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Who chooses the drugs?

topic posted Mon, June 5, 2006 - 7:29 AM by  Scribe
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The UK Chief Scientific Adviser is big-upping drugs to make people smarter etc:

www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...,00.html

But note the worrying two-facedness, in the light of the ban of psylocybin-carrying fungi and the continuing "war" being raged against all things smokable (includng tobacco). Apparently it's OK to take drugs that make you more *productive*, but not OK to take drugs that, for want of a better phrase, "expand the mind" - even in controlled circumstances. Drugs that make you think faster vs Drugs that make you think *differently*.

The more I think about this, the more mad I get. What David King is effectively saying is "You can take drugs so long as they help you to be 'productive'. We don't want drugs that are *truly* recreational" (despite reference to the term at the start of the article). Pretty much all drugs have a side effect of 7, yet the ability to work more probably outweighs these.

Bah, I'm annoyed now. Fuck 'em.
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  • Re: Who chooses the drugs?

    Mon, June 5, 2006 - 11:53 PM
    Outland. Sean Connory. 1979? It has always been the case that drugs that make workers more productive *coffee* are pushed to the maximum, made legal and acceptable...while drugs that make you relaxed and less "productive" are thought of as nusiances. The thing, I can see the logic of your point.

    It is very odd that only productivity drugs are to be legal yet drugs that might make one imagine a more productive system or world or might lead to a change in one's outlook on life are banned, banned, banned!
    • Re: Who chooses the drugs?

      Tue, June 6, 2006 - 2:57 AM
      Yup, good points. I think there are 3 main threads, of which this is one. Each drug usage needs to be considered in 3 lights:

      1. Does it make you work "better"? (Read "more")
      2. Will it kill you?
      3. Are the/a production company making money from it?

      Legality = a mix of these 3.

      Also New Scientist has a related article on the rise (at least on the internet) of unintended use of prescription drugs, e.g. through crushing, extraction, etc:

      www.newscientist.com/article...pes.html

      (via MindHacks: www.mindhacks.com/)

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