Personally I'd like to see a warning label on every bottle of soda, every candy bar, every donut and muffin! I think the obesity epidemic continues to claim a lot of victims and I think is very much contributing to the decline of the US.
I think addictions have to be dealt with on the physiological level too because they exist on that level, even the food addictions. It's not even enough to scare people about it. Johnny Gray has an interesting take on celebrities, that they take on a lot of energy from their audiences. Obviously some can handle it better than others. On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 9:31 PM, "steve.sun...@yahoo.com" <steve.sun...@yahoo.com> wrote: Wow Anne. No doubt you can look at it that way. And I can't dispute what you are saying. But where do you draw the line? Distillers? Tobacco companies? They are profiteers as well, no? I certainly agree that the temptations for celebrities are greater in that they have the means to indulge a habit if they are susceptible that way. In fact, I marvel that a celebrity can resist temptations. But I guess, for many simply the fame may be enough, as long as they get enough hits that way. But caveat emptor still rules. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > >Not exactly along the lines of what you are saying, but it seems like there >was a mad rush to find the dealers who sold him the drug. I wonder, really, >why that would be? What are they guilty of besides engaging in an illegal >transaction. > > >They didn't kill him, did they? The drug appears to have been properly >labeled. The dude just offed himself. I'm sure not intentionally, but as you >say sometimes happens, he pushed it just a tad too far. > > >Drug dealers are slimy profiteers and yes, they sort of did kill him. These >amoral assholes prey on all celebrities and non-celebrities alike but there >are so many things available to famous people - drugs being just one out of >the many "perks" - dealers are so eager to be able to boast about supplying >A-listers. You have to be really strong to resist what is so easy to obtain >when you are famous. So, yes, I do think the suppliers should be tracked down. >Just like the doctor (Conrad Murray) who administered propofol to Michael >Jackson; he was just a drug dealer in the end and he was imprisoned for it. In >this world there are those who are predators and those who are easy victims. I >do not believe whoever supplied Philip with heroin is as sorry for his death >as he/she/they is scared that he/she/they is/are going to get caught > > >---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <s3raphita@...> wrote: >> >> >>Re " increase in deaths due to heroin laced with fentanyl ": >> >> >>That's a possible explanation. Another is that the heroin he injected was >>purer - stronger - than the usual stuff doing the rounds and he should have >>used a smaller dose. But stronger/purer heroin is more desirable than heroin >>cut with filler - as long as you're aware of what you're injecting. I knew a >>Scottish smack addict who confided to me one time that whenever he heard of a >>junkie dying of an overdose his first thought was never sympathy but was >>always: "I wonder who the dead addict bought that batch from?" and "Can I get >>my hands on some for myself" .
