Posted by alohashirt on July 27, 2005, at 23:04:08
In reply to Re: why is there propaganda against medications » rjlockhart98, posted by Phillipa on July 27, 2005, at 22:41:10
> Matt, it seems that they don't work, build up a tolerance, or have horrible side effects or withdrawal effects. Fondly, Phillipa
I don't think it's that.
You are describing the rational limittions of medications but I think
that the discomfort that so many seem to feel about medications
has deeper roots. I remember the panic and hysteria as a child
when the local parents spread a rumour that some unnamed group
was attempting to get ten year olds hooked on LSD by giving away
colored stickers at school. Now it turned out that this was simply an
urban legend with no factual basis but parents seemed to really want to spread this.In a similar way ritalin, the drug of choice for inattentive ADHD
has one of the worst reputations of all medications yet it is
both better tested than 99% of medications and far safer.
Yet the panic continues despite the facts, not because of them. I think
that medication remind speople of medicine men using witchcraft
to remove curses from people and that it is a very
primitive fear that drives much of the propaganda.
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