- implied, on 11/20/2007, -1/+255I would comment on this, but my valium just kicked in.
- LongShlong, on 11/20/2007, -0/+105... It should end with an overdose of Viagra... That's how I'm goin' out.
- ltkerr0r, on 11/20/2007, -0/+47I'm guessing it's gonna have to be a fully open casket funeral.
- Dested, on 11/20/2007, -9/+2So you dont have such a long shlong after all?
- tonaros, on 11/20/2007, -0/+5*POP*
- bigmike7, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Longshlong? I'm with Pi symbol. We need pictures.
- Aitese, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Die Hard: With a vengeance
- heypetray, on 11/20/2007, -2/+11Better up your dosage.
- LongShlong, on 11/20/2007, -5/+5... Or get your Mom an Extreme Makeover.
- Archon810, on 11/21/2007, -11/+3Am I the only one who read it as "Dugg-Free America" ?
- metalrock76, on 11/21/2007, -1/+16Yes
- Archon810, on 11/21/2007, -0/+6:(
- metalrock76, on 11/21/2007, -1/+16Yes
- jimmick, on 11/21/2007, -4/+2so did m
- almostspastic, on 11/21/2007, -0/+11Let's hear it for the ones reading this while stoned.
- fiestycrumbler, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1would anything be different if drugs were legal?
- saisumimen, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1It's OK as long as the gov't sells you the drugs.
- LongShlong, on 11/20/2007, -0/+105... It should end with an overdose of Viagra... That's how I'm goin' out.
- ripstuntz, on 11/20/2007, -25/+298So damn true.. I dont understand how taking anti-depressants is any different than smoking a bowl of marijuana
makes 0 sense- borninda818, on 11/20/2007, -75/+14Bowl? Do you mean blunt or is my slang a little dated?
- matt0r, on 11/20/2007, -7/+72...
- vault, on 11/20/2007, -6/+41lol
- Scrappy1850, on 11/20/2007, -4/+69your slang is dated. bowl refers to the pipe itself or the portion of the pipe where the weed is burned.
- JordanTW90, on 11/20/2007, -31/+2dude, you're old.
- andburn1, on 11/20/2007, -2/+17Old... but correct.
- eerbin13, on 11/20/2007, -3/+4If you've never used the term "bowl" before its because you're TOO lazy. Its in no way old or outdated terminology.
- JordanTW90, on 11/20/2007, -31/+2dude, you're old.
- 01l0, on 11/20/2007, -34/+2bury
- macweirdo42, on 11/20/2007, -1/+15Awww, don't bury. That was hilarious. Or, at least I thought so. Hmm, maybe I should put down the blunt.
- eerbin13, on 11/20/2007, -1/+5bury yourself.. in the backyard.
- CrackyJSquirrel, on 11/20/2007, -1/+31Not sure about dated, since bowl came before blunt.. Maybe you are showing your youth? Or lack of weed smoking knowledge perhaps?
- andburn1, on 11/20/2007, -0/+15They're different things. Joint, blunt, and bowl are all different.
- dvsbastard, on 11/20/2007, -2/+6Or maybe it's just a sign of cultural diversity... different places have very different terminology...
- cvole, on 11/21/2007, -6/+1Bowl also refers to amount of weed put into the bowl. Or buying a 5-bowl.
- roodammy44, on 11/21/2007, -1/+3I don't know where the guy is from, but we don't use "bowls" in england.
Not many people use pipes out here, it's mainly spiffs- ninedesign, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1I was thinking that while reading the onslaught above. American's (and I should say Canadians too) tend to smoke "bowls". But thats as far as i've gone with that... I just smoke the spliff.
- rabidbob, on 11/21/2007, -2/+1Everything I know about drugs I learnt watching Weeds.
- srgtTarantula, on 11/20/2007, -3/+4I normally smoke out of bowls or a pipe, I always have, and so have my friends. We've smoked blunts and joints and bongs and bubblers and tinnies, out of apples. Lots of different stuff.
But I met a guy from New York on vacation once, and he said everyone he knows only smokes blunts, and thinks smoking out of a bowl is nasty and dirty. So it probably is just a regional thing.
But hell, whatever you wanna use, the end result is always the same, grrrrrrate!- srgtTarantula, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7Look at me, miss spelling great.
I'm disappointed in myself. - timjim31, on 11/21/2007, -0/+6yes please stop miss spelling words
- srgtTarantula, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7Look at me, miss spelling great.
- Ziggygallaway, on 11/21/2007, -2/+2O.k, how about "BONG", where the hell is that in the "hip" category?
- cerealjynx, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3Please.
"Tobacco Water Pipe" ;)
- cerealjynx, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3Please.
- Shigglyboo, on 11/20/2007, -4/+74A bowl in a pipe. I learned about it at school from a cop. they let us smell it, told us how to smoke it and lied to us about the effects.
- TomP, on 11/20/2007, -1/+28did it go missing? like it did at my school xD
- Makaveli604, on 11/20/2007, -4/+11I call bs.
- macbookpromat, on 11/20/2007, -0/+5Yeah plus what the cops carry is hemp, smells pretty much the same.
- Makaveli604, on 11/20/2007, -2/+5I really hope he was attempting to make a South Park reference.
- Makaveli604, on 11/20/2007, -4/+11I call bs.
- Mikhail101, on 11/20/2007, -0/+9yea they said it gives you cancer, it could from contaminants but you don't smoke like 10 big joints in a day.
- grason1129, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1i smoke that if not more! But THC has been shown to shrink brain tumors. Cig smoke causes cancer because of the toxins in tobacco and what the companies add. THC is alot less harmful. But to be on the safe side eat it of vaporize it! It's what the vegan pot heads do.
- oneoverzero, on 11/20/2007, -0/+101(from bash.org) at my school.. the cop from DARE passed around 3 joints to show everyone... and he said "if i dont get all three of these back this schools getting locked down and everyones getting searched till i find it.." and like 30 minutes later when everyone got to see 'em and they got passed back the cop had 4
- AmazingAndrex, on 11/20/2007, -2/+27I laughed.
- TomP, on 11/20/2007, -1/+28did it go missing? like it did at my school xD
- 01l0, on 11/20/2007, -6/+67The difference is pharmaceutical companies can make money off of a manufactured pill, and can't make money off of an easily cultivated shrub. In fact, in my unscientific opinion THC is a healthier antidepressant in the long term, because it stimulates seratonin production rather than inhibiting seratonin reuptake (which can cause dangerous levels of burnt-out seratonin precursors in the brain that would otherwise be reabsorbed and reused)
http://psychcentral.com/news/2007/10/24/mixed-resu ...- d1onysus, on 11/20/2007, -0/+16Which is exactly why we would be better off if they legalized weed. It would improve the economy.
- dvsbastard, on 11/20/2007, -1/+3"Legalising" marijuana as an anti depressant would not give the public free reign over the drug (which seems to be what many want), as it would still be a controlled substance, just as all anti depressants are.
- sparsely, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3There is no justification for making it a "controlled substance" any more than coffee. It's not harmful.
- hobonetweaver, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2Can't we all just recognize that it's a plant, and we should allow a plant to grow as it would in the wild. If a simple living thing, it's harming nobody. Sheesh.
- dvsbastard, on 11/20/2007, -1/+3"Legalising" marijuana as an anti depressant would not give the public free reign over the drug (which seems to be what many want), as it would still be a controlled substance, just as all anti depressants are.
