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"Keep in mind that children who take stimulants have an increased risk in young adulthood of abusing street drugs such as cocaine. You may even want to warn your children about it. They may think they want to experiment with drugs, but for them it's too risky. Their brains have adapted to these drugs, making them vulnerable to seeking drugs in the future and making them more sensitive to addictive drug effects when exposed at a later date. I have actively campaigned to stop prescribing stimulant drugs to our children." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"There was a particular revulsion against intravenous street drugs, and the new plague, HIV and AIDS, associated with them. Crack became particularly notorious, as tales of its addictiveness and human devastation—"crack babies" and sunken-eyed, spindly "crack whores"—spread. In society at large, epitomized by Ronald Reagan and the Reagan Revolution, there was a parallel desire to "get straight," to get America "back on track." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.) "Typical signs of mania include not sleeping for days on end, "pressured speech" (talking so rapidly that all the words rush together), using street drugs, bursts of activity and "creativity" like painting or writing all night (although usually patients are so sloppily deranged that nothing comes out of these efforts), and compromised judgment about money and sex. Antidepressants can induce such states in people who are already highly vulnerable to them." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Some drugs clinically classified as depressants and barbiturates are called "downers" on the street because the user's physical reflexes and mental/emotional responses are impaired and are effectively narcotized into a groggy lethargy. street drugs termed "uppers" are so called because of the excitation of brain activity into manic and/or paranoid thinking while the body moves into the fight-or-flight mode. Most drugs, however, do not alter moods and do not stimulate the user into entertaining highs or mellow lows." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"There are many causes of PVCs—stimulants like caffeine (in coffee, chocolate, and some soft drinks), low potassium states, alcohol, an aging conduction system, antiarrhythmic and street drugs, lack of oxygen (even being at high altitudes), mitral valve prolapse, and so on. The list is long. Initial interventions include eliminating the cause if possible, or normalizing electrolytes like potassium." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Putting Out Fires with Gasoline An alarming 30 percent to 50 percent of all adults with ADHD, it is now estimated, self-medicate their conditions with excessive amounts of alcohol and street drugs. This futile attempt by ADHD adults to feel better has been likened to trying to put out fires with gasoline. It just makes the situation worse. Many ADHD adults and adolescents turn to stimulating drugs, such as cocaine, crack, amphetamines, and methamphetamines." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"It was not at all unusual for my clients to be taking three, four, five, or six different types of psychiatric drugs in a given day—a combination not unlike the number of street drugs many of them had once been addicted to. I am not a psychiatrist. My job was first as a counselor at, and then director of, a number of clinical and residential programs, and finally as a senior administrator at social services agencies and a researcher at medical schools. But I became oddly enthralled by the ongoing parade of medications that entered my clients' mouths (and sometimes their arms, via injection)." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"The robberies weren't motivated by the desire for street drugs. Adam had plenty of money lying around his home that he could have used to buy illegal drugs. The insane quality of the robberies wasn't driven by cocaine because he wasn't high at the time—he never took any illegal drugs before or during the time he perpetrated the robberies. Plus, cocaine addicts are usually far more cunning and hostile. As in almost every case I've evaluated, Adam's memory was jumbled up and spotty for the robberies, and it was very difficult to reconstruct each of them." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"They understood that illegal street drugs could kill them, but they saw prescription drugs in a different light. The underlying message in the television ads filled with sunshine and flowers was that prescription drugs were safe and even good for you. Some pharmaceutical companies had helped fuel the nation's epidemic of drug abuse by advertising even those products that were the most addictive, despite an international treaty that prohibited such promotion." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"A drug-personality will flee from reality with drugs, not unlike the person on street drugs. We will have a society with more fear, more toxicity. But let us ask again: why are we coaxed into all those drugs, even for our children? Yes, the doctors prescribe them and, in the case of mental problems, the psychiatrist goes on prescribing them. Of course, children are a target market with a price tag of billions of dollars." