http://www.bethmaher.com/blog/2008/01/seriously/ • gumption • go-getting • moxie • illustration• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:56:30 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.bethmaher.com/blog/2008/01/seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-9596 christine Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:08:03 +0000 http://www.bethmaher.com/blog/2008/01/seriously/#comment-9596 I didn't believe it when I first heard about it. It blows my mind, and I wish I knew why he died. Is there any news about the autopsy yet? I didn’t believe it when I first heard about it. It blows my mind, and I wish I knew why he died. Is there any news about the autopsy yet?

]]> http://www.bethmaher.com/blog/2008/01/seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-9590 stellar Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:55:48 +0000 http://www.bethmaher.com/blog/2008/01/seriously/#comment-9590 It's sad, and it's a shame but the biggest shame of all is that, had he overdosed on say, heroin, that an example would be made of him, the dangers of drugs would be put to the forefront, Drugs Are Bad, etc. There would be a Moral of the Story. Instead, despite being given a cocktail of different sleeping prescriptions, there is no public outcry as to why doctors are giving people so many pills and so many drugs and in so many different chemical cocktail combinations with little to no attention to side effects, potential harmful combinations that are completely under-studied or long term detriments. Why doctors who load people up on drugs, which we tell kids to Say No To, do not have to answer to it when things go wrong, is a huge problem. Of course, doctors save lives. I'm not saying they're all pushers either. This is just a matter of personal opinion, but drugs are drugs and their irresponsible use is their irresponsible use. Also just a matter of opinion (albeit a semi-informed one, I work in the natural health industry where I have seen lives ruined by pharmaceuticals and people's lives turned around and bettered by natural approaches, vitamins, herbs, diet, exercise and persistence) that freebasing cocaine is just as harmful as using chemicals to turn off brain signals, or shut them down, or stop pain or alter the body's natural processes. Even mega-superstars are not immune to irresponsible use of drugs, whether they come in a pill bottle with your name on them or in a dimebag off the street. Again, this is just my humble opinion. It’s sad, and it’s a shame but the biggest shame of all is that, had he overdosed on say, heroin, that an example would be made of him, the dangers of drugs would be put to the forefront, Drugs Are Bad, etc. There would be a Moral of the Story. Instead, despite being given a cocktail of different sleeping prescriptions, there is no public outcry as to why doctors are giving people so many pills and so many drugs and in so many different chemical cocktail combinations with little to no attention to side effects, potential harmful combinations that are completely under-studied or long term detriments. Why doctors who load people up on drugs, which we tell kids to Say No To, do not have to answer to it when things go wrong, is a huge problem. Of course, doctors save lives. I’m not saying they’re all pushers either. This is just a matter of personal opinion, but drugs are drugs and their irresponsible use is their irresponsible use. Also just a matter of opinion (albeit a semi-informed one, I work in the natural health industry where I have seen lives ruined by pharmaceuticals and people’s lives turned around and bettered by natural approaches, vitamins, herbs, diet, exercise and persistence) that freebasing cocaine is just as harmful as using chemicals to turn off brain signals, or shut them down, or stop pain or alter the body’s natural processes. Even mega-superstars are not immune to irresponsible use of drugs, whether they come in a pill bottle with your name on them or in a dimebag off the street. Again, this is just my humble opinion.

]]> http://www.bethmaher.com/blog/2008/01/seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-9587 Karen Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:50:41 +0000 http://www.bethmaher.com/blog/2008/01/seriously/#comment-9587 I know, right? I am totally gob-smacked over this... I know, right? I am totally gob-smacked over this…

]]> http://www.bethmaher.com/blog/2008/01/seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-9586 Mourner Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:46:13 +0000 http://www.bethmaher.com/blog/2008/01/seriously/#comment-9586 I'm a little shocked. Especially not that long after Owen Wilson's suicide attempt. I hope it doesn't turn out that half of Hollywood is seriously depressed/has drug problems. But if it does, I hope they get help. I’m a little shocked. Especially not that long after Owen Wilson’s suicide attempt. I hope it doesn’t turn out that half of Hollywood is seriously depressed/has drug problems. But if it does, I hope they get help.

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