- macweirdo42, on 11/20/2007, -0/+18Man, they could totally make money off of an easily cultivated shrub, provided they didn't charge too much. Come on, especially in this day and age, there's always a convenience market.
- Joe_rigby, on 11/21/2007, -1/+14Exactly, people buy bottled water for $1.00.
Seriously.
- Joe_rigby, on 11/21/2007, -1/+14Exactly, people buy bottled water for $1.00.
- scotticus, on 11/20/2007, -1/+7If there were a way to navigate the legality, and come up with a way to deliver the drug in an acceptable vehicle (pill, inhaler, etc.) it would be done. When there's money to be made, there will be a company lining up to make it. There are already all sorts of drugs in use (morphine, etc.) which are illegal, except with a prescription. In order to become a new pharmaceutical, a company has to prove that their drug candidate is as good or better than existing therapies (in tems of efficacy or safety).
I suspect that the problem with THC is the side effect profile (and being stoned -is- a side effect), especially in comparison to existing antidepressants. I don't get why, if you have cancer, that you can't get lit up. It's not fair to blame pharma for this... it probably has much more to do with the morality police--the same people who caused prohibition and who would make porn illegal if they could.- 01l0, on 11/21/2007, -0/+6There already ARE thc pills AND inhalers being prescribed. BTW a common side effect of popular antidepressants is SUICIDE - maybe its just me, but I'd prefer dealing with the effects of a mild buzz.
Personally I believe that Big Pharma has more influence on Congress than the Christian Right - after all, only Republecan congressmen rely on that lobby to get reelected, whereas Big Pharma has its hands in the pockets of both parties.- scotticus, on 11/21/2007, -2/+2No doubt that pharma has influences in government, but I don't think you can blame them for pot being illegal. There are all sorts of legal herbal remedies... the reason pot is illegal can only come from the fact that it ***** your ***** up. People can argue all day about whether that's the governments business... but that's the reason. It's not from pharma edging out the competition.
And for the record, a common -effect- of depression is suicide. If an antidepressant in a clinical trial (which occur post marketing) showed an increase in suicide rate or suicidal ideations, the drug would get pulled and doctors would stop prescribing it. - stevedclarke, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1@scotticus:
"...can only come from the fact that it ***** your ***** up."
Um, could you maybe expand on that? You're not making a whole lot of sense.
- scotticus, on 11/21/2007, -2/+2No doubt that pharma has influences in government, but I don't think you can blame them for pot being illegal. There are all sorts of legal herbal remedies... the reason pot is illegal can only come from the fact that it ***** your ***** up. People can argue all day about whether that's the governments business... but that's the reason. It's not from pharma edging out the competition.
- sparsely, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1In what way is consuming shrubbery unacceptable?
you can eat it, smoke it, tincture it and drink it...
- 01l0, on 11/21/2007, -0/+6There already ARE thc pills AND inhalers being prescribed. BTW a common side effect of popular antidepressants is SUICIDE - maybe its just me, but I'd prefer dealing with the effects of a mild buzz.
- F1R3DUP, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1exactly, the problem is that people can easily grow it on their own. so if they legalize it then how will they make money if people grow their own supply?
- d1onysus, on 11/20/2007, -0/+16Which is exactly why we would be better off if they legalized weed. It would improve the economy.
- Mikhail101, on 11/20/2007, -15/+8yea big difference, anti depressants are worse since they are synthetic as marijuana is natural and is perfectly fine.
- scotticus, on 11/20/2007, -0/+12Ignorant statement of the day.
The world's most lethal poisons are all "natural". There are some pretty nasty natural carcinogens as well. - kaelyiesta, on 11/21/2007, -1/+5Appeals to nature are not valid arguments. First, everything comes from nature, therefore is natural. We come from nature, so whatever we produce also does, but thats another rant. The important point is that appeal to nature is begging the question "is natural in fact always better?" The obvious answer is no. Synthesized drugs are not in and of themselves more or less dangerous than psycho active chemicals found in 'nature'. The chemicals in question have to stand on their own merits.
All that said, I still find that moderate pot use is safer than moderate anti depressant use. But that is anecdotal.
- scotticus, on 11/20/2007, -0/+12Ignorant statement of the day.
- SIRBERUS, on 11/20/2007, -2/+23I was given an anti-depressant to counter-act the side effects of my ADHD medications... and guess what the new side effects were? "Brain Zaps"
Imagine feeling your brain jiggle inside of your skull... that's the best way to describe what I had to endure for 3 months while I got the hell off that poison.- emjaymj, on 11/21/2007, -0/+9Oh god I had to deal with that for 2 days after taking an idiot amount of MDMA. These brain zaps were more like electric shocks in my brain every time I made a movement or heard a sudden noise, so it was happening like every 5-10 seconds. Easily the worst two days of my life. I don't know if yours were as frequent as mine, but regardless, having to deal with that for 3 months must have been an absolute nightmare.
- AnthonyA7, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4Out of curiousity- were you taking Adderall? I'm prescribed it now and am definitely starting not to like it.
- linux69, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2It's a fairly common side effect of SSRIs, and if you're on them long enough you'll probably end up with it. This, along with the pills giving the aliens the ability to control my mind under the guise of "preventing psychosis", is why I dont take my lexapro.
- bigmike7, on 11/21/2007, -0/+5I used to have the brain jiggle feeling from aspartame/nutrasweet. That's why I stopped drinking diet soda. I stopped telling people about it because they'd look at you like you were insane if you started telling them how you felt your brain climbing up over itself and jumping around. Now I know.
Hopefully Nutrasweet doesn't go after me for saying that.... - roodammy44, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Whoa, the amount of drugs you guys are prescribed out there scares me....
Brain jiggles?? That's messed up
- pandikukka, on 11/20/2007, -7/+2helloo..there is a difference...Antidepressants indicate that you are in depression, which is bad...Marijuana means you are high..which is good...what say people
- Catgofire, on 11/20/2007, -1/+20As someone with depression who is on anti-depressants, I can tell you there's a big difference. Taking Welbutrin every morning helps me function, lets me concentrate, and convinces me not to kill people. Smoking pot makes me high and woozy for a while, and then makes me incapacitated (brain-wise) for the entire next day.
I don't like pharmaceutical companies either, but I'm very thankful that Welbutrin/anti-depressants exists. (I was on Effexor a while ago, and yes, "brain zaps" do suck. Really hard.)- Darkhacker, on 11/21/2007, -2/+4I just wanted to mention that I'm also on Wellbutrin and I believe 100% that it saved my life and possibly the lives of others.
- ipodman715, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1Not to kill people? wow, that's pretty serious
- Noelix, on 11/20/2007, -6/+13Aren't the effects of marijuana temporary though? You'd have to be smoking constantly. That doesn't sound healthy at all.
- lewbloch, on 11/21/2007, -5/+6Antidepressants require that you be on them for weeks before they even start to work, if they ever do, and you have to take them constantly. Is that healthier? And marijuana doesn't require that you use it "constantly" - the effects last for hours. Plus the SSRI drugs have really, really intense withdrawal and side effects, unlike marijuana. When has THC ever cause brain zaps? Nor has it ever caused the sort of neurological damage it is now revealed that, say, Paxil causes. Marijuana also doesn't cause the sort of stumbling, confusion and discomfort that Cymbalta causes. No zaps, no physical dependency, no long, drawn-out titration, no enervating disability, and a therapeutic index thousands of times that of the SSRI drugs - marijuana seems like the miracle drug!
