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a little history repeating..

“In the mid-nineteenth century, it was the custom for doctors to frequently prescribe morphine and other opium preparations. [...] “Soldiers illness” was recognized after the Civil War when more than 50,000 veterans became dependent on morphine as a result of treatment for combat injuries. The public also had ready access to opium and purified drugs in grocery stores and pharmacies. Medicinal mixtures and nostrums, usually unlabeled as to contents, often contained opium or morphine. By the end of the century, many physicians had come to recognize that chronic use of morphine was a disorder (morphinism), although others in society viewed it as a vice. [...] After the passage of the Harrison Narcotics Act in 1914, legal use of opioids was restricted, all of the morphine maintenance clinics were closed, and opioids were no longer available except by prescription. [...] By the early 1920s, people who were dependent on opioids often were denied hospital treatment for medical problems” (RH Krantzler & Ciraulo AD, Clinical Manual of Addiction Psychopharmacology, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2005, pp. 56).

la fel s-a intamplat si cu barbituricele.. amfetaminele.. benzodiazepinele.

dragi colegi medici.. un pic de umilitudine, va rog! inca nu ne-am depasit conditia de ucenic vrajitor..

This entry was posted Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 at 8:21 pm and is filed under reflectii. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “a little history repeating..”

  1. Nicoleta Says:
    November 4th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    De azi dimineata imi bat capul sa imi amintesc de unde vine titlul tau de azi… Acum mi-am dat seama!!! :)

  2. anca Says:
    August 2nd, 2010 at 1:46 am

    ‘Trust in me
    Just in me
    Put all your trust in me
    You’re doin’ morphine
    Go’on babe
    Relax
    This won’t hurt you
    Before I put it in
    Close your eyes and count to ten
    Don’t cry
    I won’t convert you
    There’s no need to dismay
    Close your eyes and drift away’
    Michael Jackson ~ Morphine

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkQd4zOLnjc

    ‘the high’ starting @ 2:49 is kinda chilling but ‘a relief’ also after all that industrial sound (i.e. withdrawal, life, both?)

    … same “high” in Speed Demon @ 6:38

    ‘Speed Demon, You’re The
    Very Same One
    Who Said The Future’s In
    Your Hands
    The Life You Save Could Be
    Your Own
    You’re Preachin’ ‘Bout My
    Life Like You’re The Law
    Gonna Live Each Day And
    Hour Like
    For Me There’s No Tomorrow’

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfMACI9jIo

    he was definitely “headed for the Border” …

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