Drinking issue at Dartmouth!

mini
Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:09:27 +0000

"Mini, what’s your opinion on the effects of legalizing various drugs? Are you in favor of it or against it?

Just curious… "

Professsionally, I think we’ve killed kids by lying to them about marijuana. When they’ve figured out that we’ve lied, they think we are lying to them about other drugs as well.

Personally, I’m not sure. If we legalize marijuana it will be a giant giveaway to major corporations, and since we are likely to restrict it to those over 21, we will create two markets - one for those over 21, and one for kids controlled by the drug cartels. I think that is the most likely effect.

Professionally, I’d much more heavily restrict prescription painkillers. Swedish Hospital operates an entire emergency room in Seattle without ANY Schedule 2 controlled substances, as do many hospitals in California. The new opiate/heroin epidemic is an iatrogenic disease - caused by ignorant doctors who are often uneducable (except by drug companies.) In treatment, I believe strongly in controlled heroin as superior to both methadone and buprenorphine.

And, both personally and professionally, I think alcohol is by far the most dangerous drug in our society.