Oh yeah, when my mom had cancer and took Percocet for radiation pain it did wonders for her mood.
everynametaken Send a noteboard - 08/09/2010 03:33:57 AM
People enjoy recreational drugs. This is not exactly a news flash. 
While technically true, saying psilocybin is "beneficial" implies it helps with their CONDITION rather than its symptoms. We already have quite a robust pharmaceutical industry targeting symptoms rather than illnesses to such an extent they sometimes seem to be ignoring the latter entirely. And they don't want a competitor you can grow in your backyard (OK, fine, harvest from your local ranchers fields unless he's using feed with fungicide, not that I've ever done that. ) You know the automatic response to this as well as I, I'm sure: There are plenty of other drugs out there that improve mood and reduce anxiety but AREN'T Schedule I controlled substances.
While technically true, saying psilocybin is "beneficial" implies it helps with their CONDITION rather than its symptoms. We already have quite a robust pharmaceutical industry targeting symptoms rather than illnesses to such an extent they sometimes seem to be ignoring the latter entirely. And they don't want a competitor you can grow in your backyard (OK, fine, harvest from your local ranchers fields unless he's using feed with fungicide, not that I've ever done that. ) You know the automatic response to this as well as I, I'm sure: There are plenty of other drugs out there that improve mood and reduce anxiety but AREN'T Schedule I controlled substances. I can still remember her calling me out from my room and asking me to watch over her for the night because she wanted to die and thought she might kill herself - as a direct result of how she felt on the painkillers, not the due to the radiation burns. Yeah, those painkillers induce such a good mood, I particularly liked the day I caught myself slobbering on myself after taking Vicodin (prescribed and on schedule) for shoulder surgery. The 70 pounds I gained on anti-depressants was pretty sweet too.
I think I'll stop at this point,
But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
'Magic mushrooms' ingredient beneficial to cancer patients, report says
- 07/09/2010 02:35:58 AM
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One day we'll find out that a chemical in marijuana can cure cancer, and the US govt will implode. *NM*
- 07/09/2010 11:13:16 AM
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Or, even better (and more likely), that marijuana is a cure for terrorism.
- 07/09/2010 11:14:19 AM
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Isn't it already? 
- 08/09/2010 03:18:16 PM
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That's why I thought it was more likely to cure terrorism than cancer .
- 08/09/2010 03:38:50 PM
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- 08/09/2010 03:38:50 PM
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Meanwhile, surprise, surprise.
- 07/09/2010 01:41:42 PM
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Oh yeah, when my mom had cancer and took Percocet for radiation pain it did wonders for her mood.
- 08/09/2010 03:33:57 AM
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Painkillers are a different thing.
- 08/09/2010 04:52:29 AM
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Except that these "contrived" benefits are backed by reputable and peer-reviewed science... *NM*
- 08/09/2010 06:19:21 AM
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Well, yes, but we're just talking about a mood elevator with side effects again.
- 08/09/2010 08:23:09 AM
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But what are you suggesting for mood elevation in those who have been told they will die?
- 09/09/2010 01:41:58 AM
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