I have noticed that some family practice dr's will prescribe me narcotics 'but the one I use wont even give me anything for anxiety . He wants to give me Lexapro and Cymbalta . I'm not depressed just am too wound up. Need something like what they gave me when I had a colonoscopy done I have never been so relaxed. And I actually slept without meds for 2 nights. Didn't notice that it affected my lungs at all. But neither of my dr's cf or PCP will give me anything like that. I mean who cares if it is addictive I have Cf and 2 different kinds of Cepacia and Mrsa. Let me have some sort of peace while I'm here.. I dont have that much pain . Cant take hydrocodone or oxycodone either b/c they make me really sick (throwing up)for days.
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I also have anxiety and pain but my docs are very weary on perscribing anything for pain but seem to be alot more lenient on giving out anti-depressants.I am also not depressed, I am just always as the poster said above me "wound up", I worry about being sick, I worry about people getting me sick, I worry about my own mortality, I just want to shut it all off and relax and the only time I have ever felt this way was on Oxies, I cant do anything really and my quality of life is crap, I just wish they would give me something to make me comfortable, but I can understand how anyone who is going through this and to suddenly feel better would get addicted to that.One of the above posters said that when they took them they could feel it formt he neck down taking affect, for me this was the case as well but it was a positive feeling, my lungs felt lighter and just overall better, it is hard to describe, I could also accomplish more without feeling tired.
just thought id share my 2 cents
just thought id share my 2 cents
I also have anxiety and pain but my docs are very weary on perscribing anything for pain but seem to be alot more lenient on giving out anti-depressants.I am also not depressed, I am just always as the poster said above me "wound up", I worry about being sick, I worry about people getting me sick, I worry about my own mortality, I just want to shut it all off and relax and the only time I have ever felt this way was on Oxies, I cant do anything really and my quality of life is crap, I just wish they would give me something to make me comfortable, but I can understand how anyone who is going through this and to suddenly feel better would get addicted to that.One of the above posters said that when they took them they could feel it formt he neck down taking affect, for me this was the case as well but it was a positive feeling, my lungs felt lighter and just overall better, it is hard to describe, I could also accomplish more without feeling tired.
just thought id share my 2 cents
just thought id share my 2 cents
I also have anxiety and pain but my docs are very weary on perscribing anything for pain but seem to be alot more lenient on giving out anti-depressants.I am also not depressed, I am just always as the poster said above me "wound up", I worry about being sick, I worry about people getting me sick, I worry about my own mortality, I just want to shut it all off and relax and the only time I have ever felt this way was on Oxies, I cant do anything really and my quality of life is crap, I just wish they would give me something to make me comfortable, but I can understand how anyone who is going through this and to suddenly feel better would get addicted to that.One of the above posters said that when they took them they could feel it formt he neck down taking affect, for me this was the case as well but it was a positive feeling, my lungs felt lighter and just overall better, it is hard to describe, I could also accomplish more without feeling tired.
<br />just thought id share my 2 cents
<br />just thought id share my 2 cents
pre-transplant, i was taking oxycodone in contrast to what one of my transplant teams was telling me. my CF doctor finally agreed that I was at the point in my disease progression that it was only 'end-stage care' and that my comfort was the most important thing she could do for me. Yes, the narcotics depress your respiratory system to an extent. But, like someone mentioned, you feel fantastic, like you can do so much more. I think part of that is that it takes away the "air hunger" that you feel when you are chronically hypoxic. I was on 4L full-time, in constant pain from infection, inflammation, and just the strain of breathing. once all that is abated and you are pharmacologically relaxed, you don't have that extra added anxiety about getting more air, even if your breathing is a little more depressed. It's all a big balancing act- you want the pain and air hunger to go away, but you don't want to drop your sats too far. I had one transplant center telling me NO, and cleveland clinic saying YES, and my pulmonologist stuck in the middle, prescribing me 10 pills at a time to "use judiciously." I feel really strongly that CF patients should have better pain management- if you feel like crap, you're not going to get off the couch. If you take a vicodin and feel great, then you get off the couch and get moving and exercising and enjoying life. An extra saline treatment will get things moving again, anyway. Good luck! You're your best advocate in situations like this.
