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crashfrog
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03-13-2005 6:03 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by JOEBIALEK
03-13-2005 5:38 PM

You again.
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Any chance you're going to stick around this time and actually discuss?
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03-13-2005 6:15 PM 		Reply to: Message 3 by jar
03-13-2005 6:05 PM

I don't understand why I can go to a drugstore and get all kinds of drugs that make me feel bad (nasuea, "drymouth", all those crazy contraindications they have to tell you about on TV), or drugs that make me feel like normal when I otherwise wouldn't, but why can't I get any drugs that make me feel better than normal?
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Why is "feeling normal" a legitimate pharmacological aim, but "feeling high" is not?
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crashfrog
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03-13-2005 7:15 PM 		Reply to: Message 6 by Rand Al'Thor
03-13-2005 6:35 PM

Because generally drugs that make you feel better than normal have enough negative physical effects to be "not worth it".
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That may generally be true, but it's certainly true of nicotine, alcohol, and caffiene; and it's probably not true about marijuana.
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And plenty of people feel that way about the drugs perscribed to make them "better"; I took both Celexa and Wellbutrin for depression. Celexa made me feel bland; Wellbutrin wrung my brain out like a dirty sponge. And all for what? It wasn't like I was thinking about killing myself; I was just tired, listless, didn't feel happy about my life; etc.
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I understand that you're making a point about the stated goals of pharmacology; in pratice those goals are not really met.
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03-15-2005 12:34 AM 		Reply to: Message 31 by 1.61803
03-14-2005 2:56 PM

Re: The United States of Hypocracy
Herion, Morphine, Cocaine was used in many over the counter tonics and elixers to include Coca Cola's tonic ingredient Cocaine " the pause that refreshes."
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Don't forget Sherlock Holmes, who was all up into the nose candy.
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