Posted by Iago Camboa on May 10, 2002, at 8:18:02
In reply to Re: Ambien and other chimera, posted by katekite on May 9, 2002, at 9:55:24
Hi Kate,
Cannot do any other than joining you on the excellence of Coca Cola's taste: and yes, I'm sure it is much more enjoyable than *most* psychotropic drugs! (LOL)
But just pay attention: one single obscure drug available only in a foreign country may perhaps be the difference between happiness & despair for some man or woman thousands of miles away...
Thankgod both you & me and many people on PB can be aware of and perhaps import successfully many a drug one fancies about and is only available from off-shore pharmacies (even if one sometimes do it more for the fun of cheating those pacific guys at Customs!... Let's face it: grown people also oftentimes enjoy playing like kids...), and this takes me to the next argument about law(s) in general and the rules of the 'game' in free and open societies.I am convinced the true important questions one should pose about the excellence (or inadequacy) of any country's laws are these: are people in general 'prospering' or are they rather 'starving' in that country? Do its citizens enjoy freedom (though under the law) or on the contrary live under the abject opression of an all-powerful bureaucracy installed in power? Are its 'minorities' protected by the laws or are they abused by the 'dictatorship' of the majority?
On the other hand, there does not exist such a thing of a nation where all laws are perfect and one will always find injustices and shortcomings in many laws, nonetheless in those referring to the general availability of drugs to the citizens (drugs are after all common patrimony of mankind) and the too great power in the hands of the priviledged few that (exclusively) prescribe them.>(although I must admit that the power of the drug companies does allow for expensive research and development on drugs in general, which is a good thing long term).
I agree 100% and subscribe fully to the importance of your remark.
Kind regards,
Iago
poster:Iago Camboa
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