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The strange case of the man who took 40,000 ecstasy pills in nine years
The Guardian (UK) ^
| April 4, 2006
| by David McCandless
Posted on 04/03/2006 7:45:26 PM PDT by aculeus
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Just legalize it!
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:45:28 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
. . . "He was having trouble functioning in everyday life." . . . . . . and he didn't notice this for nine years?
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:47:10 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: aculeus
Active alcoholics end up the same way. A drug is a drug is a drug when you abuse it. Legalize it and at least we could have collected taxes on a guy like this for the nine years he was using!
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:49:24 PM PDT
by
Recovering Ex-hippie
("You can't eat cheap lettuce when you've been Nuked"--Illegal Aliens..STFU!)
To: aculeus
Its amazing he is functional at all. It apparently doesn't take much error in the bath tub manufacturing process to get a byproduct that causes Parkinson disease like symptoms.
Given the high level of in take the odds of avoiding a bad batch are almost negligible.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:50:28 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
To: AnAmericanMother
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:50:45 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: aculeus; Horatio Gates
The man, known as Mr AShouldn't that be "Mr. X"?
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:51:15 PM PDT
by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(Hey liberals, you be straight trippin. I get paid to get in your business.)
To: aculeus
At the peak, the man was taking an estimated 25 pills every day for four years. Holy crap! He isn't having "complications," he just hasn't come down yet.
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
5 years ago this week i had a blood alcohol level of .34 a day after my last drink spent a week in the Hospital and 90 days in rehab and a year in sober living One does bulid a tolerence to drugs and alcohol
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:52:51 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Father of the Beeber)
To: aculeus
"Users still claim "long lasting improvements in self-awareness, self-esteem, openness and insight into personal problems" Just in case all of that might make you think drugs may not be helpful, they've saved this for last.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:55:27 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Dig deeper, more ammo.)
To: al baby
congratulations!
Drug laws don't convince people to deal with their problems, for the majority of people. It's the other coonsequences that lead them to rehab...so lets legalize drugs , tax it and spend the $ on rehabs.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:55:28 PM PDT
by
Recovering Ex-hippie
("You can't eat cheap lettuce when you've been Nuked"--Illegal Aliens..STFU!)
To: AnAmericanMother
.. . . "He was having trouble functioning in everyday life." . . .
. . . and he didn't notice this for nine years? "Eh... It's cool"
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:56:15 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Conscience: the inner voice which warns us that someone may be watching. - H L Mencken)
To: aculeus
Though the man, who is now 37, stopped taking the drug seven years ago, he still suffers from severe physical and mental health side-effects, including extreme memory problems, paranoia, hallucinations and depression. He also suffers from painful muscle rigidity around his neck and jaw which often prevents him from opening his mouth. The doctors believe many of these symptoms may be permanent.
Is it a man, or a sack of hamburger meat????
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:56:46 PM PDT
by
starbase
(Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
To: aculeus
Just think how many he would have taken if it was legal!
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posted on
04/03/2006 8:00:42 PM PDT
by
JmyBryan
To: aculeus
40,000 pills in 9 years equals just over 12 per day.
I wonder how he'd being doing if he had 12 drinks per day for 9 years?
To: JmyBryan
How would he have fared on that many sugar pills (or salt pills.) Teach the controversy about the Placebo Effect.
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posted on
04/03/2006 8:02:41 PM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: JmyBryan
It pretty much is legal in England, I studied there back in 1999, go into any club and there are kids openly dealing. It is pretty laughable.
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posted on
04/03/2006 8:02:55 PM PDT
by
Conservomax
(There are no solutions, only trade-offs.)
To: Trailerpark Badass
Sounds impossible to me actually. 12 a day ? He'd be long dead.
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Legalize it and at least we could have collected taxes on a guy like this for the nine years he was using!
&&
The Brits might have a problem with our taxing their citizens, doncha' think?
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posted on
04/03/2006 8:06:32 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Never trust Democrats with national security.)
To: JmyBryan
Just think how many he would have taken if it was legal!Sigh. I guess I should have put a big fat "this is sarcasm" note in my comment. I didn't imagine there were FReepers who would use this grotesque case to actually argue for legalization. .
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posted on
04/03/2006 8:07:30 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
The only drug that should be legalized is marijuana. All the other drugs should remain illegal.
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