Comments on: Survival of the druggies

By: chantelle

chantelle — Tue, 02 May 2006 14:56:45 +0000

i can empathise with people who lose family and friends and loved ones to drugs in december 2004 i lost my dad to drugs and im still tryin to pick up the pieces i was 14 im nearly 16 now and they say it gets easier in time but i dont feel it has to me the pain is always going to be just as strong and it has crippled me and the rest of me dads family he was 31 he was clean for 15 months and someone set him a poisonous cocktail of drugs to kill him and it worked and wrecked the rest of us with it so people who od on drugs it doesnt just kill one person it kills the rest of the people who care and love u inside sorry im goin on a bit i could forever but theres only so much u can say thanks xxx

By: William

William — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:00:54 +0000

I think it’s really bad to hear someone like kayleigh say how bad drugs are! She mentioned that it’s fine for sick people in hospitals! What about sick people on the street that have no insurance or ability to pay? Did you really take the time to think about your comment? Maybe you should put that silver spoon back in your mouth!!!

Will

By: Kayleigh

Kayleigh — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:15:16 +0000

i think drugs are foul,the people who take drugs could hurt themselves and others around them,i wish that drugs were never introduced to this world,except medical drugs that are given to sick people at hospitals.I also don’t like it when people smoke.it is bad for their health and bad for other peoples health so please if anyone reads this cpmment if u take drugs or smoke please stop,not just for your safety but for other people around u!!!!!

By: DRT

DRT — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:42:26 +0000

Why You Like Drugs

By: OverMatter

OverMatter — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:25:48 +0000

Survival of the druggies

“Taking narcotics may be part of our evolutionary inheritance” (New Scientist via apophenia)

By: barb dybwad

barb dybwad — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:50:10 +0000

It’s unfortunate that this particular study tips a bit into the pseudoscience category, because it’s refreshing to see a study that is not hellbent on proving that “drugs = bad.”

By: tina

tina — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 05:22:42 +0000

isn't it just as plausible that people learned to eat these plants as it is that they evlolved to eat them?

By: todd x

todd x — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 10:18:00 +0000

This is interesting, more interesting is the way these scientists intend use animals in a lab setting to test the theory. What the heck is going to be gained by this? This sounds more like a couple of scientsts manufacturing a study just to get paid. Alix Fano’s book Lethal Laws is a great study of toxicity testing on animals and how desired results can be achieved.

What kind of validity is to be achieved from such a study? Apart from the varibles and the basic difference in species, what possible setting could these test animals be placed in that they would mimic the reasons that led to human consumption of plants rich in neurotransmitter substitutes?

Heck deprive me of neurotransmitters and i sure as hell would not be able to pick out plants rich in a substitute let alone know i was being deprived of neurotransmitters unless someone told me.

Which leaves me wondering wouldn’t a investigation to how early scientists figured out the benefits of narcotics? Regardless of what we think today, the medicine men and women, shamans, priests, etc. were scientists.

By: Avid Reader

Avid Reader — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 16:46:32 +0000

On a completely unrelated note, a livejournal entry that you might appreciate:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/catelin/179683.html