I mean you could ask me quite the opposite question. Why do I consider medication as useful but drugs as too dangerous?
I would be interested to dive deep into this topic. But it is already quite late.
I give one argumentation that I don't get. It is about weed or magic mushrooms. They would be natural in contrast to the chemistry of the medication. I find this argument shortsighted. I mean for example fly agaric are also natural. There are so many natural things that can damage humans very much and cause insane pain. Then I don't get this framing that chemistry in contrast to nature would be that bad. I mean if your dentist treats yout teeth I think only insane people would say no I don't want to have any pain killers chemistry pills are too damaging.
Moreover many drugs are produced through chemical processes. For example meth, MMDA, cocaine etc. Then there are even medication which can be abused as drugs. Benzos like xanax, lorazepam etc. Sometimes it is hard to differentiate.
I mean I have read you can even misuse certain antidepressants or antipsychotics to get high. But for me here comes the distinction. It is the way how we use these substances. I don't deny some drugs can have therapeutical effect.s But I have the feeling many people don't care about safe use and don't have much knowledge about it. Psilocybin can have postive effects on people with PTSD or depression I think. Weed can help people who suffer from pain as far as I know. Though I think it is important to do this together with a doctor. Or at least following very strict rules.
I had psychosis. And most people in the clinic did not care about empirical evidences etc. They said antipsychotics were bad because they were evil chemistry and drugs instead were good. There is clear evidence that people who had psychosis get psychotic again when cosuming psychoactive drugs. But most of them did not care. Many said weed was natural it could not hurt them. But is very obvious that weed is contraindicated for people who had psychosis.
There is also clear evidence that longterm usage of cocaine makes you depressive. Here is an article about it.
delamere.com
And people still take it without thinking much about the consequences. It ruined the lives of a lot of rich people.
I should now elaborate on the dangers of medication to give a fair picture. But I think the vast majority of comments will do this for me. This thread is quite an unpopular opinion in this forum. It is quite late and I should get some sleep now.
Some dangers I think about medication are addictions. Like when benzos are taken too often. Opiods which completely ruined the lives of so many people in the US. It is heartbreaking to see that. So many people became homeless because of the greed of the pharma lobby. When you read about the opioid epidemic in the US you understand why people don't trust the pharma lobby. Then there are a lot of side effects some longlasting. But personally I consider most prescribed pills as way less dangerous than most illegal psychoactive substances. Here are people also people in this forum who said medication has ruined their life. And I completely believe them. But I think when speaking about statistics longterm use of cocaine, or MDMA for example is insanely dangerous. Smoking weed as teenagers can have devastating consequences. There are a lot of studies about that. Statistically I think tested medication is less dangerous if it is taken the right way.
Interested to read your criticism. I expect a lot of negative feedback. But it is completely okay we can agree to disagree.
I would be interested to dive deep into this topic. But it is already quite late.
I give one argumentation that I don't get. It is about weed or magic mushrooms. They would be natural in contrast to the chemistry of the medication. I find this argument shortsighted. I mean for example fly agaric are also natural. There are so many natural things that can damage humans very much and cause insane pain. Then I don't get this framing that chemistry in contrast to nature would be that bad. I mean if your dentist treats yout teeth I think only insane people would say no I don't want to have any pain killers chemistry pills are too damaging.
Moreover many drugs are produced through chemical processes. For example meth, MMDA, cocaine etc. Then there are even medication which can be abused as drugs. Benzos like xanax, lorazepam etc. Sometimes it is hard to differentiate.
I mean I have read you can even misuse certain antidepressants or antipsychotics to get high. But for me here comes the distinction. It is the way how we use these substances. I don't deny some drugs can have therapeutical effect.s But I have the feeling many people don't care about safe use and don't have much knowledge about it. Psilocybin can have postive effects on people with PTSD or depression I think. Weed can help people who suffer from pain as far as I know. Though I think it is important to do this together with a doctor. Or at least following very strict rules.
I had psychosis. And most people in the clinic did not care about empirical evidences etc. They said antipsychotics were bad because they were evil chemistry and drugs instead were good. There is clear evidence that people who had psychosis get psychotic again when cosuming psychoactive drugs. But most of them did not care. Many said weed was natural it could not hurt them. But is very obvious that weed is contraindicated for people who had psychosis.
There is also clear evidence that longterm usage of cocaine makes you depressive. Here is an article about it.
Cocaine And Depression | Delamere
Find out the links between cocaine and depression, what dopamine's role is, & how you can get treated at Delamere. 0330 111 2015.
delamere.com
And people still take it without thinking much about the consequences. It ruined the lives of a lot of rich people.
I should now elaborate on the dangers of medication to give a fair picture. But I think the vast majority of comments will do this for me. This thread is quite an unpopular opinion in this forum. It is quite late and I should get some sleep now.
Some dangers I think about medication are addictions. Like when benzos are taken too often. Opiods which completely ruined the lives of so many people in the US. It is heartbreaking to see that. So many people became homeless because of the greed of the pharma lobby. When you read about the opioid epidemic in the US you understand why people don't trust the pharma lobby. Then there are a lot of side effects some longlasting. But personally I consider most prescribed pills as way less dangerous than most illegal psychoactive substances. Here are people also people in this forum who said medication has ruined their life. And I completely believe them. But I think when speaking about statistics longterm use of cocaine, or MDMA for example is insanely dangerous. Smoking weed as teenagers can have devastating consequences. There are a lot of studies about that. Statistically I think tested medication is less dangerous if it is taken the right way.
Interested to read your criticism. I expect a lot of negative feedback. But it is completely okay we can agree to disagree.
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. And i am middle aged so that you know.
