Posted by Xevious on June 4, 2002, at 20:39:55
In reply to Re: Liberal thinking ? (very long post) » omega man, posted by adamie on June 4, 2002, at 19:34:29
In the interest of taking the middle ground, I'd just like to politely point out that "street drugs", in pure form and under the control of a physician, can and do in fact have valid therapeutic purposes.Although I agree with the essence of the arguments against street drugs, it saddens me to see so much polarization on this issue, as such behavior usually tends towards obscurement of the facts in favor of emotional fanaticism. And it is exactly this kind of fanaticism that has the potential to hinder legitimate scientific research into controversial, but therapeutic medications.
For a specific example, please see my opinion/assessment of MDMA, known as the street drug Ecstacy:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020602/msgs/108695.html
Now that I've painted the bullseye, I'll just put my rain slicker on... let the produce fly! ;)
-Steven
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