Comments on: What makes some drugs ‘good’ and some drugs bad’? http://www.aubenades.org/drug-abuse-narcotics/what-makes-some-drugs-good-and-some-drugs-bad/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Einsteinliam http://www.aubenades.org/drug-abuse-narcotics/what-makes-some-drugs-good-and-some-drugs-bad/#comment-4464 Einsteinliam Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:21:59 +0000 http://www.aubenades.org/drug-abuse-narcotics/what-makes-some-drugs-good-and-some-drugs-bad#comment-4464 side effects<br><b>References : </b><br> side effects
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]]> By: W W D http://www.aubenades.org/drug-abuse-narcotics/what-makes-some-drugs-good-and-some-drugs-bad/#comment-4463 W W D Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:49:59 +0000 http://www.aubenades.org/drug-abuse-narcotics/what-makes-some-drugs-good-and-some-drugs-bad#comment-4463 General society does think in terms of good and evil, but that's not true in the medical community. Risks and benefits are weighed, and that's why marijuana and LSD are in class I. The evidence for their benefit is weak, and the evidence for risk is strong. There's lots of anecdotal evidence for possible benefits of marijuana, and it's possible it might have a change in classification with further evidence, but so far studies are inadequate. With LSD, the pattern was the same as with a lot of drugs that have wound up in the pharmacologic trash-bin: small initial studies showed promise, and later studies showed differently. You'll note, though, that thalidomide is back on the market after decades of non-use after its association with birth defects shook the world. This is not to say that the FDA isn't influenced by societal pressures and politics, but it isn't as cut-and-dried as your post suggests, and medical marijuana can be had for study, and with adequate studies it can be submitted like any other drug. As a side note, I'd point out that Tennessee had a rule prohibiting the use of phen-fen for weight control. Under public pressure, the state legislature made the medical board change its rule, since it was obvious to everybody that it was a good combination. Shortly thereafter, further studies showed conclusively that the medical board had been right all along. This is a good parallel to the "medical marijuana" bullcrap. There is no such thing as medical marijuana, and no proof of any benefit. I personally think the stuff should be legalized on purely libertarian grounds, but as a physician I object to the end-run of the "medical marijuana" advocates. If you want to practice medicine, go to medical school.<br><b>References : </b><br> General society does think in terms of good and evil, but that’s not true in the medical community. Risks and benefits are weighed, and that’s why marijuana and LSD are in class I. The evidence for their benefit is weak, and the evidence for risk is strong. There’s lots of anecdotal evidence for possible benefits of marijuana, and it’s possible it might have a change in classification with further evidence, but so far studies are inadequate. With LSD, the pattern was the same as with a lot of drugs that have wound up in the pharmacologic trash-bin: small initial studies showed promise, and later studies showed differently. You’ll note, though, that thalidomide is back on the market after decades of non-use after its association with birth defects shook the world. This is not to say that the FDA isn’t influenced by societal pressures and politics, but it isn’t as cut-and-dried as your post suggests, and medical marijuana can be had for study, and with adequate studies it can be submitted like any other drug.
As a side note, I’d point out that Tennessee had a rule prohibiting the use of phen-fen for weight control. Under public pressure, the state legislature made the medical board change its rule, since it was obvious to everybody that it was a good combination. Shortly thereafter, further studies showed conclusively that the medical board had been right all along. This is a good parallel to the "medical marijuana" bullcrap. There is no such thing as medical marijuana, and no proof of any benefit. I personally think the stuff should be legalized on purely libertarian grounds, but as a physician I object to the end-run of the "medical marijuana" advocates. If you want to practice medicine, go to medical school.
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]]> By: teh_kewlest_dewd_on_teh_intarweb http://www.aubenades.org/drug-abuse-narcotics/what-makes-some-drugs-good-and-some-drugs-bad/#comment-4462 teh_kewlest_dewd_on_teh_intarweb Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:06:59 +0000 http://www.aubenades.org/drug-abuse-narcotics/what-makes-some-drugs-good-and-some-drugs-bad#comment-4462 Marijuana grows in nature so the FDA has no power to sell it as a drug (it must be made in a lab somewhere for the FDA to have authority over it). LSD freak-outs are beneficial?? People can go crazy from that stuff and it can also permanently warp your chromosomes. Deformed children = benefit, right? Drugs rarely cure anything, they just mask the symptoms. The wisest thing you can do is thoroughly research anything that you put into your body.<br><b>References : </b><br> Marijuana grows in nature so the FDA has no power to sell it as a drug (it must be made in a lab somewhere for the FDA to have authority over it). LSD freak-outs are beneficial?? People can go crazy from that stuff and it can also permanently warp your chromosomes. Deformed children = benefit, right?

Drugs rarely cure anything, they just mask the symptoms. The wisest thing you can do is thoroughly research anything that you put into your body.
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]]> By: just me #1 http://www.aubenades.org/drug-abuse-narcotics/what-makes-some-drugs-good-and-some-drugs-bad/#comment-4461 just me #1 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:53:59 +0000 http://www.aubenades.org/drug-abuse-narcotics/what-makes-some-drugs-good-and-some-drugs-bad#comment-4461 yes all drugs have the potential to good or bad, thats why we are not supposed to medicate ourselves. it should be left to the medical professionals who have experience with this and any side effects can be monitored and any other drug interactionos can be monitored.<br><b>References : </b><br> yes all drugs have the potential to good or bad, thats why we are not supposed to medicate ourselves. it should be left to the medical professionals who have experience with this and any side effects can be monitored and any other drug interactionos can be monitored.
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