SzwedwPolsce
23 Mar 2009
Life / Controversy about funshops with recreational drugs in Poland [50]
Some psychoactive drugs are considered to be pretty harmless. For example smoking weed is not very harmful from a medical point of view. Except for increased risk of lung cancer if smoked for a long time. Some acute psychoses have also been reported.
But in the toxicology and emergency medicine journals there are many cases described where legal recreational drugs caused life-threatening kidney failure, CNS-depression, respiratory failure etc. Several deaths have also occurred. Another problem is that they sometimes contain contaminants, due to poor conditions when produced.
Of course traditional drugs used in the health care can cause side effects. But these substances are tested much more. And the doctor considers pros and cons before prescribing them to you.
the gov should only worry about this if they are actually harmful to people.
Some psychoactive drugs are considered to be pretty harmless. For example smoking weed is not very harmful from a medical point of view. Except for increased risk of lung cancer if smoked for a long time. Some acute psychoses have also been reported.
But in the toxicology and emergency medicine journals there are many cases described where legal recreational drugs caused life-threatening kidney failure, CNS-depression, respiratory failure etc. Several deaths have also occurred. Another problem is that they sometimes contain contaminants, due to poor conditions when produced.
Of course traditional drugs used in the health care can cause side effects. But these substances are tested much more. And the doctor considers pros and cons before prescribing them to you.