Posted by Chairman_MAO on November 10, 2011, at 5:45:36
In reply to Re: opiates and major depression » Chairman_MAO, posted by europerep on November 4, 2011, at 9:45:53
> So you accept those studies that say what you want them to say and dismiss all others?
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How many studies, exactly, do you want me to cite? Those were just two researchers. What studies are you citing? We're talking about something conceptual here; you have to start there first before one even begins to look at studies. What do you want me to demonstrate?> The point is, we are starting from different premises. You want the doctors who stand between patients and narcotics to be gone - I want them to be better.
>No, I don't want doctors to be gone. I want people to consult with doctors because they want to, not because they have to. That would have the effect of making doctors be better because they'd have to be in order to make money. You can be a professor of pharmacology at a medical school and know more than most doctors about drugs, and yet you need a permission slip to buy one. That doesn't make a bit of sense to me whatsoever, especially given that we're able to buy cigarettes and alcohol at the corner store.
> Anyhow, good luck with that "addiction isn't real" thing. (Yes, this is a straw man argument, but your argument is almost equally absurd.)
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