It's an argument against the common notion in America that drugs are the best way to attain good health and success. Yes, sometimes pills and shots are necessary. But if pills are deemed too necessary to make you slimmer, bigger, smaller, tighter, faster, sexier, more beautiful, or more healthy, then I have to ask if that is good thing for our society. I don't believe it is. I think our society is teaching our children that drugs will get them where they want to go.
Yes, I agree. People are used to their
magic pills that make them better, when often taking that pill effects some major organ, which you need another pill to take to mitigate the effects of the first pill. Then you need take another pill to counter the effects of the second pill. It can be a vicious cycle.
Secondly, people in America take a pill when they have a headache. But one has to consider what a headache is, or really in general, what pain actually is indicative of. Pain, whether emotional or physical, is your bodies alarm system. Taking certain pills don't fix the problem, they often mask the alarm.
Going back to something like headaches, 9 out of 10 times you are just dehydrated. I don't take asprin for headaches. I drink copious amounts of water. Why silence the alarm, when you can actually fix the problem?
There's a "Drug War" here against recreational street drugs. And they will take your home away and sell if for cash if you happen to grow pot in it. But if you're a member of the medical-pharmaceutical complex you can make and use recreational drugs 'til the cows come home”hallucinogens, euphoriants, steroids, anti-depressants, Viagra, you name it”and nobody will bother you. Sure, and just as those drugs circulate expensively through our local pharmacies, homes, bathrooms, and bedrooms, they go right down the street to our schools.
The FDA, FBI, DEA, etc, etc, is starting to get serious about prescription drugs now. In California, if you are in possession of a prescription drug not prescribed to you, you could face a serious charge. And really, that's a good thing. Because we scoff at people that drink and drive, but somehow glibly overlook the fact that the effects of certain drugs are just as dangerous as being inebriated by alcohol.
Yes! Call it "holoistic medicine" if you like. But vitamin supplements, a staple of holistic medicine, are part of the pill problem too. Most of those "supplements" do absolutely nothing for you...just sh!t through a goose. But that's all part of consumer-driven capitalism, isn't it? Beware of "holistic medicine" too. Better to quit eating organic pizza and take up yoga. I guarantee your love bunny will get excited over that.
Everyone is trying to sell something. But like I said in a previous post, (btw, sorry it took me so long to respond), its that competition that creates better solutions. No one can deny that pharmacology has its benefits. Its not all bad. But sometimes drugs are only seen in terms of their immediate usage. I remember when Ritalin came out, and everyone was so happy that their kids were starting to focus at school. What they neglected to think about was that these same kids were figuring ways of essentially turning that drug in to speed. It started being sold in the schools.
As well, our hindsight and foresight is often poor. A lot of these drugs are pushed before we can see any long term effects. For instance, we are seeing a marked increase of both autism and alzheimers. Surely, there is something we are ingesting, be it some food additive or medication, that is doing something to us on the genetic level. What are we coming in to contact with that is increasing the prevalence of these two syndromes?
It was the same with asbestos. Sure, it was a great insulator. But we found out at a great cost that its down right dangerous to our lungs. It was the same with talcum powder. Sure, it dried up those diaper rashes fantastically. Problem is, it gets in the lungs and is hard to expel, causing all sorts of maladies.
The air is free in most places. I don't yet see a thriving yoga industry in America to rival that of drugs.
My uncle is real big in to Yoga. He also eats right. But I think people are slowly coming to the realization that eating right, along with regular exercise, along with a happy heart and mind is the best cure for what ails us.
Yet yoga actually can relief stress and a host of other health problems. Odd, isn't it, that yoga is not taught routinely in K-12 public schools? (Maybe this Buddha stuff is threatening to a "Christian society," or maybe it is threatening to the drug industry.)
Since one doesn't have to do with the other, I don't see that as a viable contingent. You can't knock western medicine exclusively, seeing that in the east, they utilize western medicine more than they do eastern. I think both have pro's and con's.
"It is better to shun the bait, than struggle in the snare." -Ravi Zacharias
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