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Ephedra no cause for panic
USA Today ^
| 6/30/2002
| Jacob Sullum
Posted on 07/02/2002 9:44:51 AM PDT by WindMinstrel
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:39:42 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The famously drug-free Mormons, who have long abstained from tea and coffee, instead used to drink a beverage made from a desert plant called ephedra. The National Football League is determined not to let its players
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ephedra; football; mormon; wod; wodlist
To: *Wod_list
...well over 100 deaths reported to the FDA (among) people using ephedra-containing products
per the American College of Physicians, there were 7,600 US deaths in 1997 from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin.
Ban aspirin -- it's for the children!
To: WindMinstrel
Better send out an alert to all of our WOD Warriors. They've got to be ready to deal with those terrible druggies, the Mormons.
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posted on
07/02/2002 9:48:29 AM PDT
by
alpowolf
To: alpowolf
W.O.D. = Hypocrites. The same people making these rules are the ones benefiting from the War on drugs, you know Politicians & drug Dealers.
To: HELLRAISER II
Precisely. That's why the WOD will never be "won". The WOD Warriors aren't going to shoot their last possum.
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posted on
07/02/2002 9:55:07 AM PDT
by
alpowolf
To: alpowolf
What get's me is that the people tolerate it all under the disguise of protecting their children, hell the Govt is probably protecting some Columbian King pin from prosecution while arresting those same children their claiming to protect. It's a crock & from my point of view completely transparent.
To: WindMinstrel
Well, actually the mormons ARE terrible druggies. Instead of alcohol, though, they are the greatest per-capita consumers of anti-depressants. It's more than 200% of the national average.
Druggies are druggies. Getting addictive drugs by perscription doesn't make them any more respectable or better than heroin or cocaine junkies. Heroin and cocaine were widely prescribed medical drugs at one time, you know.
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posted on
07/02/2002 10:07:04 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
To: WindMinstrel
Mini-Thins are a wonderful thing.
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To: Reagan_for_2004
None of you understand. Today they are legalizing ephedra, tomorrow it is marijuana. As Christians we cannot support drugs use!Sugar and alcohol have caused more damage to mankind than ephedra or marijuana ever will. And not all of us here are Christians, by the way.
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