pre-transplant, i was taking oxycodone in contrast to what one of my transplant teams was telling me. my CF doctor finally agreed that I was at the point in my disease progression that it was only 'end-stage care' and that my comfort was the most important thing she could do for me. Yes, the narcotics depress your respiratory system to an extent. But, like someone mentioned, you feel fantastic, like you can do so much more. I think part of that is that it takes away the "air hunger" that you feel when you are chronically hypoxic. I was on 4L full-time, in constant pain from infection, inflammation, and just the strain of breathing. once all that is abated and you are pharmacologically relaxed, you don't have that extra added anxiety about getting more air, even if your breathing is a little more depressed. It's all a big balancing act- you want the pain and air hunger to go away, but you don't want to drop your sats too far. I had one transplant center telling me NO, and cleveland clinic saying YES, and my pulmonologist stuck in the middle, prescribing me 10 pills at a time to "use judiciously." I feel really strongly that CF patients should have better pain management- if you feel like crap, you're not going to get off the couch. If you take a vicodin and feel great, then you get off the couch and get moving and exercising and enjoying life. An extra saline treatment will get things moving again, anyway. Good luck! You're your best advocate in situations like this.
pre-transplant, i was taking oxycodone in contrast to what one of my transplant teams was telling me. my CF doctor finally agreed that I was at the point in my disease progression that it was only 'end-stage care' and that my comfort was the most important thing she could do for me. Yes, the narcotics depress your respiratory system to an extent. But, like someone mentioned, you feel fantastic, like you can do so much more. I think part of that is that it takes away the "air hunger" that you feel when you are chronically hypoxic. I was on 4L full-time, in constant pain from infection, inflammation, and just the strain of breathing. once all that is abated and you are pharmacologically relaxed, you don't have that extra added anxiety about getting more air, even if your breathing is a little more depressed. It's all a big balancing act- you want the pain and air hunger to go away, but you don't want to drop your sats too far. I had one transplant center telling me NO, and cleveland clinic saying YES, and my pulmonologist stuck in the middle, prescribing me 10 pills at a time to "use judiciously." I feel really strongly that CF patients should have better pain management- if you feel like crap, you're not going to get off the couch. If you take a vicodin and feel great, then you get off the couch and get moving and exercising and enjoying life. An extra saline treatment will get things moving again, anyway. Good luck! You're your best advocate in situations like this.
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When I am prescribed narcotics my quality of life goes way up.
I feel better both physically and mentally. I do not feel bogged down by fatigue. I breathe deeper and sleep better. The only potential negative effects could be constipation and respiratory depression, but tolerance quickly develops to both. If one was to become "addicted" (and there is a difference between "addicted" and "dependent") the doctor should acknowledge the situation and start a taper or recommend rehabilitation.
Either way, I feel that it's MY body and if I'm legally allowed to buy and drink ALCOHOL which is much more toxic than opium-derived narcotics than I should be allowed to take opiates if I want to.
Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...
I feel better both physically and mentally. I do not feel bogged down by fatigue. I breathe deeper and sleep better. The only potential negative effects could be constipation and respiratory depression, but tolerance quickly develops to both. If one was to become "addicted" (and there is a difference between "addicted" and "dependent") the doctor should acknowledge the situation and start a taper or recommend rehabilitation.
Either way, I feel that it's MY body and if I'm legally allowed to buy and drink ALCOHOL which is much more toxic than opium-derived narcotics than I should be allowed to take opiates if I want to.
Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...
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When I am prescribed narcotics my quality of life goes way up.
I feel better both physically and mentally. I do not feel bogged down by fatigue. I breathe deeper and sleep better. The only potential negative effects could be constipation and respiratory depression, but tolerance quickly develops to both. If one was to become "addicted" (and there is a difference between "addicted" and "dependent") the doctor should acknowledge the situation and start a taper or recommend rehabilitation.
Either way, I feel that it's MY body and if I'm legally allowed to buy and drink ALCOHOL which is much more toxic than opium-derived narcotics than I should be allowed to take opiates if I want to.
Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...
I feel better both physically and mentally. I do not feel bogged down by fatigue. I breathe deeper and sleep better. The only potential negative effects could be constipation and respiratory depression, but tolerance quickly develops to both. If one was to become "addicted" (and there is a difference between "addicted" and "dependent") the doctor should acknowledge the situation and start a taper or recommend rehabilitation.
Either way, I feel that it's MY body and if I'm legally allowed to buy and drink ALCOHOL which is much more toxic than opium-derived narcotics than I should be allowed to take opiates if I want to.
Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...
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When I am prescribed narcotics my quality of life goes way up.
