I'd smoke pot before I'd take a pharmaceutical, as long as it was from a reliable source. Pot and tobacco do have healing properties as long as they are not abused. Kurt
Clayton Family <[email protected]> wrote: well, maybe for you, but every medication I have ever had to use has had side effects, and sometimes it led to severe long term side effects that probably would not have been as much of a problem if I had not taken them. In other cases, they have saved my life, so it is a risk/benefit assessment we all have to do. My kids learned in high school that even moderate marijuana use has some pretty severe long term side effects on the brain and on brain deveopment (which I could attest to in many people I saw fall by the wayside, having seen the late 60's and 70's). I personally knew several people that died from drug use (and I include alcohol as a drug), not counting famous people. Death is a pretty extreme measure of impairment, so I reject the headline out of hand. If you count all the death caused just by driving drunk, it might even surpass the medical figures. well, anyway, that is my point of view, it is not a common one, most people and even drs discount which ever drug/alcohol/ bad habit they use or indulge in, saying it is not as bad as other things. I used to see drs that said that smoking in moderation was not likely to hurt much, and if it did become a problem, well, you could just quit. I agree that you can just quit without any help at all. In fact, nearly everyone I grew up with smoked, and they ALL quit without anyone else's help. The drug companies just want people to believe they are helpless so they can sell more ... drugs! off my soapbox for now, kathryn On Jan 15, 2008, at 4:42 PM, Richard wrote: > everything in moderation , surely ! > On 15/01/2008, at 19:20, Clayton Family wrote: > >> ALL drugs are bad for your health, and should only be used when >> absolutely necessary. >> >> >> On Jan 15, 2008, at 7:32 AM, Kurt Milkowski wrote: >> >>> http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/1/15/ >>> recreational-drugs-far-less-likely-to-kill-you-than-prescribed- >>> drugs.aspx >>> >>> >> >> -- >> The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. >> >> Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org >> >> To post, address your message to: [email protected] >> >> Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >> >> The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... >> >> List maintainer: Mike Devour >> >> >> >> >
