Been thinking about this a lot the last 36 hours or so, figured I probably stepped on some toes or even pissed a few off with my comments. I don't intend that, I try and be as straight forward and honest as I can be when talking about subjects like this.
Now for what could be considered gateway drugs, and I'd bet my left boy, that they are, is legal medicines they are pumping pre teens and teens full of nowadays, I'm talking meds such as klonopin and adderal, they are so quick to diagnose and treat kids now for depression and hyperactivity, I've been prescribed both of those meds in the past, and believe me they can really make you high if abused.
The adderal if you don't really need it and you take it, its just like taking speed, it really cranks you up, for me with my A.D.D. its a wonder drug, how it works I have no clue, and I'm pretty damn smart on things like this, if your mind races like mine does, adderal will slow your thoughts way down, but if your mind does not have that problem..it really speeds you up, and I feel in my heart that the meds they are pumping kids full of legally are the true gateway drugs, and its not just those 2 meds, heck the klonopin is technically for seizures, but apparently somebody discovered it works well for certain mental health problems.
I have many friends, whom their doctors tell them their kids need to be on these drugs, I tell them and all of you, really research what these meds can and do, do to people.
I've been on pretty much every med known to man for my mental health issues, and I can honestly say many of them made me worse or made me high and wanting more, some knock you out, which some people like/want others do that and more like haldol, which is abused and over prescribed...why anybody would want to take that is beyond me, for when I was on it, I literally sat slumped in a corner day in and day out just drooling all over myself.
Now folks can say I'm a conspiracy nuts against big pharma, but its in their best interest to dope people up on those meds, that's why docs get perks and kickbacks from them..which in its self makes me wanna blow chunks!, most no longer care about the patient, but rather their bottom line, if you think I'm wrong, ask any working poor stiff, that makes to much for welfare, but yet not enough to barely survive how easily they can get any doctor to treat them, good luck.
If you really want to worry look up the newest pain med, its a real bastage, called and I think they called it this, just because a kid would like the name.
Zohydro...when will it all end ?
Mike