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<br />I feel better both physically and mentally. I do not feel bogged down by fatigue. I breathe deeper and sleep better. The only potential negative effects could be constipation and respiratory depression, but tolerance quickly develops to both. If one was to become "addicted" (and there is a difference between "addicted" and "dependent") the doctor should acknowledge the situation and start a taper or recommend rehabilitation.
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<br />Either way, I feel that it's MY body and if I'm legally allowed to buy and drink ALCOHOL which is much more toxic than opium-derived narcotics than I should be allowed to take opiates if I want to.
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<br />Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...
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<br />I feel better both physically and mentally. I do not feel bogged down by fatigue. I breathe deeper and sleep better. The only potential negative effects could be constipation and respiratory depression, but tolerance quickly develops to both. If one was to become "addicted" (and there is a difference between "addicted" and "dependent") the doctor should acknowledge the situation and start a taper or recommend rehabilitation.
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<br />Either way, I feel that it's MY body and if I'm legally allowed to buy and drink ALCOHOL which is much more toxic than opium-derived narcotics than I should be allowed to take opiates if I want to.
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<br />Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>entropy</b></i>
Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...</end quote></div>
I so agree with you, over here in NZ we have a huge problem with alcohol. People binge drink then drive, commit crimes and it costs our socialised health system millions of dollars a year. Alcohol can be purchased all over the place, supermarkets even. Now coincidentally we simultaneously spend millions of dollars a year hunting down marijuana growers and bringing them to justice. Marijuana smokers are subdued and lazy people who simply don't have the energy to commit crime and have been proven to be slow, careful drivers, even more so than completely straight drivers, marijuana costs our country very little in health costs each year, if any. The experts say MJ is a 'gateway' drug, they're right of course, once stoned people then move on to much worse things, like KFC, coca cola and chocolate usually <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">
Can somebody tell me the logic in this approach? Alcohol costs us millions in health care each year and has precisely zero health benefits and is available to everybody everywhere. Marijuana costs us virtually nothing in healthcare and has numerous health benefits, but is illegal and we spend millions a year trying to stop people using it.
As far as i'm concerned alcohol should be illegal, not pot! Grrrr!
Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...</end quote></div>
I so agree with you, over here in NZ we have a huge problem with alcohol. People binge drink then drive, commit crimes and it costs our socialised health system millions of dollars a year. Alcohol can be purchased all over the place, supermarkets even. Now coincidentally we simultaneously spend millions of dollars a year hunting down marijuana growers and bringing them to justice. Marijuana smokers are subdued and lazy people who simply don't have the energy to commit crime and have been proven to be slow, careful drivers, even more so than completely straight drivers, marijuana costs our country very little in health costs each year, if any. The experts say MJ is a 'gateway' drug, they're right of course, once stoned people then move on to much worse things, like KFC, coca cola and chocolate usually <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">
Can somebody tell me the logic in this approach? Alcohol costs us millions in health care each year and has precisely zero health benefits and is available to everybody everywhere. Marijuana costs us virtually nothing in healthcare and has numerous health benefits, but is illegal and we spend millions a year trying to stop people using it.
As far as i'm concerned alcohol should be illegal, not pot! Grrrr!
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>entropy</b></i>
Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...</end quote>
I so agree with you, over here in NZ we have a huge problem with alcohol. People binge drink then drive, commit crimes and it costs our socialised health system millions of dollars a year. Alcohol can be purchased all over the place, supermarkets even. Now coincidentally we simultaneously spend millions of dollars a year hunting down marijuana growers and bringing them to justice. Marijuana smokers are subdued and lazy people who simply don't have the energy to commit crime and have been proven to be slow, careful drivers, even more so than completely straight drivers, marijuana costs our country very little in health costs each year, if any. The experts say MJ is a 'gateway' drug, they're right of course, once stoned people then move on to much worse things, like KFC, coca cola and chocolate usually <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">
Can somebody tell me the logic in this approach? Alcohol costs us millions in health care each year and has precisely zero health benefits and is available to everybody everywhere. Marijuana costs us virtually nothing in healthcare and has numerous health benefits, but is illegal and we spend millions a year trying to stop people using it.
As far as i'm concerned alcohol should be illegal, not pot! Grrrr!
Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...</end quote>
I so agree with you, over here in NZ we have a huge problem with alcohol. People binge drink then drive, commit crimes and it costs our socialised health system millions of dollars a year. Alcohol can be purchased all over the place, supermarkets even. Now coincidentally we simultaneously spend millions of dollars a year hunting down marijuana growers and bringing them to justice. Marijuana smokers are subdued and lazy people who simply don't have the energy to commit crime and have been proven to be slow, careful drivers, even more so than completely straight drivers, marijuana costs our country very little in health costs each year, if any. The experts say MJ is a 'gateway' drug, they're right of course, once stoned people then move on to much worse things, like KFC, coca cola and chocolate usually <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">
Can somebody tell me the logic in this approach? Alcohol costs us millions in health care each year and has precisely zero health benefits and is available to everybody everywhere. Marijuana costs us virtually nothing in healthcare and has numerous health benefits, but is illegal and we spend millions a year trying to stop people using it.
As far as i'm concerned alcohol should be illegal, not pot! Grrrr!
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>entropy</b></i>
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<br />Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...</end quote>
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<br />I so agree with you, over here in NZ we have a huge problem with alcohol. People binge drink then drive, commit crimes and it costs our socialised health system millions of dollars a year. Alcohol can be purchased all over the place, supermarkets even. Now coincidentally we simultaneously spend millions of dollars a year hunting down marijuana growers and bringing them to justice. Marijuana smokers are subdued and lazy people who simply don't have the energy to commit crime and have been proven to be slow, careful drivers, even more so than completely straight drivers, marijuana costs our country very little in health costs each year, if any. The experts say MJ is a 'gateway' drug, they're right of course, once stoned people then move on to much worse things, like KFC, coca cola and chocolate usually <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">
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<br />Can somebody tell me the logic in this approach? Alcohol costs us millions in health care each year and has precisely zero health benefits and is available to everybody everywhere. Marijuana costs us virtually nothing in healthcare and has numerous health benefits, but is illegal and we spend millions a year trying to stop people using it.
<br />As far as i'm concerned alcohol should be illegal, not pot! Grrrr!
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<br />Outlaw ALL drugs or legalize and regulate ALL drugs. None of this pick-and-choose crap. People who are going to be addicts start with milk, graduate to chocolate, then cigarettes, then alcohol, then narcotics, cocaine, or whatever. It infuriates me that people feel they can tell me what I can do to and with my OWN body. "But addiction is a plague that does so much harm to the addict's family!" Oh, yeah? Is lying and adultery going to be made illegal next because it hurt's people's feelings? Come on...</end quote>
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<br />I so agree with you, over here in NZ we have a huge problem with alcohol. People binge drink then drive, commit crimes and it costs our socialised health system millions of dollars a year. Alcohol can be purchased all over the place, supermarkets even. Now coincidentally we simultaneously spend millions of dollars a year hunting down marijuana growers and bringing them to justice. Marijuana smokers are subdued and lazy people who simply don't have the energy to commit crime and have been proven to be slow, careful drivers, even more so than completely straight drivers, marijuana costs our country very little in health costs each year, if any. The experts say MJ is a 'gateway' drug, they're right of course, once stoned people then move on to much worse things, like KFC, coca cola and chocolate usually <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">
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<br />Can somebody tell me the logic in this approach? Alcohol costs us millions in health care each year and has precisely zero health benefits and is available to everybody everywhere. Marijuana costs us virtually nothing in healthcare and has numerous health benefits, but is illegal and we spend millions a year trying to stop people using it.
<br />As far as i'm concerned alcohol should be illegal, not pot! Grrrr!
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KrazyKat, you'll probably find this funny... today I was watching a video on YouTube about the "salvia epidemic" that is "sweeping through every city in the USA." Some state senators are trying to have salvia made illegal for fear of people "smoking a hit of salvia and getting behind the wheel, driving a motorcycle, or hopping into a pool somewhere and injuring themselves or others." The senator went on to say (paraphrasing) "if not checked now, this drug will soon sweep through every city in America" as though salvia is a highly addictive, destructive drug. The ignorance in the government and society at large is unbelievable... outlaw salvia but allow alcohol to remain legal? someone who smokes salvia will be unable to conceptualize what a car even is, much less take all the steps involved in starting it and driving it. Yet alcohol, which seems to, for whatever reason, COMPEL people to drive (and smoke cigarettes), is perfectly OK by him. It's blaring hypocrisy.
