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Why are so many on drugs today???
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 504816" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I agree with Nomad's take on self-medication being a factor.</p><p></p><p>When I got my ADHD diagnosis as an adult, the psychiatrist told me that the five most common "drugs" used by non-diagnosed or non-medicated ADHD adults... in effect self-medicating... are:</p><p>- caffeine</p><p>- nicoteine</p><p>- alcohol</p><p>- marajuana</p><p>- cocaine</p><p></p><p>And all of them have been around in some form (not necessarily current street form) since the beginning of time.</p><p>So no, I don't think its a new problem, or even necessarily a bigger problem in terms of the number of people affected - when I was in highschool, 10% of the student body came to school drunk daily, and half did so some of the time... </p><p></p><p>The bigger problem is... street drugs are not pure. They can be impure by poor handling, or on purpose. You don't know what you're getting. The rapid addictiveness of some of the new stuff is astounding. To me, THAT is the bigger problem. And of course... there are no easy answers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 504816, member: 11791"] I agree with Nomad's take on self-medication being a factor. When I got my ADHD diagnosis as an adult, the psychiatrist told me that the five most common "drugs" used by non-diagnosed or non-medicated ADHD adults... in effect self-medicating... are: - caffeine - nicoteine - alcohol - marajuana - cocaine And all of them have been around in some form (not necessarily current street form) since the beginning of time. So no, I don't think its a new problem, or even necessarily a bigger problem in terms of the number of people affected - when I was in highschool, 10% of the student body came to school drunk daily, and half did so some of the time... The bigger problem is... street drugs are not pure. They can be impure by poor handling, or on purpose. You don't know what you're getting. The rapid addictiveness of some of the new stuff is astounding. To me, THAT is the bigger problem. And of course... there are no easy answers. [/QUOTE]
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