Interview Questions
1] What motivated you to write The Original Drug Manual for Kids?
2] You have rimchamp77 in your email address and your website; how did you pick the moniker rimchamp77?
2a] Can you tell us more about that race? [very interesting story].
3] Can you tell us more about your own current drug dependency?
4] Can you tell us how you did manage to run for so long – and avoid injuries?
5] Why is it that drugs affect people in different manners?
6] Why do you continually refer to the War on Drugs as an immoral and abusive policy?
7] Why do you state that there is no such thing as a “side effect”?
8] Why won’t The Original Drug Manual for Kids be widely offered in public schools?
9] Would you advocate legalization as a solution to most of the drug-related problems in our society?
10] Can you give us more information about the site license agreement on your website?
11] Can you give us more details about the free Excel spreadsheet you are offering for readers serious about a vigorous physical fitness regimen?
12] Do you believe that it is responsible to let kids know how to safely and responsibly engage in recreational drug use – especially when nearly all the drugs commonly used are not legally available?
13] Why do you deliberately misuse the term “peccadillo” in your book?
14] How does your book deal with teenage sex?
14a] How was it growing up in the “liberated” 60s and 70s – before AIDS – refraining from sex until you were in a committed relationship?
15] You seem to take a very broad view of personal abuse. Are you guilty of personal abuse towards those who are close to you?
16] In your book you offer many strategies for kids to deal with abuse from parents, employers and political leaders. Doesn’t your book undermine the authority of parents and business and political leaders?
16] You also state that nearly all votes for major party candidates are “wasted”. Why do you advocate voting for untried candidates over experience candidates instead of working within the major parties for meaningful reform?
17] You take an especially harsh view about church leaders and the moral shortcomings of churches throughout history. How can you recommend that kids get involved in churches?
18]. You coined the term “Roddenberry socialism” in your book. What is “Roddenberry socialism” and how did you choose this name?
19] How can you equate drug dependencies due to failing health – that often include circumstances beyond the dependents’ control – with the dependencies of people who choose a hedonistic lifestyle based primarily on recreational use of drugs often accompanied by other irresponsible behavior?
20] How has a lifelong physical fitness regimen improved your life?