Question by : Do you think Obama is plotting to infect the public with swine flu so he can kill the people at Fox News?
Sorry, just wanted to try being a right winger for a bit . . .

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Answer by Russian ’12
The top 10 reasons NOT to be a Republican (who can help fill in the rest):

10.

9.

8.

7. “Needles are sharp 🙁 ”

6. “If anyone dies of the flu, it is god’s punishment. ”

5. “Rush told me that N11H is a hoax (and he’s THE ‘expert’) ! ”

4. “What do ‘scientists’ know ? ”

3. “Since I can’t actually ‘SEE’ the H1N1, it’s not REAL, right ? ” 🙂

2. “Don’t KILL it! It’s a LIVING thing! ”

1. “I can tell you from real-life experience that I didn’t PERSONALLY see it kill 50 million people in 1918, so what’s all the fuss ? “

Answer by Bee Bee
Yeah, he also spiking his kool-aid with it. he has too many of his own backing out on him. LOL

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Question by FAITH: How come people on government assistance are not subject to a drug test before and while receiving benefits?
Our tax dollars are paying for a lot of people’s drug addictions. I know here in California, most people on welfare are also on some type of drug abuse. They will take the General Relief money and Food Stamps and feed their drug habit instead of the kids. I believe they should all be subject to drug testing to receive benefits from our tax money and continue with unannounced drug testing to continue to receive payments. We the tax payers have a right to where the money is going.

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Answer by TheOrange Evil
I think it’d be a lot cheaper and easier to 1) get rid of welfare, especially long-term welfare, and 2) make drugs legal.

Answer by Easy, later tonight my rm.
I think WI just got tougher. WI has a good gov. currently, and he’s hated by the socialists. The socialist left think Government is infringing on the rights of the poor if they have to produce an ID or get a drug test. Idiots!

I agree with the first guy as well. Legalize them all for the sake of freedom.

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Question by Lucy: What is the addiction and recovery rate for antidepressants?
What is the addiction and recovery rate for antidepressants? Please include website you found the information on. THANK YOU!!!!

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Answer by ixi26c
I am a psychopharmacology student (drugs and behavior). After Thanksgiving we’re going to discuss antidepressants in-depth. But what I already know tells me you do not become addicted to antidepressants. Also, the whole concept of “addiction” isn’t defined. What you’re probably referring to is physical dependency. You would not experience this. Physical dependency is characterized by withdrawal symptoms that tend to be exaggerrated and opposite effects of the drug. But antidepressants, specifically SSRIs (Zoloft, Prozac) have a very long half-life which means it takes a very long time for the body to rid itself of the drug. When you switch antidepressants you have to wait a couple of weeks before trying a new one, otherwise you may risk serotonin toxicity (which is a neurotransmitter in your brain). If you want web sources, why don’t you just search google? I’d be careful about what web sources you trust, however. I’d more readily trust books.

Answer by stillstanding
That all depends on which drug you are talking about.

I can only speak from personal experience here and not scientific studies or the like.

I am now on Lexapro and it has helped me get over the hump of my depression, and with no side effects as of yet.

I also have heard many people praise this drug, both doctors and patients, but statistics really don’t matter at all for antidepressants.

This is because every person taking these drugs react differently to them, regardless of how many other people have been helped by a specific drug.

Antidepressant use is really just a trial and error process, no matter how popular or effective any specific drug becomes (like Prozac).

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