Side Effects Include Death

I can't say I've never done drugs, but I can say I've never done prescription drugs. I guess I could classify myself as a young lady, and I feel the normal perspective on using chemical drugs is a little too lax for me. It's very normal for girls my age to be taking birth control among other things, and I cannot see why! Have you seen the list of side-effects for those things? Magazine ads need a whole other page to fit it all, and it's in a font size 2, maybe. So, I'm just wondering, why?

I mean, I know the entire purpose is to eliminate all chances of you getting pregnant, but at what cost? First off, you never know what it's gonna do to your body, not only in the present but in the future. And they have those shots now that stay effective for 3 years! Is it just me or is getting a needle to make you infertile for years at a time really weird and fucked up? Is it really that hard for you to avoid getting knocked up? Have you not heard of condoms? They're free at the clinic.

But it's not just birth control that concerns me, cause it seems people are taking medication for everything. If they're feeling too sad, or if they're too hyper, too active, too lazy or too fat. And think about it, all the latest celebrity deaths have had something to do with prescription medication. Nobody naturally gets a heart attack at the age of 30 when they are seemingly healthy. And yet these drugs are portrayed to us as a completely normal thing. Here, you're tired? Take an ambian. Stressed? Here's some Xanax. Can't get it up? Don't worry, there's Viagra!

I know it's cool how much we can do now-a-days with science, but at the same time, it's kinda scary. I'm not so sure all these chemicals are supposed to go in our bodies, and it's really surprising that some of them are even allowed to be sold, if what they're printing is true. Here are some scary (and kinda funny) effects that could happen to you!

~Birth Control
A treatment for fertility
Heart defects/disease, blood clots, liver tumors, stokes and severe migraines. (not headaches, MIGRAINES! Like they're not severe enough on their own! They've already got their own category pertaining to the pain level difference!)

~Xanax
A treatment for anxiety
Blurred/changed vision, nausea and vomiting, problems with urination, changes in sexual desire or ability, lack of memory of events taken place after a dose, and of course, anxiety.
Changes in sexual desire and ability is probably the strangest one. What does that mean? You'll suddenly be very willing to fuck a toaster? Or do you turn from straight to gay? Or incest isn't so unacceptable to you anymore? But then when you do realize you wanna have sex with your cousin, you won't be able to! Or you'll just experience a "change" in your sexual ability. Oh, and it makes me laugh when one of the side effects to an anti-anxiety pill is more anxiety. Great.

~Ambien
A treatment for insomnia
Strange behavior (overly angry or outgoing), hallucinations, depression and suicidal thoughts. It's also reported to give some people horribly scary, vivid nightmares. Also, people have said to notice complete changes in their whole personality and it's not rare for them to try and commit suicide. It also dangerously heightens your blood pressure level, as well as Xanax.

Other than birth control, these drugs are extremely addictive and if you stop using them after regular use, you WILL go into withdrawal. Not only that, but you can overdose and die!

~Viagra
A treatment for flaccid penises (or ED)
Changes in the way you perceive certain colours, headaches and a large risk of a heart attack. You may develop a dependency and, if used too often, even if you're a healthy young man in his 20's, you will be physically unable to ever get and/or maintain an erection without it.

Just for fun I'm gonna add the one of the only drugs I think anyone can do if they ever wanted to, without the risk of death.

~Marijuana
A treatment for pain, loss of appetite and loss of inspiration
Anxiety, red eyes, dry mouth, increased heart rate. Induces a sense of well-being and a dreamy state of relaxation. You are in danger or being able to enjoy things you wouldn't normally, losing track of time, and more seriously, damage to your respiratory's, which is simply from the act of intaking smoke into your lungs. There are claims of diminished short-term memory, psychological dependency, loss of motivation and impaired judgement. There is still no solid evidence that marijuana has any long-term side effects at all.

So, be careful about what you put in your body because you never know how it will affect you. My advice would be: don't do it in the first place. Don't even try it! Except for weed. Everyone must TRY weed.

Just For Fun...

I know not everyone agrees with my views on weed, but here are a list of people who, at one point in time, regularly smoked weed that may surprise you.
-Willie Nelson (Country Musician)
-Dave Chappelle (Comedian)
-Bob Marley (Musician)
-All of The Beatles (The most successful band of all time)
-Stephen King (Shares the title of the richest author in the world with J.K Rowling)
-Bill Maher (Comedian and T.V. host just to name a few)
-Carl Sagan (Astronomer, Astrophysicist, Cosmologist and Author)
-Bill Gates (Founder of Microsoft)
-George W. Bush (Former President)
-Barack Obama (President of the United States)
-Arnold Schwarzenegger (Actor and Body Builder turned Governor)
-Montel Williams (T.V. Host)
-Brad Pitt (Actor)
-Quentin Tarantino (Film Maker of classics like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill)
-Ted Turner (Founder of CNN)
-Michael Bloomberg (Mayor of New York City)
-Michael Phelps (Olympic Gold Medalist - also winner of the most Gold Olympic Medals in history)
-Rick Steves (T.V. host and writer of travel guides)
-Sir Richard Branson (Founder of the Virgin Empire)

So if you think potheads don't contribute positively to society-think again! :)

The Price of Being A Prince

I was walking around Toronto yesterday and I came across a bunch of new graffiti stencils that said, "Free Mark Emery" with a weed leaf beside it. So I thought I'd bring up this 'hot' topic. For those of you who don't know, Mark Emery AKA the Prince of Pot is a Canadian who was tried in the States for illegal distribution of a controlled substance to American citizens. Basically, an international drug dealer. But in reality, Mark Emery runs a website that sells marijuana SEEDS. Not the actual plant, or even the finished product; the seeds. Well, following the advice of his lawyers, Mark Emery is now serving a 5 year sentence and has been deported to the United States. Mark Emery is no stranger to controversy and has even been to jail before (for opening his store on Sundays back in the late 80's), but I honestly believe that he does not deserve to be there. First off, you should know that the Prince's seed selling business was up and running for 10 YEARS before it was shut down by a Vancouver Police raid. Prior to this, Mark Emery had no qualms about his business and even invited Canadian authorities into his shop to arrest him, in which they didn't. It was not until the United States Drug Enforcement Administration urged the Vancouver police to shut him down. They were complaining that his seeds were being sold to U.S. citizens and, as we all know, U.S. laws concerning marijuana are severe and unfair.

