Wow! 155 deaths from Ephedra! So they are going to pull it off the market and not allow us free Americans to choose to misuse or abuse the herbal supplement. Once again we need to be saved from ourselves. Of course, if you take the supplement at the appropriate dose, you don’t have much to fear. It helped many overweight Americans drop some pounds. After all, we do have a fat epidemic, right? The Great Fat Epidemic of 2004?
So, tell me. What is the appropriate dose of nicotine? How many deaths have we had from that herbal supplement? Oh, many more than 155, you say? Including both of my parents? But why aren’t they saving my daughter and her generation from killing themselves? Surely it must have some medical application then, or they would save us from ourselves, right? Can’t think of any?
Some people think that nicotine calms them. I suppose it does, the same as a junkie gets calmed when a dose of heroin is administered. If the person weren’t addicted to nicotine, the person wouldn’t become jittery from withdrawal.
How many deaths have we had related to alcohol? I haven’t seen any need for Ephedra Anonymous. My medical insurance carrier does not offer Ephedra cessation coverage. I haven’t heard of any middle school kids getting busted for afternoon Ephedra parties. I haven’t heard that usage of Ephedra leads to rampant sexual orgies among grade schoolers.
I can go to the local drug store and ask the pharmacist for cough syrup with codeine, no prescription needed. I can buy caustic chemicals, lye, nicotine, alcohol, rubbing alcohol that would surely blind me if I drank it, Crazy Glue that would cause severe damage if I glued any body parts together, laxatives, emetics that could cause severe esophageal damage if used regularly. I can buy diet drugs that don’t work but if taken in large amounts can cause seizures, I can buy Benadryl that will make me too sleepy to drive. I can even buy bleach and ammonia that if mixed together can clear out my neighborhood pretty fast. But I won’t be able to go buy Ephedra.
I guess this has nothing to do with the alcohol and nicotine lobbyists. I sure do feel safe now. Happy Easter!
2 comments:
I once worked as a nutritionalist. I had a man ask me which drug would help him lose the most weight the fastest. I told him that I would follow him in my car as he ran to Chicago and back. A round trip, Detroit to Chicago (assuming he lived) will take off 300lbs. Pass me another Dexatrim would ya?
Jeez, it never ceases to amaze me. They keep trying to "legislate" us from ourselves, but don't take into account that you can't pass laws against stupidity. ¤Holly
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