The purpose here is not to moralize, encourage or discourage. It is to inform. We are conditioned by mass media to look at legal recreational or medicinal drugs as Somehow OK in spite of the evidence of their destructive impact and illegal recreational drugs or some nutritional supplements as somehow NOT OK no matter what the evidence shows. These issues require honest information and serious consideration.
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Curing Addiction with Ibogaine Ibogaine Therapy at the Iboga Therapy House
Rational Recovery Coffee and cigarette consumption are high among AA attendees AA does help a lot of people but the issue of transferring addictive behavior, rather than curing it, is not well examined.
Prescription Drug Addiction Generation RX
Pain Killers
For long distance hikers, the problem with painkillers is that they temporarily allow us to ignore the behavior that caused the pain. When the pain is chemically blocked and the cause is ignored, a discomfort can easily progress to an injury. Typically, the cause of the pain is not hiking in general, but kind of shoes worn, incorrect walking patterns and poor posture from an incorrectly balanced backpack. Also, long term use of high levels of pain killers causes both drug side effects and possible direct injury. Aspirin vs. Marijuana “Tetrahydrocannabinol is a very safe drug,” she said. “Even such apparently innocuous medicines as aspirin and related steroidal anti-inflammatory compunds are not safe.” Review of 10 most used pain killers The Facts of Analgesics (Painkillers) For example, taking more than 4000 mg/day or using it longterm can increase the risk of liver damage.
Alcohol What drink does Effects of Alcohol Dehydration
Sugar The Hidden Story of Big Sugar ...Refined sugar contains no fiber, no minerals, no proteins, no fats, no enzymes, only empty calories. What happens when you eat a refined carbohydrate like sugar? Your body must borrow vital nutrients from healthy cells to metabolize the incomplete food. Calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium are taken from various parts of the body to make use of the sugar. Many times, so much calcium is used to neutralize the effects of sugar that the bones become osteoporotic due to the withdrawn calcium. The Double Danger of High Fructose Corn Syrup, Physically Addictive Foods, Blood Sugar Regulation, Soda Free Summer
Sugar Substitutes
Except for Stevia, the whole lot of them appear to be more damaging to health than refined sugar. Aspartame Symptoms Submitted to the FDA
Caffeine Caffeine Blues The bad news is what happens if you DON'T read it. Caffeine is an addictive drug that contributes to a long list of disease. The book provides the information you need to avoid those health problems. Such as anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, eye and vision problems gastrointestinal disease, miscarriage, etc. Anxiety? Caffeine Could Be to Blame, The Caffeine Nap, Red Bull May Lead to Heart Damage, How Coffee Affects the Body Caffeine experts call for warning labels for energy drinks Caffeine intoxication, a recognized clinical syndrome included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases, is marked by nervousness, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, gastrointestinal upset, tremors, rapid heartbeats (tachycardia), psychomotor agitation (restlessness and pacing) and in rare cases, death.
Much of the evidence brought forward to support the argument that caffeine is good for you refers to how caffeine helps deal with disease. Is Coffee Good for You?
Chocolate
The news about chocolate tends to be mixed. Sometimes it is said to be good for you and other times it is not. What is almost never mentioned is that most chocolates are made with very high amounts of sugar. A sugar free form of chocolate is called 'bakers chocolate'. It will be interesting to see what the research looks like when the sugar content is taken into account. How Much Chocolate is good for your Health?
Marijuana 10 Pot Studies Government Wished it Had Never Funded DEA view on Marijuana Smoked marijuana has not withstood the rigors of science – it is not medicine and it is not safe. Nearly One In Eight US Drug Prisoners Are Behind Bars For Pot American Inequality although the US is home to just 5 per cent of the global population it accounts for 24 per cent of the world's prisoners. Judge says Feds violated 10th Amendment by subverting state marijuana laws 09/14/2008 Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Availability of Marijuana
Tobacco Tobacco Kills Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, causing more than 430,000 deaths each year. US House Approves FDA to Regulate Tobacco After Your Last Smoke
Drug Law Commentary
The use of the Big Lie to say that the drugs the Hierarchy outlawed were done to protect Civil Order is complete nonsense. The laws against (some) drugs created our crime based drug culture which in turn created the foundation of a prison state. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition LEAP When All Drugs Were Legal....There Wasn't a Drug Problem
Recreational Drugs Erowid Documenting the complex relationship between humans and psychoactives
Hikers High? Forget Cocaine - Start Exercising!
