Generation Rx
Posted by jonathan - 15/02/08 at 09:02:25 am
Given the subject lines of most of my comment spam, the marketing power of Big Pharma, and the American quick fix mentality, I am not surprised by the recent news, brought to the forefront by the celebrity death of Heath Ledger, about how more people do prescription drugs rather than “hard drugs”.
Now “legal” drugs are our big worry. More teens 12-17 abuse prescription drugs than cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines combined. A lot are also getting a buzz from over-the-counter medicine, like cough syrup.
When you can pull these things out of your parents medicine cabinet it makes it much easier to get than “hard drugs”.
Read this interesting side-effects story from new york mag
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Okay, seriously, what are you doing reading the Arizona Republic?
Comment by JW — February 15, 2008 #
John McCain, cactus and Mt. Humphery you can’t beat it!
Comment by jonathan — February 16, 2008 #