- stevedclarke, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2I can't understand why you've been buried, yet the guy above you has been dugg up. Sheesh.
- BlacklabelSAR, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2What is sad is that you are willing to form an opinion with zero information. Marijuana is like a glass or 2 of wine. After work, you come home and want to relax. And then you go about your business or hobbies.
- lewbloch, on 11/21/2007, -5/+6Antidepressants require that you be on them for weeks before they even start to work, if they ever do, and you have to take them constantly. Is that healthier? And marijuana doesn't require that you use it "constantly" - the effects last for hours. Plus the SSRI drugs have really, really intense withdrawal and side effects, unlike marijuana. When has THC ever cause brain zaps? Nor has it ever caused the sort of neurological damage it is now revealed that, say, Paxil causes. Marijuana also doesn't cause the sort of stumbling, confusion and discomfort that Cymbalta causes. No zaps, no physical dependency, no long, drawn-out titration, no enervating disability, and a therapeutic index thousands of times that of the SSRI drugs - marijuana seems like the miracle drug!
- mahdaeng, on 11/20/2007, -5/+5Which is exactly why you should do neither.
- Azurensis, on 11/21/2007, -3/+1I don't know about marijuana, but ketamine certainly looks promising for treating depression:
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Depression/ ...
"Symptoms of depression can be made to disappear in less than two hours with a common anesthetic, not the weeks or months required for onset of relief with traditional antidepressants, according to results of a pilot study."- roodammy44, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1From people I know have smoked ketamin - i would not want to go on that full time...
It's a horse tranquiliser for a reason- emjaymj, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1It's also used to anesthetize humans. It's fallen out of common use though for the same reason many people take it recreationally - people were waking up swearing they had out-of-body experiences. And ketamine isn't usually smoked... in fact there's a good chance it was something else.
- Stevethegreat, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1I'll tell you the best treatment of depression, learn to love and by this I don't mean just the love between two people -that's the only left in our times- but the platonic love, the love for nature, for your passion, your life and those around you, if only people learnt how to love and it was not forbidden upon maybe we could be off with less "antidepressants" repressive drugs...
- roodammy44, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1From people I know have smoked ketamin - i would not want to go on that full time...
- cvole, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1It depends on what's wrong. Sometimes anti-depressants are better in a given situation, and in others marijuana is. But if it were legal it would help a lot of people too afraid to use it now, when it would be better for them.
- borninda818, on 11/20/2007, -75/+14Bowl? Do you mean blunt or is my slang a little dated?
- praha, on 11/20/2007, -1/+367Was that scanned in with a porkchop?
- Shigglyboo, on 11/20/2007, -3/+67HAHAHAHA, that was funny enough for me to let you know that I acutally laughed. not out loud mind you, it was kinda under my breath.
- praha, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4thanks buddy - & your reply made me smile enough to tell you.
- Scrappy1850, on 11/20/2007, -3/+26mmm, porkchop sandwiches!
- accessviolation, on 11/20/2007, -1/+19What are you kids doing? Get the ***** out of here!
- JoEBlack982, on 11/21/2007, -2/+3God that smelled good.
- spyrochaete, on 11/20/2007, -0/+10Who wants a body massage?
- KLowD9x, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2Uhh, what did you just say to me?
- aoneal417, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3i love the few people who ever get those references
- whatsgoodike, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2i just wanna ride my motorcy.............cle.
- accessviolation, on 11/20/2007, -1/+19What are you kids doing? Get the ***** out of here!
- dark_helmet, on 11/20/2007, -0/+11Digg scares me far too often.. i was just about to go cook pork chops... mmmmm
- BenKenobi88, on 11/20/2007, -4/+4Stinks in here...smells like meat! Rotten meat!
Kids why would you bring that rotten meat in here of all places!
Kids, you stupid motherf***ers!- MuffinPatrol, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2tim and eric huh... good to see someone watches that show besides me and like 4 of my friends.
- tehrob, on 11/20/2007, -0/+46Adobe Porkchop™?
- MacGyver2210, on 11/20/2007, -0/+13Formerly Macromedia® Gyro Studio™ Pro
- praha, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Now, that's punny :)
- nealeneale, on 11/20/2007, -1/+3probaly one of the most random and funny comments ive read in a long time. im not a comment writer but i wanted to tell you
- chevltom, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1omg, i laughed out loud. Best comment today!
- cerebellumtv, on 11/21/2007, -0/+0if there were a golden comment award you would get it.
- IHaveIssues, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1Enlarged GIF. Sorry to answer seriously.
- romistrub, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2Not understanding this joke is making me feel incredibly stupid... :(
- Shigglyboo, on 11/20/2007, -3/+67HAHAHAHA, that was funny enough for me to let you know that I acutally laughed. not out loud mind you, it was kinda under my breath.
- pedrovoltaire, on 11/20/2007, -34/+3isn't it amazing how jealous the Brits can be?
- Shigglyboo, on 11/20/2007, -0/+17ummmmm... jealous of our overmedication?
- vitaminC21H30O2, on 11/21/2007, -3/+6No, of our dental system. Look at those lovely smiles.
- Aitese, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Ah...the much hackneyed 60's stereotype of British teeth...so old yet so loved. We've had government provided Health/Dental care by the way since 1945...my little sister just had her braces out and we paid £0...which is still about $15 using current exchange rates.
/British sarcasm
- Aitese, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Ah...the much hackneyed 60's stereotype of British teeth...so old yet so loved. We've had government provided Health/Dental care by the way since 1945...my little sister just had her braces out and we paid £0...which is still about $15 using current exchange rates.
- vitaminC21H30O2, on 11/21/2007, -3/+6No, of our dental system. Look at those lovely smiles.
- DigitalJester, on 11/20/2007, -1/+14Hell yeah, all us brits want to be medicated to the eyes in unnecessary prescriptions
- asskey, on 11/21/2007, -0/+5All us Americans want our government watching our every move.
- psylent, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1hahahhaah what
- thebenallen, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2I don't think you've ever made a comment that didn't get dugg down.
- Shigglyboo, on 11/20/2007, -0/+17ummmmm... jealous of our overmedication?
- degron, on 11/20/2007, -8/+110The true drug problem of America...
- jimmick, on 11/21/2007, -1/+13Being too lazy to finish your own sentences
- RxDaniel, on 11/21/2007, -3/+6It's all that pot he's smoking, he forgot what he was saying mid-sentence.
- jimmick, on 11/21/2007, -1/+13Being too lazy to finish your own sentences
- duckyinc, on 11/20/2007, -5/+29Sadly true..
- feoren, on 11/21/2007, -3/+3It's easy to say crap like that and get lots of diggs, but how many people do you know who have actually ever taken ritalin or appetite suppressors? Sure, you and I haven't, nor have any of your friends, but that one dude that one time in 6th grade did! Even no-doz and antidepressants aren't as common as everyone jokes they are. Yes, overmedication is a problem in America. No, most people are not overmedicated.
- Aitese, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2Right, because MOST people divulge to their friends, work colleagues and classmates what prescription drugs they take for that medical condition they want everyone to know about. Why, just the other day I was describing the inexplicable urge to gouge out the eyes of my workmates and wear them on my fingertips and then showed them the easily forgotten pill that suppressed such thoughts that I had to remember to take that had the unfortunate side effect of short term memory loss.
