Mack wrote: To categorize drugs this way is not only not true but a disservice to everyone. If not for drugs, most of us on this list would not be here today. We would have died much earlier. If it were not for drugs individuals with these problems would not have the life expectancy they now have.
Colin wrote: Yes some people benfit, others do not. The side effects are NOT genrally publiscised and deaths form them are attributed to something else-like liver failure, kidney failure, heart failure etc when it wasas the drug that caused it. I think both of you made very valid points and are both right. Yes drugs are very beneficial and have done much to help people who suffer from all kinds of maladies. I've been trying different drugs myself this whole year to help a breathing problem and I'm still not much closer to a solution than I was when I started. I have yet to see what will make a difference but I'm trying a variety of different things. Anyway, it is true many people have had positive experiences with drugs and yet many have had negative experiences as well. Nick Drake suffered from depression in the late sixties/early seventies and it is my opinion that at this time, they did not know how to treat the depression he suffered from, nevertheless, they prescribed him some drugs, and he ended up dying from an overdose. In this case, I think the drugs may have helped somewhat, but then at the same time, they may have resulted in his death, seemed like too easy of a solution, a way not to feel, an escape... If I had to choose, I would rather suffer both the lows and the highs instead of altering myself and feeling neither as potent as they might be. And I have suffered from depression, especially this year...going through major medical problems, being unemployed, moving to a new, different city...but at other times as well, and while I know alot of depression is brought on by a chemical imbalance, and in many cases, drugs are necessary, I think that there is a whole realm of things that change your life and make a difference apart from drugs, and I would much rather depend on those things than depend on a drug. I think the human mind and the human heart are alot more powerful than we give them credit for, and in some cases, are perhaps better left alone. Drugs are dangerous, just like many other things... Victor in Athens NP: Arizona at Atlanta, score 0-0 Victor Johnson http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson "Velveteen rabbits and moonbeams, Come when you lay down your head. While you are sleeping, they kiss you and tell you, That you are the reason the sun lights the sky." Scarlet-V. Johnson