I think marijuana is illegal because it causes people to think intensely and philosophically, which leads to people questioning their values and belief systems and ultimately uprising and/or revolution. And by uprising and revolution, that doesn't only mean active revolt and resistance toward the government but also passive resistance, i.e. dropping out of society and living a non-materialistic environmentally aware life. The government saw this happen to the extremes on both ends of that spectrum during the late 60s. Governments are extremely scared of both passive and active resistance. Like governments do, they chose to preserve their own interests rather than protecting the constitutional rights of its citizens.
In many ways, similar to freedom of speech and press, drugs = liberty. But only in oppressive regimes.
Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.
I think marijuana is illegal because it causes people to think intensely and philosophically, which leads to people questioning their values and belief systems and ultimately uprising and/or revolution. And by uprising and revolution, that doesn't only mean active revolt and resistance toward the government but also passive resistance, i.e. dropping out of society and living a non-materialistic environmentally aware life. The government saw this happen to the extremes on both ends of that spectrum during the late 60s. Governments are extremely scared of both passive and active resistance. Like governments do, they chose to preserve their own interests rather than protecting the constitutional rights of its citizens.
In many ways, similar to freedom of speech and press, drugs = liberty. But only in oppressive regimes.
Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.
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KrazyKat, you'll probably find this funny... today I was watching a video on YouTube about the "salvia epidemic" that is "sweeping through every city in the USA." Some state senators are trying to have salvia made illegal for fear of people "smoking a hit of salvia and getting behind the wheel, driving a motorcycle, or hopping into a pool somewhere and injuring themselves or others." The senator went on to say (paraphrasing) "if not checked now, this drug will soon sweep through every city in America" as though salvia is a highly addictive, destructive drug. The ignorance in the government and society at large is unbelievable... outlaw salvia but allow alcohol to remain legal? someone who smokes salvia will be unable to conceptualize what a car even is, much less take all the steps involved in starting it and driving it. Yet alcohol, which seems to, for whatever reason, COMPEL people to drive (and smoke cigarettes), is perfectly OK by him. It's blaring hypocrisy.
I think marijuana is illegal because it causes people to think intensely and philosophically, which leads to people questioning their values and belief systems and ultimately uprising and/or revolution. And by uprising and revolution, that doesn't only mean active revolt and resistance toward the government but also passive resistance, i.e. dropping out of society and living a non-materialistic environmentally aware life. The government saw this happen to the extremes on both ends of that spectrum during the late 60s. Governments are extremely scared of both passive and active resistance. Like governments do, they chose to preserve their own interests rather than protecting the constitutional rights of its citizens.
In many ways, similar to freedom of speech and press, drugs = liberty. But only in oppressive regimes.
Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.
I think marijuana is illegal because it causes people to think intensely and philosophically, which leads to people questioning their values and belief systems and ultimately uprising and/or revolution. And by uprising and revolution, that doesn't only mean active revolt and resistance toward the government but also passive resistance, i.e. dropping out of society and living a non-materialistic environmentally aware life. The government saw this happen to the extremes on both ends of that spectrum during the late 60s. Governments are extremely scared of both passive and active resistance. Like governments do, they chose to preserve their own interests rather than protecting the constitutional rights of its citizens.
In many ways, similar to freedom of speech and press, drugs = liberty. But only in oppressive regimes.
Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.
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KrazyKat, you'll probably find this funny... today I was watching a video on YouTube about the "salvia epidemic" that is "sweeping through every city in the USA." Some state senators are trying to have salvia made illegal for fear of people "smoking a hit of salvia and getting behind the wheel, driving a motorcycle, or hopping into a pool somewhere and injuring themselves or others." The senator went on to say (paraphrasing) "if not checked now, this drug will soon sweep through every city in America" as though salvia is a highly addictive, destructive drug. The ignorance in the government and society at large is unbelievable... outlaw salvia but allow alcohol to remain legal? someone who smokes salvia will be unable to conceptualize what a car even is, much less take all the steps involved in starting it and driving it. Yet alcohol, which seems to, for whatever reason, COMPEL people to drive (and smoke cigarettes), is perfectly OK by him. It's blaring hypocrisy.
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<br />I think marijuana is illegal because it causes people to think intensely and philosophically, which leads to people questioning their values and belief systems and ultimately uprising and/or revolution. And by uprising and revolution, that doesn't only mean active revolt and resistance toward the government but also passive resistance, i.e. dropping out of society and living a non-materialistic environmentally aware life. The government saw this happen to the extremes on both ends of that spectrum during the late 60s. Governments are extremely scared of both passive and active resistance. Like governments do, they chose to preserve their own interests rather than protecting the constitutional rights of its citizens.
