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"Don't do drugs!"

 
 
Wilso
 
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Reply Sat 9 Jan, 2010 04:43 am
@existential potential,
existential potential wrote:

this is just a sample from an article about research into illegal drugs:

"Patients given a diagnosis of cancer can feel frightened, depressed, and have intense anxiety. One of the effects of the drug (ecstasy) is to produce feelings of closeness to other people, empathy, and a sense of well being, all of which reduce anxiety. Doctors leading a clinical trial at Harvard University and its affiliated McLean Hospital say MDMA can produce effects uniquely suited to reducing anxiety from a cancer diagnosis."

this drug can reduce levels of anxiety and depression, and if taught to be used properly, it can have permanent positive effects on people, without having to be permanently on the drug.

the whole article is here:http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/could-recreational-drugs-have-health-benefits-451797.html







Being used by someone who has a terminal illness, and being used just for the "good feelings" are two very separate and distinct issues.
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sat 9 Jan, 2010 04:47 am
@StillwaterRipple,
I had a (legal) revealing experience qua blood chemistry in 1971:
I was (quietly, secretly) mad at someone purportedly, ostensibly
in my mind because of what I deemed a social affront.

After I had an outstanding, very flavorful and satisfying Italian meal,
I felt so dramatically better, that it became conspicuous to me
that I had been irritable from low blood sugar b4 I had the meal,
NOT because of a perceived social blunder against me.
The b4 and after David were in very abruptly stark contrast to one another.

The moral of the story is:
remain well armed and eat plenty of really good Italian food.





David
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