Being a Canadian, I find this pretty unsettling. On the most part, I agree with Mr. Mackey; Drugs ARE bad, and they can really interfere negatively with a person's life. But not ALL drugs are bad. In fact, some drugs are very good and weed is one of them. To me, there's not much you can say to convince me that weed is illegal for a good reason. I mean, if it was a purely recreational drug then I would feel different, but it's not! Aside from being super fun it has a lot of healthy benefits, especially when used as a pain killer. But the rep behind weed has become so poisonous that I don't think it will ever be fully accepted the way it should be; like alcohol. People have dealt with weed much like a child deals with being banned from a toy- they're gonna go out of their way to play with it. And alot of people argue it's a waste of time and it makes people lazy when really that's a load of bullocks. It doesn't make me lazy, and the guy who developed CNN smoked weed EVERYDAY. And just like some people like to have a coffee every morning or a drink after work - I like a bong hit. Does this make me a dangerous person? I'm not someone who hangs around on street corners asking people for a fix, nor am I a stupid couch potato. I pay my bills, work full-time, keep informed with the news and am very intelligent and well-read - and I smoke weed but I'm not a...criminal? And yet if I lived in the States I believe I would have been to jail already at least once, and my dreams of going to school or getting a good career would basically be ruined. I really don't find this fair! What if every time you went to the bar, the police were outside ready to arrest you for having a drink with your friends? Do you feel like your doing something criminal when you go out on weekends? If you've ever taken an Advil in your life - there, you've already done a drug worse than weed. Feeling dangerous? And I find it ridiculous that they place such a huge ban on a plant you can grow in your backyard. Just the fact that the States has celebrities talking about how much they blaze in interviews, and releasing any Judd Apatow movie into their American theatres while they're still arresting kids for possessing drug paraphernalia just shows how completely backwards that country is. It's almost unbelievable that they are even connected to a country like Canada. And I think that it really puts Canadians down. We are more known for actually caring for our citizens and are known to the world as one of the top countries for human rights, but anytime that Canada does something unfair and uncharacteristic, it's because of the States. Even the fact the weed is not legalized is because of the negative influence of the States. And look at the upcoming G20 summit. Before, Canada planned to discuss and support abortion but due to the States urges, it's been totally erased from being discussed at all. And now they are trying to make our health care more like the U.S.'s. What do you think? Do you think the States is keeping us crazy Canucks in line, or are they weighing us down? (I'm for the latter.) I personally think we should look to the East's examples and never look south again.

Depressed and Pregnant

Yesterday there was a new study they were reporting on the news that confused me. They were talking about the risks of having a miscarriage. Apparently, every time someone gets pregnant, there's a 20% chance they'll have a miscarriage. The new study that came out carried this flabbergasting statement: taking anti-depressants while pregnant cane lead to a higher risk of a miscarriage. When taking anti-depressants, the probability of a miscarriage goes up over 10%! Wait...what? Why in the hell would you be taking prescription drugs when your pregnant? Better yet, why would you take ANY kind of drug when your pregnant? Your fetus is NOT depressed! It doesn't need anti-depressants! I mean, I don't know much about depression cause I'm not depressed. But if you really NEED to take medication, and it's a question of life or death, then how about you don't poison an innocent person and doom them to live with disabilities their entire life. I cannot think of anything more selfish than a person who abuses their body during pregnancy. Like, people who smoke pregnant. Okay, I understand. I used to smoke and I know that when you're a smoker you are actually addicted. But being pregnant doesn't last forever. If you can't do something that important for your child for a limited amount of time, what kind of parent are you going to be anyway? And, excuse me for saying this but if you're so depressed that you're in need of drugs to aid you through everyday life...why are you having kids? Cause it's obviously gonna be an awesome life for them? Having kids is stressful, especially babies who cry all day and night and you're...depressed. Sounds like a match made in heaven. And people are so appalled when they hear a mother killing all her kids or something. I think that there are just some people who should never, EVER have kids. If your gonna teach your kids to hate a certain group of people, commit crimes and join your parents in the KKK...your shouldn't have kids. If you're a known child molester then you shouldn't even have to option to have kids. If your abusive, incredibly ignorant and vile...DON'T have kids! I feel so bad for the people who come out and say that they were abused or molested and it's messed them up forever...I just could never have a child unless I knew that I had at least SOME means of taking care of them, not just the bare necessities. I want them to be able to say- I wanna do karate! and I'll have to funds to do it. Why have a baby when you know the life you'll give them will be shit? But, it's a Catch-22. There are some people who acheive greatness because there were forced to go to such dark places in their life...but usually those people are strange and damaged. But still, if unfit parents never had their kids there would be no Michael Jackson or Marvin Gaye. But when your kid comes out all deformed, I bet those Moms would have wished they had just taken a break from their vices.