- feoren, on 11/21/2007, -3/+3It's easy to say crap like that and get lots of diggs, but how many people do you know who have actually ever taken ritalin or appetite suppressors? Sure, you and I haven't, nor have any of your friends, but that one dude that one time in 6th grade did! Even no-doz and antidepressants aren't as common as everyone jokes they are. Yes, overmedication is a problem in America. No, most people are not overmedicated.
- mizenerd, on 11/20/2007, -12/+4i'm sure every country deals with such struggles to some degree. emphasis on some degree.
- duo8675309, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Why digg this comment down? I love how it's en vogue to bash america now. People act like we're the only messed up country in the world and all others are paradise. Not to say we're not ***** up, but I'd rather live here than in a lot of other places.
- WestonP, on 11/20/2007, -8/+51Medical science is like any other science... we figure out a couple of things and then we think we know it all, which leads to the widespread over-use of it. The way I see it, the less we tamper with our bodies through the use of drugs, the better.
- Archcoder, on 11/20/2007, -8/+12Yeah, same goes for the ultra powerful soap. It only serves to weaken us over time. The only time it's really needed is if you have cancer or you broke something.
- DJPhoenix, on 11/20/2007, -1/+22Is it just me, or does this comment make absolutely no sense?
- RxDaniel, on 11/21/2007, -1/+5It's just you. Soap that kill 99.9% of bacteria leads to the bacteria building up a resistance to whatever chemical they are using in the soap. Overuse of these substances will render them nearly useless over the years. He implied that it should be used if you have cancer or if you broke something(I assume he meant like breaking a leg or an arm as opposed to a lamp) because in these cases your immune system can be weakened(not really weakened with a broken limb but if it breaks the skin there is a high risk of infection), and you might not be able to prevent infection without some form of antibiotic soap.
- xobecide, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7I thought he was talking about Tide with Bleach or Mean Green at first, but maybe he means dial soap? Cause that cures cancer.
- taquitohater, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4He means that people with cancer have to be really careful to stay as clean as possible because chemotherapy destroys the immune system, rendering patients exceptionally vulnerable to infections of all sorts.
- lintmonkey, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1Also, cancer stinks.
- taquitohater, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4He means that people with cancer have to be really careful to stay as clean as possible because chemotherapy destroys the immune system, rendering patients exceptionally vulnerable to infections of all sorts.
- endlessoul, on 11/20/2007, -2/+1I was with Archcoder on the soap thing (too much antibacterial soap is baaad) until he started on the cancer.
Dude, keep it simple. People will have a higher tendency to know what the hell you're talking about. - bigmike7, on 11/21/2007, -2/+2I think he's first talking about antibacterial dial as a way of making an analogy to overuse of medical treatment, and then shifts suddenly back to medical treatment without letting us know the soap analogy is over. It all makes sense.
(I work with high-schoolers, so I've become adept at deciphering nonsense and/or inserting meaning where none existed.)
- DJPhoenix, on 11/20/2007, -1/+22Is it just me, or does this comment make absolutely no sense?
- huckmank, on 11/20/2007, -7/+30Yeah, science sucks. Let's bring back the good old days when people died from the common cold and the infant mortality rate was 50%.
- logandurand, on 11/20/2007, -2/+16I think you missed the point of Weston's comment. He was pointing out that we prescribe drugs for just about any symptom you can think of.
- chaosium, on 11/25/2007, -1/+1We have drugs that address most any sort of dis-ease, pain, discomfort, and malfunction, what's your point?
People have been self-medicating since the world began, before we even moved past hunter-gathering.
- chaosium, on 11/25/2007, -1/+1We have drugs that address most any sort of dis-ease, pain, discomfort, and malfunction, what's your point?
- logandurand, on 11/20/2007, -2/+16I think you missed the point of Weston's comment. He was pointing out that we prescribe drugs for just about any symptom you can think of.
- uberlord, on 11/20/2007, -3/+4I think the current state of over drug use is fine, people are just starting to realize what's happenning, but once it becomes socially acceptable it will be fine and it should make America a little bit more livable, Ritalin has helped me out more than you can imagine, without it I would've needed some Prozac, and probably some THC too. I'll be taking up the THC soon either way, but the Ritalin helped postpone the inevitable and a valiant effort it did. Despite all that, my grades which had never been above a 3.5 (but never below a 3.0) have been 4.0s since I started taking it, and with AP classes it's above that now.
- MetalLizard, on 11/20/2007, -3/+9Oh, it may seem like a super drug right now, but wait until you are in your mid 20s. It is an EXTREMELY bad idea to prescribe neurological, and psychological medications to growing children, and adolescents. This is simply because your brain is still developing, and they can interfere with that process in a negative light. Ritalin is better than Prozac, but the effects can still be devastating.
- nato64, on 11/20/2007, -0/+3Sources? I'd love to read up on that.
- toxicshok, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1there is no research that is what makes it slightly dangerous.
- chaosium, on 11/24/2007, -0/+3If there's no research you're pulling your "facts" straight from your ass.
- EntangledPhysx, on 11/21/2007, -1/+3I took Ritalin as a child. After taking it, yeah my grades got bette, but i was less like a child (less energy) and stopped being a wise-en-hiemer with friends and classmates etc. I also started to keep more to myself, and never gained good social and friend-making abilities after that point. It snowballed until a real problem until recently when i decided to fix these problems caused by ridalin. It's something I have to teach my self and practice to this day, and I'm in my 20's now. Not fun.
- chaosium, on 11/24/2007, -0/+3"problems caused by ridalin"
The problems were your own, not due to Ritalin.
- chaosium, on 11/24/2007, -0/+3"problems caused by ridalin"
- nato64, on 11/20/2007, -0/+3Sources? I'd love to read up on that.
- MetalLizard, on 11/20/2007, -3/+9Oh, it may seem like a super drug right now, but wait until you are in your mid 20s. It is an EXTREMELY bad idea to prescribe neurological, and psychological medications to growing children, and adolescents. This is simply because your brain is still developing, and they can interfere with that process in a negative light. Ritalin is better than Prozac, but the effects can still be devastating.
- zwaldowski, on 11/20/2007, -4/+3Tell that to me when I have my next asthma attack. Or allergy attack.
- RxDaniel, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2I think that was more geared towards people who take a pill because nature has decided it is time for them to stop having sex, and less towards people who use a medication because nature has decided that it is time for them to die.
- zwaldowski, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1There's always a good horoscope on Digg.
- RxDaniel, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2I think that was more geared towards people who take a pill because nature has decided it is time for them to stop having sex, and less towards people who use a medication because nature has decided that it is time for them to die.
- Archcoder, on 11/20/2007, -8/+12Yeah, same goes for the ultra powerful soap. It only serves to weaken us over time. The only time it's really needed is if you have cancer or you broke something.
- mexifelio, on 11/20/2007, -11/+3Uhm, where are all the party drugs???
- sio2man, on 11/20/2007, -2/+39What? No Viagra?
- Dreamfiend, on 11/20/2007, -1/+11that is "everything else"
- Nesto, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4That's because this cartoon is so old, Viagra had just been introduced.
- Papajohn56, on 11/20/2007, -10/+4So do you disagree with the use of things like heartburn medicine?
