In India’s Slums, ‘Painkillers Are Part Of The Daily Routine’

Post by pvaldes » Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 9:29 AM UTC

foobar_ wrote: post #15

People who haven't done drugs don't really have the right to talk about drugs. It's like people who haven't done sky diving trying to make laws againt sky diving. Rich people do drugs too but it's always when poor people do it it's somehow bad.

Post by Vinnl » Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 9:38 AM UTC

distant_hat wrote: post #40

Indian medical system is something that one can't even imagine living in the Western world. The vast majority of 'doctors' are actually quacks. I learned that my maid used to go for weekly 'steroid shots' to some quack in her neighborhood. Her reasoning was that everybody did so. I offered to pay her to visit a regular doctor but she refused. She was also significantly malnourished and would drink sugar solution occa…

Post by gingabriska » Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 9:43 AM UTC

layoutIfNeeded wrote: post #42

gingabriska wrote: post #36

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This is changing tho, now there is Electric Rikshaw, so you don't need stimulants.

Heroin is not a stimulant.

Post by gambiting » Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 9:50 AM UTC

maffydub wrote: post #30

AstralStorm wrote: post #17

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I remember some addiction treatment centers in certain countries (was it UK?) were allowed to prescribe opiates including heroin as part of program to wean people off it. Is that gone as part of some stupid war on drugs or other?

Still true-ish - it's methadone rather than heroin. From https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/drug-addiction-get... : > If you're dependent on heroin or another opioid drug, you may be offered a substitute drug, such as methadone.

Post by foobar_ » Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 9:53 AM UTC

pvaldes wrote: post #41

foobar_ wrote: post #15

People who haven't done drugs don't really have the right to talk about drugs. It's like people who haven't done sky diving trying to make laws againt sky diving. Rich people do drugs too but it's always when poor people do it it's somehow bad.

> People who haven't done drugs don't really have the right to talk about drugs. This is an absurd argument, obviously. This would be like saying that pedestrians hit by a car don't really have the right to talk about regulating cars because they can't understand the power that you feel when you drove your car. Drugs do not affect only to people doing drugs.