articles Gilliam has bemoaned that fact that he was >> down to "seeds and stems" at some time in a dive trip and I have also read >> an article where he criticized dive boats for not allowing divers to have a >> beer at lunch prior to afternoon dives. > >I agree wholeheartedly. Could you give references for the articles, >please? Did >he actually advise diving after alcohol consumption - I though that this >one was >pretty well established in DAN statistics. > >I wonder if the Brett and the USN learned anything about dope and diving >that they >are not telling us? > >(Hint for the humor impaired - JOKE!!!!!!) > >----- >Wrolf > >Wrolf's Wreck: http://www.concentric.net/~Wrolf >Wrolf's Net.Wreck: http://www.concentric.net/~Wrolf/netmgmt.shtml >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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