- Fhwqhgads, on 11/20/2007, -5/+9don't eat things that give heartburn
Oh my god I'm a genius!- MetalLizard, on 11/20/2007, -2/+7Not everyone's body is chemically, and physically sound when they are born you dimwit.
- MacGyver2210, on 11/20/2007, -4/+1Survival of the fittest, dimwit. Even just use a non-chemically-induced version of heartburn meds - like bread or milk.
- chaosium, on 11/24/2007, -0/+1"Survival of the fittest, dimwit."
God damn are you people stupid. Sadly, intelligence isn't necessary to reproduce, and you're a perfect evidence of this.
- chaosium, on 11/24/2007, -0/+1"Survival of the fittest, dimwit."
- MacGyver2210, on 11/20/2007, -4/+1Survival of the fittest, dimwit. Even just use a non-chemically-induced version of heartburn meds - like bread or milk.
- HOOKSTER1231, on 11/20/2007, -1/+4Yea, one of my good friends has suffered acid reflux his entire life. I remember as a kid he would just get heartburn for no reason, and antacids would help for a few min at most. He is on some prescription for it now, said it is a god send.
- MetalLizard, on 11/20/2007, -2/+7Not everyone's body is chemically, and physically sound when they are born you dimwit.
- Dested, on 11/20/2007, -0/+3Are you comparing an actual medical condition to wanting to suppress eating because you want to fit in a dress, or Ritalin because you're an over active kid?
- Fhwqhgads, on 11/20/2007, -5/+9don't eat things that give heartburn
- rccarter, on 11/20/2007, -0/+39Am I just getting old or can anyone else not read half of it?
Edit: Argh, I guess not since it was scanned in with pork. :/ - Jedwards32, on 11/20/2007, -2/+7The medicalization of America, while drug companies extensively profit on unneeded drugs like Ritalin, we stay dependent on their drugs and the doctors get free vacations for prescribing set amounts of the drugs to the rest of us, makes one think...hmmm and to think, some of the top 10 list of the most profitable companies are drug companies, even more so than oil companies...
- RxDaniel, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2Why blame the drug companies? If somebody goes to their doctor because they want a pill so they can have sex, or because they can't control their kid why is that the drug companies fault? Nobody is going to make you take a pill, unless you are a child in which case your parents might, unless it is absolutely necessary for your survival and even then you can say no if you want to. All the drug company did was make a product. If you chose to buy it that is entirely up to you. If Ritalin is unneeded, which I completely agree with in most cases, then why would you continue to buy it? Honestly with most medications you can tell if it is actually doing something. If you want doctors to offer alternatives to medications that is fine, take it up with the doctors. The drug company makes drugs and it is literally their job to sell them. If your doctor accepts gifts from drug reps and lets that influence their decisions then perhaps you should find a better doctor who actually cares about their patients. Trust me they make enough money off of you and your insurance company that they can live without the free vacation if they wanted to.
- Jedwards32, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1Perhaps because the create drugs for fake conditions? Not saying that they are an evil empire. I'm a sociology minor in college and when you get into the in depth study of this subject in particular you would be surprised how much money they make off drugs that should never be prescribed to anyone. Ritalin is still the prime example for the so called conditions of ADD and ADHD. It's a bunch a crap, but in all fairness they do make a lot of necessary medicines as well that help save lives.
- RxDaniel, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2Why blame the drug companies? If somebody goes to their doctor because they want a pill so they can have sex, or because they can't control their kid why is that the drug companies fault? Nobody is going to make you take a pill, unless you are a child in which case your parents might, unless it is absolutely necessary for your survival and even then you can say no if you want to. All the drug company did was make a product. If you chose to buy it that is entirely up to you. If Ritalin is unneeded, which I completely agree with in most cases, then why would you continue to buy it? Honestly with most medications you can tell if it is actually doing something. If you want doctors to offer alternatives to medications that is fine, take it up with the doctors. The drug company makes drugs and it is literally their job to sell them. If your doctor accepts gifts from drug reps and lets that influence their decisions then perhaps you should find a better doctor who actually cares about their patients. Trust me they make enough money off of you and your insurance company that they can live without the free vacation if they wanted to.
- WheelsAndLegs, on 11/20/2007, -32/+0I am just curious if anyone will talk to me
cgeibe@appdevco.com
Its get boring not getting any email all day long- thrallie, on 11/20/2007, -1/+13Dude, go outside. find a friend and smoke some weed or have some beers, or both. Anything but asking people to email you. What the hell?
- DiggCommando, on 11/20/2007, -0/+4probably trying to get people to spam someone...
- someone173406, on 11/20/2007, -0/+5You're just begging us to spam you to death.
- BenKenobi88, on 11/20/2007, -0/+3Probably not his email....
- damnitdaniel, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4Neg. Trying to get your email so he can spam you. Look at the profile.
*Why did I just waste the time explaining that?
- RxDaniel, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2You should look at his profile, it's some of the best troll comments I have ever seen on digg all trying to get people to email him.
- thrallie, on 11/20/2007, -1/+13Dude, go outside. find a friend and smoke some weed or have some beers, or both. Anything but asking people to email you. What the hell?
- sugarkang, on 11/20/2007, -3/+30http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnZb5wi_jsU
if you smoke pot, you could DIE.- skyfire1, on 11/20/2007, -0/+6Even the reporters are laughing.
- xXMetalJesusXx, on 11/20/2007, -1/+12No joke....I got so baked I thought my heart was gonna stop...***** freaky *****
Mind you, my heart wasn't even close to stopping, I just got paranoid
I was "High as *****"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2spZ-NDfS4- MetalLizard, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7Marijuana can cause heart palpitations, and anxiety in some people. You weren't high as *****, you were just experiencing some negative symptoms.
- xsonny, on 11/20/2007, -0/+4Don't go searching for things that you dont want to find. If you worry about something, usually your brain can make it happen. Don't ***** with the power of the mind.
- banmaster, on 11/20/2007, -5/+3Sorry, but if you smoke pot you WILL die!
But probably not as quickly than if you weren't more relaxed all the time and stressed out about everything!- kai05yang, on 11/20/2007, -3/+2Sorry, but if you don't smoke pot you WILL die!
- asskey, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1I think that was his point...
- kai05yang, on 11/20/2007, -3/+2Sorry, but if you don't smoke pot you WILL die!
- MacGyver2210, on 11/20/2007, -1/+8*****, if you walk out your front door YOU COULD DIE!
If you drive a car, YOU COULD DIE!
If you skydive, YOU COULD DIE!
Oh yeah, and no matter what, you WILL die.
This planet needs to stop being so afraid and just deal with ***** in a normal, straightforward manner. - staffrocket, on 11/20/2007, -1/+2It's ture you COULD die! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbsBj8NRufw&feature ...
- Tyrghast, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4god that sounds like my sunday's. i get to the point all the time where half of me thought i was dying, the other half thought god damn that ceiling fan is fast a *****.
- Terrk, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3If you live, you could die!
- bigmike7, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1it's always the brownies. stay away from the brownies.
- trevorjez, on 11/20/2007, -2/+15but if big pharma tells us it's for our health its not a drug...right?
- SuperSunny, on 11/20/2007, -7/+12I've never taken any anti-depressants, or "American-Prescribed" long-term drugs like most of the other students and people I am around. Never. I don't need them. Occasionally the anti-biotics or the pain relievers and such when it gets bad, but never anything long and prescribed. They really put an impact on your life. A bad one.
