Posted by sdb on March 17, 2007, at 14:59:28
In reply to Re: Benzo's, politicians » sdb, posted by jealibeanz on March 17, 2007, at 4:00:55
> > There was another study. They controlled the toilet rooms of a parliament and it was detected plenty of controlled substances. The people making the law don't respect the law themselves. I am not interested in politics. Point final.
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> Do you think they could have been prescribed? A lot of us are taking controlled drugs by prescription. Politicians have the money and the networking to go to docsYes, I think some politicians may have the money.
In bigger companies managers have their own doctors prescribing viagra during business travels.
who they know are likely to give out such medications.
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> I wouldn't point the finger at them and say they're breaking the law.If politicians take a benzo they probably don't break the law. If they take heroine, cannabinoides and opiates, yes they possibly break the law if there's a law and this varies from place to place.
>Maybe they have medical conditions that require >the use of controlled substances. Benzo's would >be likely for the anxiety caused by the work >environment. Stimulants can be prescribed for >fatigue, which I'm sure anyone with 18 hours >stressful workdays would suffer from. Controlled >sleep aids might be used for those with insomnia >due to the anxiety-producing nature of their >lifestyles, or erratic schedules and travel.
These could be treatments for politicians but also an occasion to think or to change the job.
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> Just a thought.Thanks for your input.
I don't like going around calling be illegal drug abusers without knowing the full story.
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> If you want to find people who commonly abuse medications without prescriptions, look at college campuses.I think we have controlled substances but also a very controlled society nowadays.
Some people must drug them selfs because they don't have the money to pay a doc prescribing it. But it is somehow tolerated because nobody else wants to pay for suffering people. During the hippie decade there was another zeitgeist. I have never experienced this time ;-)
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