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TEENS 'ZOMBIE' PILL FAD: ABUSING AMBIEN (Kennedy drug used as party-sex enhancer)
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| 5/14/06
| SUSANNAH CAHALAN and SUSAN EDELMAN
Posted on 05/14/2006 9:48:55 AM PDT by Liz
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To: hsalaw
Because, as it states in the article:
When mixed with alcohol or pot, it produces a hallucinogenic effect, and a party drug. Translation, makes people do things they wouldn't ordinarily do, or maybe I should say "helps them to do things they wouldn't do without the drugs" Also it is readily available, and taken by a lot of KIDS already on anti depressants.
It is entirely possible Kennedy did take Ambian, AND was drinking, as has been reported by those who served him the drinks. It wouldn't exactly be unheard of for a Kennedy to "party" with or without the use of drugs.
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posted on
05/14/2006 10:23:07 AM PDT
by
gidget7
(PC is the huge rock, behind which lies hide!)
To: Despot of the Delta
Parest 400s were the best! Not that I know anything about them either!
To: Liz
...and have wild sex with their spouses... The FDA MUST take action on this stuff...it's unnatural! ;-)
My friend tells me that one patient of hers has to be sure to be in bed and not take it in the bathroom since it knocks her out so fast she hasn't made it to bed sometimes. I found it hard to believe, but I've heard it from many people that it acts fast! The thing that gets me is the warning that if you take it without having a full night's sleep afterwards, it can cause amnesia.
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posted on
05/14/2006 10:26:27 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Liz
Geez, are there any parents anymore controling their kids?
To: BenLurkin
"sandwich with ice cream, syrup and pretzels" hmmm
Thanks very much, but, I'll stick to the ole reliable "peanut butter, honey, banana, butter,and bacon sandwich".
To: hsalaw
Another thread is pointing out how trazodone (an older drug that costs far less since it's now generic) is equally effective, without such side-effects. Trazodone doesn't work for everyone, but it sounds like a better place to start. The problem is, patients see the marketing for Ambien and ask for the latest thing rather than try what might work just as well. On the other hand, there's that pesky priapism side-effect that can occur with trazodone.
IOW, body chemistry and pharmacology are far too complex for lawyers. :-)
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posted on
05/14/2006 10:33:05 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Bringbackthedraft
....I'll stick to the ole reliable "peanut butter, honey, banana, butter,and bacon sandwich"..... If that sandwich is fried, it must be Elvis posting. LOL.
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posted on
05/14/2006 10:39:55 AM PDT
by
Liz
(We have room for but one flag, the American flag." —Theodore Roosevelt)
To: The Worthless Miracle
>"This drug sounds as harmful as marijuana!">"
Yeah, but ambien is easily taxable!!!!
The only $$$ in MJ is in its illicit trade!
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posted on
05/14/2006 11:00:32 AM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(I'd rather be carrying a shotgun with Dick, than riding shotgun with a Kennedyl!)
To: rawcatslyentist
I had big trouble with Ambien, and will never take it again! Almost burnt my house down while sleepwalking/cooking.
To: Gondring
Body chemistry, Pharmacology, logic, calculus, algebra, geometry, thermodynamics and compassion are issues that are too complicated for lawyers.
If lawyers had a handle on any of these things, they could have grown up to be something useful, like doctors, engineers, clergymen, mechanics, bus drivers and garbage men.
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posted on
05/14/2006 11:15:37 AM PDT
by
308MBR
( Somebody sold the GOP to the socialists, and the GOP wasn't theirs to sell.)
To: Liz
http://extremewisdom.com/images/Best.wmv
The classic Bob Hope zombie/democrat clip
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posted on
05/14/2006 11:17:29 AM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s...you weren't really there.)
To: Liz
They are just Partying like a Kennedy.
Big Teddy'splane was hit by lightening....a message from God?
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posted on
05/14/2006 11:17:29 AM PDT
by
Feiny
(Now go bang your heads on your desks until something useful comes out!)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Parest 400s were the best! Not that I know anything about them either!The old Mean Green Jellybean's were pretty damn good.
Just Sayin... (Continuing to whistle innocently)
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posted on
05/14/2006 11:18:42 AM PDT
by
Despot of the Delta
("Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience")
To: Hildy
Unfortunately, mine was Qualudes. Be thankful their only taking Ambien.Hmmmm....Qualudes....
Damn I miss the 70s.
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posted on
05/14/2006 11:20:50 AM PDT
by
radiohead
(Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking guts, you coward.)
To: Despot of the Delta
I had a script for them from a pill-pusher doc. I didn't like them cuz they made me numb, and being a musician, I couldn't play at all if I took one. I gave 'em all away. Mostly to young, beautiful women! So, there was some benefit to havin' that script!
To: English Nationalist
"My clients abused prescription drugs and had adverse side effects.How is taking a prescription drug (Ambein) exactly as prescribed considered abusing it? You do not have to abuse it to have a strange reaction to it.
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posted on
05/14/2006 12:02:58 PM PDT
by
muggs
To: radiohead
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posted on
05/14/2006 12:07:12 PM PDT
by
Hildy
("Whenever someone smiles at me all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life." - Dwight Schrute)
To: freekitty
My parents were wonderful...they really were. But I still did really stupid, dangerous things...ALOT.
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posted on
05/14/2006 12:09:20 PM PDT
by
Hildy
("Whenever someone smiles at me all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life." - Dwight Schrute)
To: gidget7
or maybe I should say "helps them to do things they wouldn't do without the drugs"Or perhaps "gives them an excuse for having done the things they wanted to do anyway"...
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posted on
05/14/2006 12:11:25 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Islam wasn't hijacked on 9/11. It was exposed.)
To: ChildOfThe60s
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posted on
05/14/2006 12:50:45 PM PDT
by
Liz
(We have room for but one flag, the American flag." —Theodore Roosevelt)
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