- JohnHamlin, on 11/20/2007, -2/+5I didn't know Tom Cruise was on digg now. . .
they don't put a bad impact on your life if they are the only thing keeping you sane enough to live- bwiney, on 11/20/2007, -0/+8because ruining your kidneys and liver is a good thing
- opnickc, on 11/20/2007, -1/+2You mean just like those OTC painkillers the parent comment admitted to using?
- invisichamesh, on 11/20/2007, -2/+1It's better than going crazy enough to harm yourself or others. And that's only if you're taking a high enough dose.
Not saying some of these drugs are overprescribed or anything, but there are some of us that wouldn't be where we are without them.
- bwiney, on 11/20/2007, -0/+8because ruining your kidneys and liver is a good thing
- loganhuddleston, on 11/20/2007, -1/+1we all have our pros and cons.
- banmaster, on 11/20/2007, -1/+2"I've never taken any anti-depressants, or "American-Prescribed" long-term drugs"
So you've never had a can of coke? Or anything like than containing artificial stimulants, growth hormones, etc etc etc?? - nato64, on 11/20/2007, -2/+6What? Do you want a cookie or something? You sound like a kid who got all A's on his report card talking to his parents. As if people diagnosed with mental or mood disorders failed in some way.
- kylejn, on 11/21/2007, -0/+5Of course you shouldn't take them if you don't need them, you ***** retard. Anti-depressants and the like are for people with diagnosed mental conditions that cannot be treated sufficiently with therapy. They're not ***** "happy pills" or whatever you think they are.
God, what a dumbass.
- JohnHamlin, on 11/20/2007, -2/+5I didn't know Tom Cruise was on digg now. . .
- floridiot2, on 11/20/2007, -1/+18If it's free, it's not good for you! Take ours!
- cl2yp71c, on 11/20/2007, -8/+16Substitute all those for a simple, elegant and natural leaf of marijuana, and all problems solved.
- tripstreet, on 11/20/2007, -1/+9I think you mean the flower, or "bud" of the marijuana plant. Smokin leaves is naasssssttty
- cl2yp71c, on 11/20/2007, -3/+1I don't make the stuff...I just smoke it.
Besides, the leaf just produces a more mellow high.- MrTulip, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3what?
you may extract *a small amount* of thc out of the leaves via cooking etc but i strongly believe that the buzz you get from smoking them is just some sort of smoke poisoning.
- MrTulip, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3what?
- 01l0, on 11/20/2007, -0/+4Buds are for smoking, leaves are for cooking.
- cl2yp71c, on 11/20/2007, -3/+1I don't make the stuff...I just smoke it.
- andburn1, on 11/20/2007, -1/+4I don't know about a leaf, but I'd take a bud...
- ltkerr0r, on 11/20/2007, -1/+4Appetite suppressant? Pretty sure it does the opposite ;)
- cl2yp71c, on 11/20/2007, -0/+1If people were chilled out, they wouldn't worry about their weight in the first place.
- TridenTBoy, on 11/21/2007, -6/+2Yeah, let's just let our little kids and babies high.
- bigmike7, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4Sympathy for babies--that is soooo high school debate team.
- F1R3DUP, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1LOL, you're a dumbass...go back to your hole troll.
- thailand1972, on 11/21/2007, -2/+1you are SO hip for saying that.....dude! (sigh)
- tripstreet, on 11/20/2007, -1/+9I think you mean the flower, or "bud" of the marijuana plant. Smokin leaves is naasssssttty
- MetalLizard, on 11/20/2007, -5/+19When I was 9 years old I was prescribed an SSRI (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) called fluvoxamine. It is pretty much a mild form of ecstasy. When I went off of it around age 15 the damage was already done. It physically changed my brain structure, and now I have severe depression with bouts of mania. GO USA! GO USA! We have done severe, unrepairable damage to our children, and it's only going to get worse.
- JohnFive, on 11/20/2007, -1/+2I'm sorry, I can't imagine what that would be like.
- nato64, on 11/20/2007, -0/+1I'm really sorry you went through that. I just read up on SSRI after what you said. I never knew it could cause long-lasting imbalances that basically induce BiPolar disorder. I was misdiagnosed with ADHD at a very young age, but the meds did help me not get held back in school. At 16, we found out I was actually BiPolar and not ADHD. It's been a struggle with lows and highs, between multiple attempts and manic episodes. But I was lucky that no harm was done taking the wrong medication. Now that I'm on a steady amount of meds things have balanced quite well.
- macbookpromat, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3Thank god my mom told my first grade teacher to ***** off when she recommended I go get diagnosed for ADHD.
- lintmonkey, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Irreparable. Point taken.
- loganhuddleston, on 11/20/2007, -0/+1well then, it looks like im on track!
- Trollmaster, on 11/20/2007, -2/+3fail.
- mwolfzorn, on 11/20/2007, -2/+3I'm confused does the 0-4 say Amoxicillin, like the antibiotic? Why is that included? Amoxicillin helps you get over infections and is similar to penicillin...
- sobriquet, on 11/20/2007, -0/+9It's a response to the over prescription of antibiotics. Many times people will be able to get over a common infection with a few days rest, yet go to the doctor anyway. The doctor has to give you something to feel you've gotten your moneys worth, leading to severe overuse. Things like antibiotic resistant staph are a result of this, it's really dangerous. From my years working in a pharmacy just about everything i see here rings true. I've seen parents pick up Adderall for their kids and a home drug test kit in the same trip, hows that for a laugh.
- ltkerr0r, on 11/20/2007, -7/+2Well since this pic kinda supports medical marijuana and you are complaining about people taking medicine when they don't need to, what about people who smoke weed just to get high and don't suffer from any medical marijuana related illnesses?
- ltkerr0r, on 11/20/2007, -8/+1Exactly. Some pro-marijuana people are a little delusional. I wonder why
- MouseworksPC, on 11/20/2007, -0/+1Yes, antibiotics are WAY overprescribed and should only be used as a last resort when your antibodies fail. I've taken antibiotics once in my life, and our oldest child (age 11) has once also. The younger kids have never yet needed them.
- sobriquet, on 11/20/2007, -0/+9It's a response to the over prescription of antibiotics. Many times people will be able to get over a common infection with a few days rest, yet go to the doctor anyway. The doctor has to give you something to feel you've gotten your moneys worth, leading to severe overuse. Things like antibiotic resistant staph are a result of this, it's really dangerous. From my years working in a pharmacy just about everything i see here rings true. I've seen parents pick up Adderall for their kids and a home drug test kit in the same trip, hows that for a laugh.
- daltonmc, on 11/20/2007, -1/+2This is such an interesting topic.
If anyone has read "Lunar Park" by Bret Easton Ellis, he satires it pretty heavily throughout the book. I recommend it highly. - KLowD9x, on 11/20/2007, -2/+26*GASP* Not....Amoxicillin! Please, don't give antibiotics to a sick child! Thats drugging them.
The rest, well, I can't disagree with it. I was put on SNRIs at age 15. ***** me up real nice. I had panic attacks from that crap (I was fine till I went to the doc for a physical, supposedly I was depressed, I felt fine.) for over two years. I am finally starting to level out.
