The drugs they mentioned are prescription drugs. There are many of us that have to take them and dont really have a choice. I dont drink.....I cant see why they would be categorised as anything similar.
As an aside, it never ceases to amaze me that drink and drugs are talked of as separate entities.
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enf
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The drugs they mentioned are prescription drugs. There are many of us that have to take them and dont really have a choice. I dont drink.....I cant see why they would be categorised as anything similar.
The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.
Ditto here Enf.
Further amazement occurs on aircraft, Government buildings, even Coles and Woolworths.
In the restrooms there are yellow containers bolted to the walls for users to place their used hypodermic syringes after they shoot up... But no ashtrays.
In NSW if you are caught smoking on a train or even a platform you will be fined, but go to Kings Cross and our labor government has provided a legal premises where you can shoot up Heroin and the police can't touch you.
Maybe if smokers attacked and robbed old ladies, or accosted people on the streets, or burgled houses to get money for their next fag, or under the influence of nicotine glassed someone's face, or at least flicked ash on their shirt, our concerned government could see their way clear to build a nice clean, medically supervised smoking room for nicotine addicts.
No nerve hit , but I wouldnt really call it a quality article. While the figures are more than likely accurate the first third of the article engages in the type of journalism that I wouldnt call " very average " at best.
Pharmaceticals is a very broad term which they dont examine , example , are they claiming every one is running around popping prescription drugs ( the quote above would suggest so ) or are we talking an increase in non prescription drugs like paracetamol and aspirin ?Originally Posted by Article
As living to 100 is not unusual these days and we are living longer in an agring population , I would expect that pharmaceutical spending would go up every year. Those on a larger income consider eating takeaway and drinking bottled liquor " cutting back " because they are not restaurant wining and dining.
I just think its a bit of poor sensatialism in all honesty. But thats not uncommon in todays media
Thats the exact " hook line and sinker " response that the article is meant to get. Unfortunately.
The article didnt mention drugs. Nor did it mention Heroin. It mentioned pharmaceuticals. Of which a basic description is " A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine, medication or medicament, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease ".
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