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mayoraaseiOf all the narrow-minded, paranoid, ill-informed proclamations to make in public.
I don't think there was ever any suggestion that stem cell research would be panacea to all our current medical problems, but it's always been an essential step for understanding a lot of genetic and developmental problems, as well as becoming potential solutions to organ transplants, healing of superficial wounds, better population-targeted drugs.......etc.
Can we please vote this government out?!?! Participation in Iraq, rising petrol prices, rising interests, getting rid of student unions (and other unions), selling of uranium to China, AWA, the abortion drug debate, stem cell research debate....
And these are just the most recent controversial decisions of the last decade of Liberal reign, and leaves out ongoing debate on euthanasia, non-traditional marriage, and plenty of funding problems (while the PM smartly gives himself a payrise).
It just sucks that the alternative isn't even an alternative. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's far far away.
No wonder Australians so damn apathetic about everything.
Edit: On the other hand, I'm highly amused that they would translate photophobia as "dislike of bright lights". HAHAHAHA. I guess light sensitivity just doesn't sound cool enough. The rash is supposedly indicative of meningococcal, by the way (and usually indicative of "you're just about too late to be saved", which sucks).
God, I'm not sure why they even had to dumb down the symptoms. Don't you guys all watch House? =P They even changed fatigue to tiredness =_______=;;;;;;; I suppose I should be glad they kept the "nausea" instead of changing it to "feeling dizzy".
I don't think there was ever any suggestion that stem cell research would be panacea to all our current medical problems, but it's always been an essential step for understanding a lot of genetic and developmental problems, as well as becoming potential solutions to organ transplants, healing of superficial wounds, better population-targeted drugs.......etc.
Can we please vote this government out?!?! Participation in Iraq, rising petrol prices, rising interests, getting rid of student unions (and other unions), selling of uranium to China, AWA, the abortion drug debate, stem cell research debate....
And these are just the most recent controversial decisions of the last decade of Liberal reign, and leaves out ongoing debate on euthanasia, non-traditional marriage, and plenty of funding problems (while the PM smartly gives himself a payrise).
It just sucks that the alternative isn't even an alternative. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's far far away.
No wonder Australians so damn apathetic about everything.
Edit: On the other hand, I'm highly amused that they would translate photophobia as "dislike of bright lights". HAHAHAHA. I guess light sensitivity just doesn't sound cool enough. The rash is supposedly indicative of meningococcal, by the way (and usually indicative of "you're just about too late to be saved", which sucks).
God, I'm not sure why they even had to dumb down the symptoms. Don't you guys all watch House? =P They even changed fatigue to tiredness =_______=;;;;;;; I suppose I should be glad they kept the "nausea" instead of changing it to "feeling dizzy".
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Date: 2006-08-23 09:23 am (UTC)They've actually got a drug like this for alcoholics. It pretty much blocks the enzyme they have for getting rid of alcohol in their system, so people get really sick (hungover) really quickly (after like one glass or something).
The problem with illegal drugs is that people get addicted to that period of euphoria. Maybe the prevention has to involve actually having a drug that causes euphoria without causing the horrible side effects...but then the world would turn out like Brave New World, wouldn't it?
I don't know, I think I have to agree with you on this one. Rehab's got to be better in the long term than actually subconsciously endorsing drug usage.
On the other hand, there are good sides to this argument: as you said, what will determine whether one is a drug addict or not? I think sometimes it doesn't matter. A lot of people who die from overdose (or become very badly ill) are often not addicts but just one-timers. If there is a government-funded place run by accredited people, these overdoses can be eliminated, and you'll also be in a safe place if you have a bad trip. The point being, a lot of people take drugs once or twice in their lives just for the experience, and don't get addicted at all, but these people are equally at danger of dying/being permanently debilitated if they take "bad quality street products".
Just a thought. Hmm. I think there are both sides to this argument, because legalising it does cut down on street peddling, which eliminates a lot of health danger, but it also sends a message across to users that "it's okay to be an addict", which defeats the purpose.