Pharm companies paying off docs to prescribe unnecessary ***** to patients, FTL.- adikt, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2I believe he's alluding to the current situation in which parents won't leave the doctors office with their sick child without a prescription for antibiotics even though their child's infection is viral. Most doctors today won't spend the time or effort culturing a kids throat but will toss a script for a third generation cephalosporin to satiate the parent. Enter the superbug, as we waste our best antibiotics breading resistant strains of once easily killed bacteria.
- someone173406, on 11/20/2007, -4/+5Have fun paying off all that medicine, America.
- renagadex2, on 11/20/2007, -4/+1u r a *****
- someone173406, on 11/20/2007, -2/+2no, im canadian.
- insllvn, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1*****
- someone173406, on 11/20/2007, -2/+2no, im canadian.
- KLowD9x, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Most people on these medications pay for their own insurance.
At least, I would like to think so.- RxDaniel, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1No they don't. I work in a pharmacy most the people that came in were on military insurance(which is fine with me, they actually deserve it) or on some government funded plan where they could get stuff cheaper than I could with the insurance that I paid for. Also these were not poor people who would die without this aid, these were people driving nicer cars than the pharmacists.
- rugrat54, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1I wish some of our foreign aid could pay for it.
- renagadex2, on 11/20/2007, -4/+1u r a *****
- ltkerr0r, on 11/20/2007, -3/+3I saw this title and was like "that has to be pizzler". Lo and behold
- bbardlbradd, on 11/20/2007, -1/+5BLASTED M$PAINT!
That's the worst picture ever... like, supposed to be 30x30, but blown up to 809x527... - Jereso, on 11/20/2007, -0/+4I am allergic to Amoxicillin.
- JohnboiWaltune, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Same here... I got a rash over 100% of my body. Not painful but annoying. The doctor told me to keep taking it (*****).
- thatsbologna, on 11/20/2007, -2/+2This is my fault, right?
- HHP2K, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2Bush?
- acidbass, on 11/20/2007, -0/+3Not a bad idea to invest in the pham sector with all the old ass baby boomers ready to wolf down a ***** load of pills.
- BESTenemy, on 11/20/2007, -2/+1Everything seems to be in the right place except for amoxicillin. Ages 0-4? It's a penicillin-type antibiotic drug commonly prescribed for bacterial infection treatment in adults. Then again, blah blah blah. It's a clever cartoon.
- gethane, on 11/20/2007, -0/+4I don't think you understand just how often amox is prescribed for young kids. Might have an ear infection, prescribe! (even though studies show kids get better without it). Baby has a cold, Amox!
- MrTea, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Damn, that stuff had a great taste too. Then again, I don't think a pink liquid with a bad taste exists.
- MrTulip, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1yak semen!
- RxDaniel, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Pepto bismol tastes horrible. Drinking that stuff always made me want to vomit which, considering what it is for, would be the opposite of the effect you want.
- MrTea, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Damn, that stuff had a great taste too. Then again, I don't think a pink liquid with a bad taste exists.
- gethane, on 11/20/2007, -0/+4I don't think you understand just how often amox is prescribed for young kids. Might have an ear infection, prescribe! (even though studies show kids get better without it). Baby has a cold, Amox!
- xero69, on 11/20/2007, -3/+20I love ritalin. It made me into the robot I am today. Thanks mom, thanks dad, I didn't really need to learn how to relate to other human beings in a social environment. Being a well behaved ritalin zombie and getting good grades was so much more important than having the ability to operate as a social human being. It was like I was in that damn South Park episode! I actually used to listen to Phil Collins! UGH!! Ok sorry, just ranting....
- nato64, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7Either you're making a cruel joke or you actually were overdosed as a child. I'm not sure. I was on a very low dose growing up. My grades were never amazing but I wasn't in danger of being held back anymore. And I did learn to have a lively social life. I wish people knew there IS a balance between the no-medications-ever camp and the examples of people that were severely overmedicated.
- zeromancer, on 11/21/2007, -0/+7as a member of that no meds ever camp (sort of), I think that a huge amount of pharms are completely unnecessary. For example, ADD medications: learn how to be a ***** parent. High blood pressure? Overweight? How about eating right and living a healthy lifestyle? Oh. you don't have time for that, so let's substitute a pill instead. Medications are a ***** joke. Can't get a hard on when you're 95? Guess what. you're not supposed to. America has been brainwashed into believing the most absurd ***** to make the pharmcos more money. my favorite: "Do your legs move while you sleep? YOU HAVE RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME. BUY OUR DRUGS" ... you have got to be ***** kidding.
- matteusx, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Digg for restless leg syndrome... what bullcrap
- Identity4, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4"Do your legs move in the night? Well, you might have RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME!! ONOZ!! Thats right! Restless leg syndrome is when your legs jiggle and spasm from not getting enough exercise each day cuz you would rather sit on your fat butt all day and inhale potato chips. But not to worry! for only 10 easy payments of 1,000 bucks, i will personally come down and kick your ass off that couch and chase you with a 40lb steel mace...."
- zeromancer, on 11/21/2007, -0/+7as a member of that no meds ever camp (sort of), I think that a huge amount of pharms are completely unnecessary. For example, ADD medications: learn how to be a ***** parent. High blood pressure? Overweight? How about eating right and living a healthy lifestyle? Oh. you don't have time for that, so let's substitute a pill instead. Medications are a ***** joke. Can't get a hard on when you're 95? Guess what. you're not supposed to. America has been brainwashed into believing the most absurd ***** to make the pharmcos more money. my favorite: "Do your legs move while you sleep? YOU HAVE RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME. BUY OUR DRUGS" ... you have got to be ***** kidding.
- nato64, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7Either you're making a cruel joke or you actually were overdosed as a child. I'm not sure. I was on a very low dose growing up. My grades were never amazing but I wasn't in danger of being held back anymore. And I did learn to have a lively social life. I wish people knew there IS a balance between the no-medications-ever camp and the examples of people that were severely overmedicated.
- MunkeeBoy, on 11/20/2007, -1/+7To quote Bill Hicks: Those are all Good Drugs... those are all Taxable Drugs
- wintensive, on 11/20/2007, -3/+12Ritalin - try self control
appetite suppressants - try self control
etc etc
Oh wait - drugs are easier and offer instant gratification - that's about all anyone in our country can handle anymore - I'm sad about that (maybe I should call my doctor for a prescription.)- ScottMitchell, on 11/21/2007, -0/+6I can see the allure of ritalin for parents and the school system. 20, 40, 60 years ago there were more and longer recesses and corporal punishment, which would help keep some of the milder ADHD cases in line. Plus there was the attitude that it was just boys being boys. But today, recess time has been greatly scaled down, the AP can no longer swat the misbehaving kid's behind without the school getting sued, so what do you do with a kid who's overactive and disrupting the rest of the class because he (or she) has no outlet?
(Mind you, I think drugging them is not the right answer, adding outlets for their energy is...) - RedHairedMan, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Having been on and off ritalin, I can say 'self control' doesn't always fly. A month or two on a drug can help you 'find your stride' so to speak and then keep going when you get off the pills.
- ScottMitchell, on 11/21/2007, -0/+6I can see the allure of ritalin for parents and the school system. 20, 40, 60 years ago there were more and longer recesses and corporal punishment, which would help keep some of the milder ADHD cases in line. Plus there was the attitude that it was just boys being boys. But today, recess time has been greatly scaled down, the AP can no longer swat the misbehaving kid's behind without the school getting sued, so what do you do with a kid who's overactive and disrupting the rest of the class because he (or she) has no outlet?
