Prescription or illegal drugs?
441493
I am bipolar. I quit taking my effexor xr and other meds some time ago. Marijuana does have it's medicinal value, but with long term use, you will have other side effects. As for me, I haven't smoked for a while now, but if i didn't have a job like the one I do now, i would smoke. There hasn't been any prescribed medicine out there that didn't calm me and let me focus. But, That was with taking 1-2 drags of pot. Not smoking a quarter ounce in a day. Smoking that much is what the dr's are talking about when they tell you the serious side effect. Smoke too much, end up dumb. As with any drug, use responsibly. But...Pot is illegal. (boooo)
94772
Drugs are illegal because of the amount of money the government earns and loses because of them. If we legalized drugs, the government would have great difficulty taxing them. Most drugs are imported illegally from forign countries. Right now, america gets a bunch of money from its war on drugs including busts and payoffs. As a giant corporation, it would be stupid to allow people to purchase outside of your domain. I would never say that america does not allow it because they are bad for you- so are cigarettes, alchohol, most legal diet pills, caffine. Did you know that caffine causes weight gain, the shakes and you can actually overdose and die from it. (granted, that is an extreme and rare case) so, they do allow things that are bad for us as long as it is taxable.
784686
Yes of course it is illegal.\n\nAnd suggestions that a drug company or pharmacy might buy them back are just misinformed gusses.  Why would a drug company give you your money back when they can produce fresh drugs for a tiny fraction of the cost you paid?  How would they verify that you did not contaminate the drugs?\n\nTake the loss and don't get yourself thrown in jail.
432234
Prescription drugs have to go through a study...just like that...before any rational doctor will precribe them and before the FDA will even approve them!
679637
My husband is a U.S. Marshall, so I know this! Anything that pertains to the production, use, or sale of any type of illegal, prescription, or non prescription drug.
520988
Busted! criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. And it's a class b felony.\n\nBut then you knew it was illegal.*LOL*
745300
That isn't illegal.\n\nAlso, doctors can rarely be charged with criminal offenses, for writing prescriptions. At best, it would be civilly actionable (through a law suit).\n\nAlso, do you have proof that the Rx was to enable or have an affair AND the doctor knew? Your husband isn't likely to have shared that with his doctor. He's likely to have said it was to help him with you.\n\nLegally, if he was told, he couldn't have told you. It would have violated Dr-patient confidentiality.
482504
NO, It is wrong and injurious to health. These drugs causes cancer and other health problems. I advice you not to take anything like that because it will be in your interest otherwise you will loose yourself. TAKE CARE................
478970
hello it's a controlled substance u could go to jail for having them WITHOUT a prescription....\n\nmost dr. charge around 70 - 130 dollars for a checkup...\nyou  will be hard pressed to find one that will write a prescription on the first check up but... they are out there just ask around
691656
well drugs can be meds and they can be just drugs. When people abuse them they are drugs. When they use them proper they are meds.
1124490
they have better prescription drugs for them now.  the govt is making it illegal so we have to buy pills from them.. dont worry... theyll still be able to get high somehow
217046
It would depend on what type of meds you're referring to, why you're taking Oxycontin in the first place, and why do you want to take other meds. I would have to refer you to your doctor who prescribed you the Oxycontin as it is a Class A controlled medical substance. I'm hoping it was prescribed by your doctor. If you have acquired it on the street it may be oxy, a harmless placebo or another chemical you don't want to find out about the hard way. Either way always consult your physican.
443356
There should be no illegal drudge.  There are all kinds of medical uses for every drug created but in the US we have illegal drugs that your Dr. cannot prescribe for you even if it would save your life.  Heroin is used routinely to treat severe cancer related pain in other countries.  LSD was developed to treat alcoholism, marijuana has several uses. Cocaine also has several uses.  I think the hype surrounding illegal drugs is just a propaganda thing of the politicians to have a platform to get our votes.  There are just as many abuses of legal drugs as there is of illegal drugs.  And what about alcohol & tobacco?  They are legal & are the worst of them all.  Anyway,  my point is, if they were legal there would be no war on drugs.  We'd save all kinds of tax money.  Do away with DEA,ATF, RENU & a lot of idiot stupid laws.  I don't even & never have done drugs but if everything were legal, then tax the h--- out of the recreational drugs & set up rehabs etc. for the druggies.
