 thisnamecantbetaken says: I am under the impression Americans takes pills to sleep, pills to wake up, pills to relax, pills to be more energetic, pills, pills, pills. Why do Americans eat so much medicine? When Heath Ledger died, I remember thinking, "Why is such a young, seemingly healthy man popping prescription pills, like they were M&M's?" Is the difference a quick-fix mentality, short-cutting, or because you are bombarded with medicine ads on TV all the time? Why the obsession with pills? Could it be the profit-driven American healthcare system that coaxes people to think they need all these drugs? Well, Some good questions TN. I don't think Americans take pills all the time. I think medication is useful when used properly. Why do we have hypertension here? Well, part of the reason is diet and less exercise and stress. Wealth has destroyed empires for similar reasons. A phrase "Drowning in honey" seems to fit Or more recently "Too much of a good thing" Of course with uppers and downers +3 - 3 = 0 -health The human Brain, heart and liver, (amongst other organs) haven't evolved nearly as quickly as our chemical intake. and can tend to go out on strike. We've become too smart for our own good. Of course we can get tolerance for many drugs, which is not so much making them safer for the body, but making the body think they are. One of the primary factors of addiction. In 1929 there was a panic when the banks started to close, which caused an avalanche. Imagine the panic, and the withdrawal symptoms if all of ... |
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