- outofstep, on 11/20/2007, -2/+10come on now people. There are people out there who need some of this stuff. Its like glasses. People who take meds like ritilan, stratara, prozac, are adjusting chemical imbalances, just like people with glasses aren't just trying to look cool like Buddy Holly.
- nato64, on 11/21/2007, -1/+10Thank you. Americans are so quick to go to black-and-white extremes. The issue isn't about the existence of these medications, it's about the overuse and overdosed! As someone who is diagnosed BiPolar, medications are a part of my life. I don't function as a rational human being and probably wouldn't be alive if I wasn't medicated. But guess what? I'm not overmedicated. As a film editor, I'm still highly creative, highly social, and not a medicated zombie. The issue isn't that medications treat these ILLNESSES. It's the misuse of these medications. Living in America is sometime infuriating because we're so quick to jump to extremes of what's good or bad. There's never a grey area.
- zeromancer, on 11/21/2007, -3/+2The question is though, how would you handle your life 50 years ago when there was no one around to tell you that you were bipolar? when there were no medications to put you on? I'm not saying you're full of ***** or anything, but perhaps you neglect to research different alternatives because drugs are an easy solution to your condition?
- matteusx, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4maybe not handled his/her life at all... they might have killed themselves 50 years ago, or been institutionalized (which 50 years ago, and somewhat still today, is just as bad)
- hierophantus, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2Perhaps you neglect to research what it was actually like to be mentally ill before the mid-20th Century.
Have a look at what asylums used to be like 50+ years ago, for chrissakes. And no one was around to tell you you were bipolar because no one called it that. However, they may have told you you were "manic depressive" (if you lived after about 1850), or "melancholic" (if you lived anytime before that, at least back to the 16th Century). No effective treatments, sorry. No sympathy, either, since you're most likely just possessed by demons or infected with bad humours, and probably did something to deserve it.
So the answer to your question is "not very well." Did you happen to research different alternatives that actually work? Or do you just think that all mental health professionals are just drug company shills who care only about money, and they're hiding all the natural cures?
You obviously have no idea what it's like to deal with a serious mental illness. Better for you that you never find out, but is it too much to ask for you not to act like your luck in that is some kind of accomplishment?
- zeromancer, on 11/21/2007, -3/+2The question is though, how would you handle your life 50 years ago when there was no one around to tell you that you were bipolar? when there were no medications to put you on? I'm not saying you're full of ***** or anything, but perhaps you neglect to research different alternatives because drugs are an easy solution to your condition?
- nato64, on 11/21/2007, -1/+10Thank you. Americans are so quick to go to black-and-white extremes. The issue isn't about the existence of these medications, it's about the overuse and overdosed! As someone who is diagnosed BiPolar, medications are a part of my life. I don't function as a rational human being and probably wouldn't be alive if I wasn't medicated. But guess what? I'm not overmedicated. As a film editor, I'm still highly creative, highly social, and not a medicated zombie. The issue isn't that medications treat these ILLNESSES. It's the misuse of these medications. Living in America is sometime infuriating because we're so quick to jump to extremes of what's good or bad. There's never a grey area.
- s35wf, on 11/21/2007, -10/+9END the "DRUG War"!
VOTE RON PAUL 2008! - adikt, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3bah... no-doze sucks unless you itching for a massive heart attack. I crushed and snorted my roommates Ritalin during college all-niter cram sessions.
- zeromancer, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3finals week wouldn't be the same without taking a break every 6 hours to blow that pink powder off my kitchen table.
- adikt, on 11/23/2007, -0/+15mg tabs, were they? My roommate had the yellow 10mg tabs.
- zspeed78, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2I somehow missed this part in college.. that explains my grades damn it.
- adikt, on 11/23/2007, -0/+1You didn't miss anything. Try to find the episode of Family Ties where Alex get some diet pills so he can stay up all night studying for an exam. He winds up studying, painting his room and installing an in-ground sprinkler system while jacked up on amphetamines. My favorite episode. Anyway, that is pretty much the experience.
- zeromancer, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3finals week wouldn't be the same without taking a break every 6 hours to blow that pink powder off my kitchen table.
- mikeabundo, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3As Chris Rock once said, the only reason coke and weed aren't legal in America is because the best coke and weed aren't made in America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GXb7-efd4M- sparkmonkeyz, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1I really don't like it when people say that, because I will stand by Northern California having the best weed aside from Amsterdam, which was by far the best on a consistent basis, but I have had better here in Cali, although I am not sure of the coke, seeing I don't do drugs.
- topace3000, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2And I've never taken any of em. Infact, very few people I know use them..
- GabeMorgan, on 11/21/2007, -0/+7I want to know why this male was a female from ages 24-38.
- Klarth, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3Drugs.
- kettlechips, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2What is no-doz?
- b3owulf, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Keeps you awake so you can study... in theory. NoDoz = no doze = no sleeping
- matteusx, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1caffeine in a pill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-doz
- Zuljin, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1Why is a poorly-drawn, uh, thing, so dugg?
This isn't anything new, shocking, or clever. Those drugs are different from legalizing marijuana or whatever it is you support. (I don't have anything against legalizing the drug myself, but this isn't the way to argue)- RofLmaonnaise, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Yeah, you can GROW your own marijuana, so the government OR the businesses (who are in collusion [lobbyists])don't rake in the money.
- AaronRoss, on 11/21/2007, -0/+0we should own the war on drugs now for sure
- naturemade, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3The big thing I have a problem with is the ADHD excuse. Everyone I know has ADHD. Why do I make C's on tests? Oh, I have ADHD. Why didn't I get that project completed on the house? Oh, I have ADHD. Why does my kid misbehave in school? He has ADHD. Either the diagnosis rates for this 'disorder' are massive or I just have a huge proclivity for hanging out with people with ADHD.
On the flip side of this: I do take and SSRI (lexapro) for panic disorder; but, I did wait years before I would take anything to help with this. I personally believe that many of these (specifically things like: ADHD, GAD, Panic Disorder, mild-moderate depression) are more of a behavioral disorder than a mental disorder. More often than not I choose to deal with my 'disorder' by forcing myself to control the behaviors/triggers but medication USED CORRECTLY with a goal to actually become well can help -- taking medication for the disorders I listed above (for the most part) will never cure anything but it can help get you on the right path.
*This is all pure opinion and anecdotal evidence. The only real research I have done on this subject was in the interest to become a little more informed on what I was experiencing. - nico623, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4"Do you call yourself a patient or a junkie ? The only thing that separates is who takes your money"
taken from Atmosphere's song "Panic Attack". - Nesto, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4Pretty old (2000), at least get one that has the artist attribution legible:
http://cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=7942 - beelz, on 11/21/2007, -0/+6http://vectormagic.stanford.edu/vctr/vctr_flex?g=3 ...
vectorized link - UnlikelyHero, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3Ya, I always loved having the guidance counselor at our high school make these speeches about how drugs were the scourge of the earth while he had his office just STOCKED with prescription medication. There is no earthly way this guy had that much wrong with him; it is ***** impossible. On a given day there were probably 250 bottles.
- davidzet, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Better version: http://hempmuseum.org/images/CartoonDrFrAmer.jpg
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