“The choice is not between drugs and no drugs, but between illegal drugs and legal drugs. Until the 1920s drugs were legal, why not now? Lots of people are on drugs anyway - it is called medication.” PeopleChoicesDrugIllegalWhy NotMedicationIllegal Drugs Author:David Hockney
“I used to refer to my drug use as putting the monster in the box. I wanted to be less, so I took more - simple as that. Anyway, I eventually decided that the reason Dr. Stone had told me I was hypomanic was that he wanted to put me on medication instead of actually treating me. So I did the only rational thing I could do in the face of such as insult - I stopped talking to Stone, flew back to New York, and married Paul Simon a week later.” ReasonUseWantedFacesUsedSimpleTalkingWeekNew YorkDrugMarriedStonesDecidedAddictionBoxesMonstersRationalInsultDrsFlewMedicationDrug Use Book:Wishful Drinking Source: Wishful Drinking
“At the end of the day, my hope is that when the new Medicare- Prescription Drug Law gets up and fully running a lot more seniors will pay a whole lot less than they do today for their much-needed medications.” EndsWholeRunningTodayRomanceLawPayNeededDrugGet UpThe End Of The DaySeniorPrescriptionsMedicareMedicationPrescription DrugsDrug Laws Author:Dennis Hastert
“I believe that the most dangerous drugs that there are right now are the drugs that are legal - Over-the-counter medication. I think the entire healthcare system promotes the use of these drugs.” ThinkingBelieveUseI BelieveDangerousRight NowDrugHealthcareMedicationDangerous Drugs Author:Slaine
“Beginning in June, Alabama seniors previously without prescription drug coverage should begin to see savings of between 10 and 25 percent on their medications.” ShouldDrugPercentSavingSeniorJuneSavingsCoveragePrescriptionsMedicationAlabamaPrescription Drugs Author:Mike Rogers
“Before you take the first dose of any medication your doctor prescribes, you should make it your business to find out more about the drug than the doctor himself knows.” KnowsShouldFirstsDrugDoctorsDoseMedication Author:Robert S. Mendelsohn
“Legalize hemp and allow women to grow it and make food, clothing and housing for pennies from it and legalize marijuana too. Let women integrate their divided consciousness with a natural herb instead of doctors' pills that kill the liver.” GrowsWomenNaturalConsciousnessGrowingDrugDoctorsMedicineDividedClothingsMarijuanaHousingPillsPenniesHerbsIntegratingMedicationLiverNarcoticsHempLegalizing Marijuana Author:Roseanne Barr
“One of the drivers of heroin has been the misuse of pain medication. If we're gonna deal with heroin and heroin use in the United States, we really have to focus on reducing the magnitude of the prescription drug use issue.” IfsHas BeensStatesUsePainUnitedDealsUnited StatesIssuesFocusDrugDriversReducingPrescriptionsMagnitudeMedicationHeroinMisusePrescription DrugsDrug Use Author:Michael Botticelli
“We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way we do this--through love, work, family, faith, friends, denial, alcohol, drugs, or medication, we build these walls, stone by stone, over a lifetime.” WayMindForceSeaSadnessWallDrugDepressionStonesLifetimeAlcoholDenialInternalsOverwhelmingMedicationSadness Of LifeWork FamilyOverwhelming Force Author:Kay Redfield Jamison
“I've never had a sustained period of medication for mental illness when I've not been on other drugs as well. It's just not something that I particularly feel I need. I know that I have dramatically changing moods, and I know sometimes I feel really depressed, but I think that's just life. I don't think of it as, "Ah, this is mental illness," more as, "Today, life makes me feel very sad." I know I also get unnaturally high levels of energy and quickness of thought, but I'm able to utilize that.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsFeelsWellsSometimesTodayAbleEnergyLevelsPeriodsDrugIllnessMoodMental IllnessMedicationHigh LevelVery SadQuicknessToday Life Author:Russell Brand