--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 4, 2005, at 8:40 PM, Bob Brigante wrote: > > > Why support investigation of a brain-damaging drug, when a > > safe and effective approach is already available? > > Interesting observation.
@@@@@@@@@ Consider the source. MAV guys, since the beginning, have been propagating the doctrine that "ayurvedic" (not always distinguished from proprietary) remedies have no undesirable side effects. The Caraka Samhita, however, clearly lists contraindications and side effects for many of its herbal remedies. One result of the proprietary indoctrination that I have observed over the years is an unreasonable bias against all allopathic remedies on the part of susceptible TMers. I think it is documentable, at least in principle, that this bias has resulted in some fatalities in the meditating community. I have seen significant evidence in the media that Ecstasy has been the target of the same kind of government-based disinformation in recent years that marihuana was during the thirties, forties, and beyond. In other words, largely bogus. [I am NOT suggesting that they are equally "harmless", I am just noting similarities in the way they have been branded by the government.] As a general principle, I am aware of no drugs that are completely free of side effects or other risks for at least a significant percentage of the population. Nevertheless, this does not strike me as a compelling argument for abandoning the use of all allopathic remedies just because putative Ayurvedic remedies are available. In fact, I spotted something on the web recently indicating Ecstasy was being liscenced for research in treating PTSD, based on observations of its clinical use by psychiatrists. I think it would be sad if the "government-anti" and the "proprietary-anti" forces teamed up to deny sufferers of potential relief just because the drug in question didn't serve their partisan agendae. L B S To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
