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Re: If you oppose drug legalization, you support terrorism!
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Thu, 7 Feb 2002 12:15:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > Medicine pretty much says that alchol in fair
> > moderation is better to have than to be without.
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> Are you sure about that bit? I've heard, for instance, that two glasses
> of red wine per week can be heart-beneficial, but that isn't the same as a
> correlation between alcohol consumption and benefit; there are plenty of
> other components in red wine. If you're referring to other data, I'd be
> interested to read them.
Maybe I got it wrong. I know about the red wine thing, but I also remember
the frequency of intake being greater, so maybe I'm just mixed up. I thought
it was a glass per day or something. But I thought there was some greater
effect attributed to alcohol like blood-thinning or vascular relaxation...or
something. I'll poke around and see if I can find it. Sorry for my
imprecision.
> It's dangerous to assume risk or safety of one substance based on another
> (maybe a little bit of ingested plutonium or would be good for us?)
Good point. But I've seen people ingest those others and come away seemingly
fine. I understand that's not the case with plutonium, and lots of other
stuff.
> The issue, at least for cocaine, might be of the danger of imprecise
> self-medication--barring a pre-existing condition, it's pretty hard to OD on
> pot or No-Doz, but cocaine is a trifle more risky.
But maybe if there were a small cocaine industry, education about appropriate
amounts, and materials for measuring -- or even premeasured doses prepared at a
lab would be available. I can only imagine legalization reducting the number
of ODs.
> My boy Philp Dick wrote and sold many novels while zonked on speed, chased
> with milkshakes. Given the right circumstances and personality type, I
> don't doubt certain self-medications can be quite positive!
I keep a small stash of narcotic pharmaceuticals (the most valuable (to me) of
which is codeine cough syrup) for self medication because I know how to use
them safely. I've never once taken a narcotic for anything but control of
serious pain. And Tylenol-3s are available right across the border, but I'd
rather have hydrocodone.
Chris
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