Heath Ledger

[Biff]

HF this is the most sensible post on this subject (drink, drugs, etc) I have seen on this forum. :icon_wink

If you think that was a sensible post, you must be on drugs

 

[Biff]

Who sets that example?

Parents and role models, like actors etc.....

 

[Boy Genius]

What do you mean ?

no free medical expenses, they know the risks, they know the gamble let them pay for any treatment they might need

 

[Willlow]

More importantly did anyone go for a gamble and have him on their death list?

This is the first thing I thought about and i didnt even do the death list! :icon_wink

 

[homer]

no free medical expenses, they know the risks, they know the gamble let them pay for any treatment they might need

Could say the same about extremely obese people, or people who smoke, or people who don't look where they are going when crossing the road etc. etc. etc.

 

[Steven]

If you think that was a sensible post, you must be on drugs

I find this post offensive.

 

[highland fox]

no free medical expenses, they know the risks, they know the gamble let them pay for any treatment they might need

So we choose which sick we treat now do we ? How do you know if their condition was caused by the drink or drugs ? How do you decide it ?

 

[Boy Genius]

Aspirin is acid: acetylsalicylic acid

sorry should have put LSD down instead.

 

[highland fox]

Could say the same about extremely obese people, or people who smoke, or people who don't look where they are going when crossing the road etc. etc. etc.

Exactly...fecking Daily Mail readers:icon_roll

 

[Shents]

when People die from prescription drugs it generaly due to adverse reactions or when people are on more than one drug interaction bettwen the two drugs cause significate side effects. what i mean to say is the people who die from taking these type of drugs generaly aren't abusing them

Over the counter drugs like aspirin or paracetamol are much more likly to be abused resulting in overdoes and death

Ricahrd Shenton BSc (Hons)

 

[Steven]

no free medical expenses, they know the risks, they know the gamble let them pay for any treatment they might need

Traffic accidents, accidents in the home, divers. Where is the line drawn?

 

[highland fox]

If you think that was a sensible post, you must be on drugs

So people who get divorced doso because of drink and drugs.You live in a very simplistic world if thats the case.When things happen in people's lives there isn't always a reason:icon_roll

 

[homer]

Exactly...fecking Daily Mail readers:icon_roll

Point is you can't pick and choose who you treat at the local A&E based on your feckin' assessment of how culpable they are

Just not feasible

 

[Biff]

So we choose which sick we treat now do we ? How do you know if their condition was caused by the drink or drugs ? How do you decide it ?

Yes we do. A lot of operations wont be administered in certain circumstances, like obeese and smoking related diseases.

 

[Boy Genius]

So we choose which sick we treat now do we ? How do you know if their condition was caused by the drink or drugs ? How do you decide it ?

drink or drugs its all the same self induced problem. I lump them all together. You know when you take a drug what may or could happen, you know that heavy heavy drinking can lead to all sorts of horrid things. I would never have given George Best a second chance as you know he will **** it up and that money could have gone and helped someone who is more needy. In fact I will throw smoking problems into that too.

 

[highland fox]

Yes we do. A lot of operations wont be administered in certain circumstances, like obeese and smoking related diseases.

So people with mental illnesses do you treat them? Self Harmers do you treat them ?

 

[Macky]

Just legalise evrything, it'll save the country billions.

 

[highland fox]

drink or drugs its all the same self induced problem. I lump them all together. You know when you take a drug what may or could happen, you know that heavy heavy drinking can lead to all sorts of horrid things. I would never have given George Best a second chance as you know he will **** it up and that money could have gone and helped someone who is more needy. In fact I will throw smoking problems into that too.

Self Harmers? They know what they are doing so you wouldn't treat them ?

 

[Boy Genius]

Traffic accidents, accidents in the home, divers. Where is the line drawn?

I carry enough insurance for that, but I don't have to.

The other examples are not something you do on a regular addictive basis are they. I thought you would argue a more sensible answer Steven.

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

drink or drugs its all the same self induced problem. I lump them all together. You know when you take a drug what may or could happen, you know that heavy heavy drinking can lead to all sorts of horrid things. I would never have given George Best a second chance as you know he will **** it up and that money could have gone and helped someone who is more needy. In fact I will throw smoking problems into that too.

id go along with that