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<br />In many ways, similar to freedom of speech and press, drugs = liberty. But only in oppressive regimes.
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<br />Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.
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<br />I think marijuana is illegal because it causes people to think intensely and philosophically, which leads to people questioning their values and belief systems and ultimately uprising and/or revolution. And by uprising and revolution, that doesn't only mean active revolt and resistance toward the government but also passive resistance, i.e. dropping out of society and living a non-materialistic environmentally aware life. The government saw this happen to the extremes on both ends of that spectrum during the late 60s. Governments are extremely scared of both passive and active resistance. Like governments do, they chose to preserve their own interests rather than protecting the constitutional rights of its citizens.
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<br />In many ways, similar to freedom of speech and press, drugs = liberty. But only in oppressive regimes.
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<br />Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>entropy</b></i>
Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.</end quote></div>
First of all, you verbalised my thoughts perfectly with this comment
"I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body"
I don't condone drug use either (but i do highly recommend some experimenting within sensible boundaries <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> ), but it's largely a victimless crime and SHOULD be a matter of personal choice whether your drug of choice is alcohol or pot, therefore they need to be legislated and managed in exactly the same way.
Now speaking of 'uprising' as you did, i'm off to find my Muse CD!!
Peace out <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif" border="0">
Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.</end quote></div>
First of all, you verbalised my thoughts perfectly with this comment
"I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body"
I don't condone drug use either (but i do highly recommend some experimenting within sensible boundaries <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> ), but it's largely a victimless crime and SHOULD be a matter of personal choice whether your drug of choice is alcohol or pot, therefore they need to be legislated and managed in exactly the same way.
Now speaking of 'uprising' as you did, i'm off to find my Muse CD!!
Peace out <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif" border="0">
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>entropy</b></i>
Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.</end quote>
First of all, you verbalised my thoughts perfectly with this comment
"I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body"
I don't condone drug use either (but i do highly recommend some experimenting within sensible boundaries <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> ), but it's largely a victimless crime and SHOULD be a matter of personal choice whether your drug of choice is alcohol or pot, therefore they need to be legislated and managed in exactly the same way.
Now speaking of 'uprising' as you did, i'm off to find my Muse CD!!
Peace out <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif" border="0">
Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.</end quote>
First of all, you verbalised my thoughts perfectly with this comment
"I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body"
I don't condone drug use either (but i do highly recommend some experimenting within sensible boundaries <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> ), but it's largely a victimless crime and SHOULD be a matter of personal choice whether your drug of choice is alcohol or pot, therefore they need to be legislated and managed in exactly the same way.
Now speaking of 'uprising' as you did, i'm off to find my Muse CD!!
Peace out <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif" border="0">
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>entropy</b></i>
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<br />Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.</end quote>
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<br />First of all, you verbalised my thoughts perfectly with this comment
<br />"I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body"
<br />
<br />I don't condone drug use either (but i do highly recommend some experimenting within sensible boundaries <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> ), but it's largely a victimless crime and SHOULD be a matter of personal choice whether your drug of choice is alcohol or pot, therefore they need to be legislated and managed in exactly the same way.
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<br />Now speaking of 'uprising' as you did, i'm off to find my Muse CD!!
<br />
<br />Peace out <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif" border="0">
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<br />Note: Please don't take this message as me advocating drug use. I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body. People with CF obviously can't do drugs and live very long... a perfect example of this is my sister who passed at 21 after a couple years of hard drug use.</end quote>
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<br />First of all, you verbalised my thoughts perfectly with this comment
<br />"I am simply acknowledging every human's right to be the sole governor of their own body"
<br />
<br />I don't condone drug use either (but i do highly recommend some experimenting within sensible boundaries <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> ), but it's largely a victimless crime and SHOULD be a matter of personal choice whether your drug of choice is alcohol or pot, therefore they need to be legislated and managed in exactly the same way.
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<br />Now speaking of 'uprising' as you did, i'm off to find my Muse CD!!
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<br />Peace out <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif" border="0">
Oh and i meant to add, i remember your story about your sister, she had CF too didn't she if i recall correctly?
So sorry for your loss, but on one hand I can so relate to her decision to live life her way, the temptation to do exactly what she did, has been a huge problem my whole life. CF has that effect on some people
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So sorry for your loss, but on one hand I can so relate to her decision to live life her way, the temptation to do exactly what she did, has been a huge problem my whole life. CF has that effect on some people
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