tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post3043678376766017696..comments2023-04-22T12:32:24.799-07:00Comments on The House of Substance: HeroismSubstance McGravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-7829513644491535922009-08-22T14:26:43.976-07:002009-08-22T14:26:43.976-07:00What, then, can you find in the right part of town...<i>What, then, can you find in the right part of town?</i><br />Lazarus, obviously.herr doktor bimlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-78455438026746039902009-08-22T01:01:39.424-07:002009-08-22T01:01:39.424-07:00What, then, can you find in the right part of town...What, then, can you find in the <i>right</i> part of town?<br /><br />You may not be doing it correctly.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-35552593511376834522009-08-21T09:37:50.102-07:002009-08-21T09:37:50.102-07:00Well, the patent on smack must have expired by now...Well, the patent on smack must have expired by now. As far as prescription drugs go I can find an interesting variety pretty cheap at the dives in the wrong part of town...Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-90732530527681874162009-08-21T09:33:47.206-07:002009-08-21T09:33:47.206-07:00Yeah.
It's certainly worked that way for pres...Yeah.<br /><br />It's certainly worked that way for prescription drugs...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-54077789482154494082009-08-21T05:34:21.149-07:002009-08-21T05:34:21.149-07:00There is some mighty big chunks of cash involved
...<i>There is some mighty big chunks of cash involved </i><br /><br />As soon as you legalize it, the big money vanishes. Market forces and all that.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-7407334925125761052009-08-20T15:49:55.840-07:002009-08-20T15:49:55.840-07:00Hasn't it been working fairly well in Merrie O...Hasn't it been working fairly well in Merrie Olde England for a few yrs.? Like, 50 or so?<br /><br />The orange plastic needle caps literally covering the floor of the Picadilly Circus tube station's men's loo (closest stop to the 24-hr. chemist's) may have been an unintended consequence.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-6029795082930990202009-08-20T13:58:08.725-07:002009-08-20T13:58:08.725-07:00Mr. Goldacre is the man alright.
Myself, I think t...Mr. Goldacre is the man alright.<br />Myself, I think that the less legitimate sellers of heroin might be the ones to really look out for. There is some mighty big chunks of cash involved and they do not take kindly to gubbermint interactions.<br /><br />Capch warns of high levels of dions.Another Kiwinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-62838320981689184142009-08-20T13:04:23.941-07:002009-08-20T13:04:23.941-07:00It should come as no surprise that Ben Goldacre ha...It should come as no surprise that Ben Goldacre has some <a href="http://www.badscience.net/2006/11/methadone-and-heroin/" rel="nofollow">useful background information</a> on heroin prescription, or that nothing has changed in the 11 years since he wrote it.herr doktor bimlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-28338935664965643622009-08-20T12:53:20.154-07:002009-08-20T12:53:20.154-07:00Ron White on medicinal marijuana:
"They aske...Ron White on medicinal marijuana:<br /><br />"They asked me what symptoms I had that medicinal marijuana would help. I told 'em it really bums me out when I run out of pot, and that marijuana <i>cures</i> that."Rusty Shackleblartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-88878170677491321122009-08-20T12:40:32.433-07:002009-08-20T12:40:32.433-07:00Poppy. Razor-blade. Latex. Purifying. I see no rol...<i>Poppy. Razor-blade. Latex. Purifying. I see no role for the pharma company here.</i><br /><br />I believe we already have such systems in place.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-34430759822319350612009-08-20T12:34:55.214-07:002009-08-20T12:34:55.214-07:00My reinvented wheel -- let me show you it.
you sh...My reinvented wheel -- let me show you it.<br /><br /><i>you shouldn't do it because pharmaceutical companies will profit.</i><br />Poppy. Razor-blade. Latex. Purifying. I see no role for the pharma company here.<br /><br />According to Capcha, the patent on apsparin has expired, so now I can get cheap generic ointment for that troublesome groin infection.herr doktor bimlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-38222014718295791862009-08-20T10:32:01.811-07:002009-08-20T10:32:01.811-07:00The first comment at Edroso's post is a funny ...The first comment at Edroso's post is a funny example of kneejerk anti-corporatism: you shouldn't do it because pharmaceutical companies will profit.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-2661868192491703912009-08-20T10:21:05.659-07:002009-08-20T10:21:05.659-07:00But see, your basic judeo-christian ethic prevents...But see, your basic judeo-christian ethic prevents the implementation of any common sense drug policy. <br /><br />Remember the motto, printed in large germanic gilt letters across page xii of the Gutenberg bible:<br /><br />At any given time, someone, somewhere is trying to do something that feels good. This must be prevented at all costs, even that of their worthless lives...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.com