tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post7704464860502246110..comments2024-03-17T19:10:13.841-07:00Comments on A Closer Look: Jody Paterson: Jody Patersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038299584414910712noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-70555931631641843182011-07-27T18:38:11.122-07:002011-07-27T18:38:11.122-07:00Thanks for your comment Jody. However, I need to c...Thanks for your comment Jody. However, I need to correct you, for the safety of you and your grandchildren. <br /><br />Illicit pharmaceutical drugs ARE street drugs. <br /><br />Have a look at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) website (which also operates in Canada). You'll see the DEA has a special unit for specific pharmaceutical drugs, the most dangerous ones and those most frequently sold on the street.<br /><br />One of the pharmaceutical drugs for which the DEA has established a special investigative unit is Fentanyl. This is a dangerous and very powerful narcotic which has become a very lucrative street drug, often "diverted" from hospitals and nursing homes by staff into the "black market" on the street.Arne S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-58042848691911576622011-07-26T13:37:57.350-07:002011-07-26T13:37:57.350-07:00A note to Arne S: I agree with you completely and ...A note to Arne S: I agree with you completely and definitely did not intend to have the few drugs that I mentioned be the only ones available to youngsters. But they kids wanted to talk about street drugs, so that's what we talked about. However, I'm with you on your concerns about prescription-drug abuse, not to mention the heavy hand of the pharmaceutical industry.Jody Patersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038299584414910712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-56952247720540743512011-07-26T12:40:58.723-07:002011-07-26T12:40:58.723-07:00Just say Know. Well, I'm taking your advice an...Just say Know. Well, I'm taking your advice and asking that you do the same thing Jody - get in the know. By focusing on your youth, you missed something critical to today's youth being able to successfully navigate the rough waters of adolescence.<br /><br />The fastest growing drug addiction problem in the youth of North America today is prescription drugs. <br /><br />The problem is Illicit use of prescription drugs, although prescribed over-medication of young people is almost as dire a problem as is doctor-prescribed over-medication of elderly people.<br /><br />Proliferation of prescription drugs, pushed by the pharmaceutical industry, is a primary driver of this latest drug menace. These drugs are readily available in many households, especially those of Boomer parents or elderly grandparents.<br /><br />The prescription drugs that are being used by young people today often have as great or deadlier consequences than alcohol, marijuana, coke or even heroin. The more reliable source of the adverse effects of prescription drug bar none is Ralph Nader's Citizen Watch group, who established a research body staffed with doctors and scientists in the 1990s: www.worstpills.org<br /><br />Journalist, inform thyself. <br /><br />Especially in BC, where the Liberal government has created a Pharmaceutical Review Board and filled it with professional lobbyists and employees of pharmaceutical companies. This is a disturbing precedent, and a dangerous situation when one also considers the growing epidemic of youth abuse of prescription drugs.<br /><br />We should be very alert to the effects of this very disturbing and dangerous trend on our own loved ones, and alert to our own government's role in opening these floodgates wide to the manufacturers of these lucrative and dangerous, destructive products, and handing them the wheel and throttle.Arne S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-26950457500391213502011-07-23T06:12:39.059-07:002011-07-23T06:12:39.059-07:00Nicely and honestly expressed my dear and wise old...Nicely and honestly expressed my dear and wise old friend. This one is a keeper for a lot of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-34613799556490272272011-07-22T09:43:11.973-07:002011-07-22T09:43:11.973-07:00This New York Times article adds more to the whole...This New York Times article adds more to the whole talk....<br /><br />Marijuana may help with PTSD<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/us/19pot.html?src=recgBernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951619465188564252noreply@blogger.com