I was not talking about drugs which are used for 'actual' illnesses, I thought this thread was
referring to 'drug drugs', used on the street etc.,
Drugs
ARE Drugs, regardless if they're legal or illegal.... regardless if they're prescribed or bought off the street or from your friend. Many legal drugs that are prescribed have far more side effects and can do far more damage then some of the illegal ones..... many prescribed drugs can cause serious addiction, like Oxycontin or Dilaudids.... and can be abused just as bad, if not, worse then some of the illegal ones out there.
People tend to try and keep illegal drugs and legal drugs separate as if there is any real difference besides what legal definitions are tied to each, but every drug, from Asprin to Meth, all have side effects, goods and bads..... some are natural and other's are man made.
LSD used to be a legal drug used by medical professionals.
Ecstasy used to be a legal drug used by medical professionals as well.
There's only a very thin line separating what's legal and what's illegal and that line is created by some questionable people with some questionable motives.
for reasons of getting high etc., of course
I understand, but there are a number of prescription/legal drugs out there that many get off the street or simply get from their doctor just to get high or because over a period of time, they grew dependent/addicted to the prescription..... like the ones I just mentioned, Oxycontin and Dilaudids.
Many who get it on the street without a prescription get them from people who do have a prescription but either no longer use them and are just getting some extra money from what's left from their prescription.... or they get them from people who either have lax doctors who will write out anything they want, or just exaggerated their illness in order to get a larger prescription.
OxyContin addiction becomes a problem in Canada
"..... About six years ago, a long acting dosage form of oxycodone containing between 10 mg and 80 mg per tablet was approved by Health Canada and marketed under the brand name OxyContin. This drug was formulated to be time-released but it was soon discovered that, if the tablet was crushed or chewed and either inhaled or injected, it would produce a heroin-like effect.
Consequently, OxyContin is also referred to as "Hillbilly Heroin". The term was coined because Oxycontin abuse is rampant throughout mainly poor and rural regions of the US.
But it has also become a huge problem in Canada, particularly in the Atlantic provinces. In 2003, pharmacists dispensed 2.8 million prescriptions for oxycodone drugs in Canada, most of them in Ontario, and the most popular brand was OxyContin. According to CTV.ca, in 2003 more than 100 people died with oxycodone in their systems in Ontario alone -- 10 times more than a decade ago......."
there are thousands of drugs which help sick people, isn't that a different subject completely,
it is confusing if they are all lumped in together don't you think?
that depends on your perspective I suppose.
Aren't we just discussing those who use alchohol and drugs on their own, not prescribed by a
doctor?
^ Regardless if it's prescribed by a doctor, bought in a store and controlled by regulation, or bought on the street or from a friend and is illegal..... depending on how one uses the drug in question or abuses the drug in question, the end results can end up being the same regardless of its legal status.
Now I'm not saying all drugs will cause serious problems, or kill you, or you'll become addicted to a drug..... what I'm saying is that just because the government and/or laws cite something as being legal or illegal, does not automatically mean something is safe or dangerous.
Technically, you're not supposed to down an entire econo-sized bottle of Flintstones Chewables either..... I know that first hand when my parents rushed me to the hospital when I was little after I downed a whole bottle of what I thought was candy..... they tried to make me vomit it back up, but that didn't work so after a few hours they sent us home.
Halfway home I puked in the car.
Though on the plus side, I'm the tallest person in my family, so I guess their slogan is true in regards to growing.
