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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: To tattle, or not to tattle
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.215044.5133@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Nov18.134252.3671@cs.rochester.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:50:44 GMT
- Lines: 153
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- ray@cs.rochester.edu (Ray Frank) writes:
-
- I don't know why I am even bothering to respond - but, I will make
- another effort. I hope you can keep it clear this time about who
- wrote what.
-
- : >Why should it be uncommon - it is a valid comparison. If a person abuses
- : >drugs and, in doing so, endangers others or drives recklessly - the result
- : >is the same. The point is, using drugs is not dangerous - as I have pointed
- : >out to you a number of times. If it was, we would have millions of people
- :
- : You may have pointed it out to me but you haven't proven anything to me.
- : All I've heard from you is talk and nothing to back up your claims, no
- : statistics, no results of studies. Sure, you did quote a 15 second sound
- : bite from CNN that claimed there was no such thing as crack babies.
-
- Nope - twas someone else. I pointed out the studies that had been done on
- the subject.
-
- As has been pointed out before, you are the one making the claims of adverse
- effects. As such, it is your responsibility to proved evidence to prove this.
- All you have to do is cite the case studies that support your claims.
-
- : I would not suggest that anyone wrap their life or their unborn child's
- : welfare around a 15 second sound bite from a media that is known for
- : it failure to accurately report the news or to accurately report
- : complex issues. These people are only journalists who read cue cards
- : which are merely condensed and sometimes rediculous versions of the
- : turth. They in no way resemble medical mental giants.
-
- Nor, apparently, were the original researchers. They have themselves
- admitted that their conclusions are without basis. See the literature
- for documentation.
-
- : And what a blanked statement, ie; "drugs are not dangerous". I suppose
- : you include all the currently used illegal street drugs in this
- : statement. Folks, how would you like this guy to be your kids teacher
- : and tell them that NO drugs are dangerous to use???
-
- Drugs are not dangerous. I know of no drug that will harm you if you just
- leave it sitting on the shelf. Nor will a firearm, or an automobile or
- other item of your choice.
-
- You are correct, I have claimed that the use of ANY drug is not dangerous.
- However, I have stated that the misuse/abuse of drugs (among many other
- things) can be lethal. What I would like to see in schools is an honest
- education program - pointing out the effects (both positive and negative)
- as well as the hazards of various drugs. This is far more likely to get
- the children's attention than the current efforts - where they are told
- outright lies. When they find out that one of the things they are taught
- is a lie, then they tend to disbelieve all the rest. This is harmful, and
- not in the best interest of the children. If you are unwilling to tell
- them the truth, then don't tell them anything. Hopefully, they will be
- able to find out the facts elsewhere.
-
- : >dying from drug usage every year. It is the abuse of drugs that is the
- : >danger- that, and accidental overdose from inconsistent strengths as well
- : >as poisoning from impurities/adulterants.
- :
- : >Bill
- :
- : Thousands DO die every year from drugs. And many more are injured, some
- : permanently. And these are not just from OD's, they are because some of
-
- Agreed.
-
- : these drugs are just plain lethal to the body's system. Coke raises the
- : blood pressure to dangerous levels resulting in strokes and heart attacks.
-
- For a few individuals, usually from overdose. But, the same thing can happen
- to some people, from injesting caffine - or MSG.
-
- : I have a picture of a damaged heart from a coke user. There is a violent
- : tear down the side of the heart muscle which resulted in the instanteous
- : death of the owner of said heart.
-
- Right. Are you sure that your are not confusing coke with strychnine? Coke
- does not cause massive and violent contractions of muscle tissue.
-
- : Coke is also known to cause arteries to spasm shutting off the blood supply
- : to parts of the body, if it is the heart then you have a heart attack.
-
- It can reduce the supply - possibly. It cannot shut off the supply.
-
- : Coke and crack are also extremely psychologically addictive, much more so
- : than most other drugs.
-
- Psychological addiction depends on the person, not the drug. Coke and crack
- are more physically addicting than some other drugs. By the governments own
- figures - about 30% of regular users of coke become addicted - whether this
- addiction is physical or psychological or a combination of both is not
- specified. Note that that is 30% of regular users.
-
- : If people did these drugs as often as they indulged in tobacco and alcohol
- : products then you would surely see a dramatic rise in deaths and injury.
-
- I doubt it. The accidental deaths would surely decrease.
-
- : Can you imagine the results if a person did coke and crack every 20 or 30
- : minutes all day long as people currently do with tobacco? And if the numbers
- : who did this were 60 million people, the current number of tobacco addicts.
- : We would then see just how dangerous some of these drugs are.
-
- The difference is, if a person did that much coke and crack, they would be
- non functional - something that is not true for chain smokers. If people took
- a strong shot of alcohol every 20 or 30 minutes, then you would see that it
- is even more hazardous when abused in that manner.
-
- : I would suggest that rather than take Bill's word or any other pro-legalization
- : advocate's word that people call up drug centers and find out for themselves
- : what is already well known and well established concerning the dangers of
- : drug use. You may also want to find out about crack and coke babies. You
- : will be told that babies are born addicted and that some babies have
- : mal-formed kidneys and that some babies have heart attacks and strokes
- : either before they are born or afterwards. These are not tobacco babies
-
- Depends on who you ask.
-
- I suggest that people take a look at the literature, not what drug treatment
- centers might have to say. They have profit motives for their statements,
- just as the government has profit motives for continuing this stupid war
- that cannot be won.
-
- : as Bill would have us believe but are the result of mothers using coke
- : and crack during pregnancy. If such things occured from smoking then
- : we would see untold numbers of such cases since so many mothers smoke.
-
- I said nothing about tobacco smoking mothers - I believe someone else did.
- I have stated that the cause is due to general malnutrition of the mother,
- as well as possible alcohol poisoning of the foetus. This is born out by
- the studies.
-
- : I'm not saying that tobacco doesn't harm the fetus, I would not make such
- : wild claims as Bill and others do. Tobacco harms the fetus just as it
-
- No, but you do make unsubstantiated claims about what I have said - much
- less about drug effects. Most of what you claim has been shown to be false
- by the researchers. The literature is available, all you have to do is
- read it.
-
- : harms the users. But what they are seeing is something different than
- : just the resut of mothers smoking during pregnancy. They are seeing
- : the result of coke and crack use during pregnancy and these are called
- : crack babies.
-
- Funny, you are one of the few people I have seen still promoting this
- idea. Have you noticed that the term is no longer used in the press or
- television news broadcasts? Maybe that should tell you something. When
- the sensationalistic news media accept something as false, then you can
- bet that it is.
-
- Bill
-
-