Posted by Alan on October 26, 2002, at 23:17:11
In reply to Re: RATIONAL USE OF BENZODIAZAPINES (5.) » Alan, posted by Squiggles on October 26, 2002, at 18:02:18
> The pejorative and loaded use of the word
> "addiction" occurs only amongst the most
> radical reactionaries and bible thumpers.
> Not all are of this group on Benzo.Anyone that does not, but indeed outright refuses to make the medical distinction between "addiction" (which appears too many times to count on the websites of this nature) and "pharmcological dependence" is using it out of ignorance or as a pejorative. It is not wordsmithing as you have suggested earlier because not only the word is changed but the fundamental concept behind the word is entirely different.
The deliberate blurring of the lines of these distinctions by these groups is actually the glue that holds their speculative ramblings together. Without them, poof! Their rationale disappears. There is no foundation in which to support their house of cards.
>
> As for the extrapolation to all people;
> if you grant me that this group is a group
> which has experienced withdrawal and addiction
> with benzos, then i will grant you that you
> have knowledge of a counter-group which has
> not.
>
> Comparing notes may be interesting, given
> the same variables.
>
> SquigglesEverybody experiences withdrawal in degrees of severity. It is the hallmark of drugs that build tolerance. Ad's are no different.
Well the problems are many-fold. Two that come immediately to mind are:
1) Addiction is not the proper word to use in the "rational" use of bzds, only when in circumstances that they were misprescribed, used to get from high to high, and most importantly sought out by the individual reflecting the attitude towards the drug of seeking a high -predisposed or not.
2) If they are "addicted" and indeed in the same way like those withdrawing from illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine ("information" that these groups like to strut around infront of the public like a badge of honour), then these folks don't even equate with the panic population that use the drug properly for legitimately diagnosed anxiety disorders that have very little of the dire risk of severe withdrawal symptoms that this group extrapolates for!
So from where I stand, the middle ground stands right where I've laid it out. One doesn't compromise what is known to be true in a barter for what is known not to be.
Thanks but I'll pass.
Alan
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