483573
cigarettess are impulse purchases if your a smoker you seem them, you buy them.  prescription drugs aren't.
118009
That is a great question - you hit the nail totally on the head at the absolute ridiculousness of the supposed "war on drugs". \n\nWhy are we telling people not to take "illegal" drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis, etc., when "legal" drugs such as prozac, seroxat and zoloft are used in pretty much exactly the same way.\n\nIt comes down to money and control. Pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars from psychiatric drugs and GPs seem to hand them out to people like candy. And what do these drugs actually do? They certainly do not cure anyone of anything. Mental illnesses are not physical diseases. Taking prozac for "depression" is not like taking insulin for diabetes. Psychiatry is total junkscience. All these drugs do is simply change the normal chemistry of the brain to create a false psychological state. Long-term use, like any other drug, can be seriously harmful, both physically and mentally, and yet many people swear by them as some sort of modern day wonder. These same people, i'm guessing, at the same time, are probably telling their kids about the dangers of smoking weed or snorting coke...! It's totally crazy.\n\nAll psychoactive drugs are harmful, whether "legal" or "illegal". Instead of fussing about the legality and costs of recreational drugs, or being blinded by the giant pharmaceutical companies' propaganda regarding "psychiatric medications", governments should look into what is missing in society for people to turn to mind-affecting drugs in the first place.\n\nMike\n\n--\nDecoding Psychiatric Propaganda\nhttp://groups.msn.com/psychbusters\n\n\n--------------\nNOTE ADDED: 03 Feb 2006\nFairyNanook, Of course... anyone who has even the slightest criticism of Psychiatry must be a Scientologist! LOL! Do me a favour! And as for your claim that "depression is a physical disease, just like every other disease out there" I would simply say this: PROVE IT! Provide me with some SCIENTIFIC PROOF! No one has been able to so far, including the NIMH, NAMI or the American Psychiatric Association. Only last July did the president of the APA, Dr. Steven Sharfstein admit that "We do not have a clean-cut lab test". Check the DSM IV and it even says it in there. There is no evidence that ANY mental illness is a physical disease. If you have been told differently then know this: YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO. Check http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters for more info.
940897
Then you need to "hook up" with a psychiatrist who can prescribe you medication.  What you are talking about is either prescription fraud and/or illegal purchase and possession of narcotics.  Do you know that online discusion of this immediately forwarded to DEA, FBI and your state police narcotics squad?  Yes indeedy.  Just those words will get your IP address monitored by them.  Trust me.
786884
I don't have an AMA manual handy. But from what I recall, I believe what is a definite no-no is to prescribe controlled (meaning addictive) medications to self or family. There might be some advice to stay away from self-prescribing psychotropics but it's most likely just advice as there is no inherent danger in such prescribing. It just isn't good medicine because it's very hard to both assess and follow one's own psychological status. Same goes for prescribing psychotropics to family. It's important to note that the AMA does not get involved in determining what's unlawful or not. They just provide guidelines. It's the laws of a particular place that determine what's illegal and what isn't. Many laws do mirror, however, the AMA guidelines. It's unlawful in most cases for a doctor to self-prescribe controlled meds. It's not necessarily unlawful (it might be in some jurisdictions) for a doc to self-presribe non-controlled psychotropics. Laws of every state are different. The federal government also, of course, has jurisdiction over many issues involving drugs, whether addictive or not. Therefore, both the AMA and local/federal laws would have to be consulted when determining whether something can or can't be done, or whether it's just a recommendation that they shouldn't be done.