Comments on: Pop stars and drugs

By: Herbalife

Herbalife — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:51:23 +0000

yea….im 4 all drugs besides like herion or crack. I dont see a problem of using soft drugs like grass in the private of ur home. Psycheldeics can give u a spritual awakening and change ur perspective on life complety and they are mainly non-toxic and non-addictive. So why is Acid illegal? I dont know…

By: MJ

MJ — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:23:07 +0000

I think the song is about how everyone is using something to cope with daily life, not just drugs. It does seem like there are very few people around who don’t use something to help them cope; food, drink, tobacco, drugs, psychiatric drugs, and so on. Lily is right that it’s a problem, but the focus is too much on demonising one or other of these “addictions” rather than looking at why we all need something to help us cope in the first place.

By: Milo

Milo — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:21:07 +0000

it really gets me when celebrities speak of their drug consumption with such freedom and ease. as if it is a good thing to do. i am sorry, i am no expert here, but during my bouts of involuntary stays in psych wards i got to meet some really young people who had their psychotic symptoms brought about because they started to get heavily involved with taking marijuana. i am a schizophrenic myself (no, never took drugs!) and i just wished the youngsters could see the hell that i and people like me go through every single day of our lives… then just ask this simple question of themselves before playing Russian roulette with drugs: does getting high really worth the risk?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:53:46 +0000

Another distinction might be the rationale given along with the drugs. A GP or psychiatrist might say take medication X because there is a chemical imbalance in your brain causing condition Y – and X will fix it. Drug-dealers, on the other hand, are generally much more agnostic about such matters.