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "And another thing, studies show there is a higher incident to becoming addicted to street drugs. Ritalin is even being sold as a street drug these days." "What happens if the child gets off the drug? " Dr. Arlen J. Lieberman: "When you get the person off of it, you have a side effect of withdrawal which shoots them through the roof again." "What are the side effects when the kids are on those drugs?" Dr. Arlen J. Lieberman: "Well these drugs can be very dangerous. Of course, the most significant one is suicide when it comes to Ritalin or Prozac." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "A number of them have even gone into other street drugs because of it!" "You said that even babies sometimes are advised to take these kinds of drugs? " Dr. Arlen J. Lieberman: "Yes! In major magazines, you open them up and nearly every 3rd advertisement is a drug related ad. "If your child is moody, not sleeping at night, colicky, cries a lot give them a drug. They even advise flavored antidepressants to babies. So brain washing and obsession really starts early on in life." "Why is the pharmaceutical industry so irresponsible? " Dr. Arlen J. Lieberman: "It's just ruthless." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "Or what about Methadone, the "miraculous drink," that allegedly helps drug addicts withdraw from street drugs? Well, Methadone is currently big business. In some countries, doctors are permitted to sell it to drug addicts, and they also give prescriptions for this extremely dangerous drug. But guess what? Some of those doctors have already been taken to court. One doctor, who specialized in dealing with drug addicts, started a flourishing business by handing out Methadone to minors and, even worse, selling it to Russian criminals." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Now we can see why Nancy Reagan's slogan Just Say No! to street drugs should have been extended to all drugs! For information on how drugs became so popular and so prevalent, please read Appendix B. Susan now takes the lead as we finish these foundational chapters that present the simple wisdom of alternative health care with the ten energy enhancers and without drugs. 7 The Simplicity of Disease Origin and Health Care Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. —Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Let's review." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Warning issued about street drugs containing botanical sources of ephedrine. JAMA; 275:1533-1534. 1996. Audicana M, Urrutia I, Echechipia S et al. Sensitization to ephedrine in oral anticatarrhal drugs. Contact Dermatitis; 24(3):223. 1991. Ault A. FDA proposes limits on ephedrine supplements. Lancet; 349:1753. 1997. Bierman CW, Pierson WE & Shapiro GG. Exercise-induced asthma: pharmacological assessment of single drugs and drug combinations. JAMA; 234:295-298. 1975. Boozer CN, Daly PA, Homel P et al. Herbal ephedra/caffeine for weight loss: a 6-month randomized safety and efficacy trial." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"It is also used to manufacture methamphetamine street drugs that injure and kill countless Americans each year. *•* FDA ignores benefits of Ephedra in Chinese medicine formulas, which always use Ephedra synergistically with other supporting herbs. <•* Ephedra was eventually linked to 155 deaths before being banned. In contrast, Vioxx, an arthritis pain drug, was linked to the deaths of 60,000 Americans and was allowed back onto the market by the FDA." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "Sudafed also happens to be one of the raw materials now being purchased by street meth manufacturers, who combine Sudafed with iodine and other chemicals to create recreational street drugs. Meth abuse is now a national epidemic, with hundreds of thousands of people harmed by the drug and its culture of crime and destruction. Yet the FDA happily keeps Sudafed available as an over-the-counter drug, even though banning it could help stop the manufacture and trade of meth." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Other chemicals that might be involved include tobacco, alcohol, street drugs, heavy metals, coffee, sugar, pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. The functioning ability of the adrenal glands can be impaired as a result of the extensive use of cortisone therapy for nonendocrine diseases, such as arthritis and asthma. The long-term use of cortisone drugs often causes the adrenal gland to shrink in size. Unless otherwise specified, the dosages recommended in this section are for adults." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Among the many street drugs, cocaine and methamphetamine (meth) are powerful stimulants, and meth is extremely addictive. Addictions are a form of self-destructive behavior. They entail psychological, neurochemical, and physical dependencies—obsessions, cravings, and the feeling that it's impossible to live without alcohol or drugs. Withdrawal symptoms become uncomfortable and intense, and the addiction begins as a way to avoid withdrawal symptoms. Once the addiction is established, withdrawal becomes painful and difficult." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.) "Long-term, the abuse of alcohol and street drugs results in a variety of health problems. Alcohol stresses the liver and can increase the risk of fatty liver, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Cocaine and meth can cause blurred vision, seizures, brain damage, heart attacks, fatal kidney and lung diseases, coma, and sudden death. How Do Addictions Begin? We live in a drug-oriented society, where pills are routinely sold, prescribed, and assumed to solve our problems, from heartburn to erectile dysfunction." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.) "Little wonder, then, that many people are easily lured into abusing alcohol, street drugs, and prescription medicines. In the United States and many other countries, advertising links alcohol with fun, parties, attractive people, and sex, persuading us that alcohol can make everything in life better. In Ireland, Guinness beer ads weave alcohol into the nation's character with such advertising slogans as "It's Part of Who We Are." Still other types of advertising around the world associate alcohol with sophistication, sports, and being one of the guys." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.) "Peer pressure often factors in with the use of cocaine, meth, and other street drugs. It's cool and daring to use drugs for the first time, but the initial mental alertness and decreased appetite attract people as well. In a world that values multitasking and increased productivity, the short-term effects of cocaine can be exhilarating. So can be the weight loss that comes from how the drugs suppress appetite. Like cocaine, meth initially creates a sense of well-being, but regular use quickly leads to aggressive, paranoid, and violent behavior." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"Many kicked their habits of street drugs like cocaine and heroin, or legal ones like alcohol. Some went through such a transformation only after hitting rock bottom. Carlos, one of them, describes his experience of getting to the end of his rope: I was planning to finish my BA, moving to New York. I found out that my ex partner had been doing drugs and cheating with other relationships. I was very scared, and I didn't deal with it. For six months I didn't get tested. When I did find out, I had no friends in New York so I had to deal with it on my own." - Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.)

"Zoloft]) or street drugs (LSD, MDMA [e.g., ecstasy], marijuana) or Sumatriptan (e.g., Imitrex) or Tramadol (e.g., Ultram) or Trazodone (e.g., Desyrel) (MY NOTE: Anottier medication Mary Lou was placed on!) Tryptophan or Venlafaxine (e.g., Effexor)—Using these medicines with fluoxetine or within 5 weeks of stopping fluoxetine may increase the chance of developing a rare, but very serious, unwanted effect known as the serotonin syndrome." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"It's important to recognize that the only significant difference between many prescription psychotropic drugs and street drugs such as "speed" and "downers" is that prescription drugs are legal. Furthermore, the reasons addicts give for using street drugs sound much like the reasons some psychiatrists give for prescribing psychotropic drugs. Ask a cocaine user why he or she takes the drug, and you'll hear, "It makes me feel like I can accomplish anything. It give me confidence. I can't function without it. It makes me feel better." - Sydney Walker III, M.D., A Dose of Sanity: Mind, Medicine, and Misdiagnosis (Get the book.)

"A young musician and his mother described the descent into florid insanity (and the painstaking, dramatic stages of complete recovery) following exposure to street drugs, allergy-inducing foods and an especially high sensitivity to the toxicity of tobacco. The film by Hollywood star Margot Kidder (of "Superman"), "Masks of Madness", was also shown. It is impossible to attend a FORUM meeting and not be profoundly shaken and overwhelmingly grateful that doctors like Abraham Hoffer exist in this world. The scientific presentations, in addition to Dr." - Helke Ferrie, Dispatches From the War Zone of Environmental Health (Get the book.) "Reinhold Vieth, and addiction research into curing alcoholism, street drugs and antidepressants by Dr. Joan Mathews Larson. These presentations were so outstanding, the reader is urged to order the tapes and organize their own orthomolecular conference at home for family and friends. Dr. Hoffer told, how in the 1950s he realized one day that the chemical structure of mescaline, LSD, and certain proteins our bodies produce under stress are ad haducinogens." - Helke Ferrie, Dispatches From the War Zone of Environmental Health (Get the book.)

"Billions of dollars are spent in the war against street drugs, but the number of people killed and injured by street drugs is minor compared to prescription drugs. Prescription drugs kill a couple of hundred thousand people every year and are a leading cause of disease and death. If your doctor prescribes a drug, consider that it may cause your cells to malfunction, and that alternatives exist that are both safe and effective. Even aspirin and other common over-the-counter drugs are dangerous, so find alternatives that work for you." - Raymond Francis, Never Be Sick Again: Health is a Choice, Learn How to Choose It (Get the book.)

"Remember that many dangerous street drugs were once derived from natural sources as well.) If people actually saw this list of ominous chemicals that go into natural flavors they would probably think twice before ingesting them. Another question that may be raised here is whether or not genetically engineered foods (also referred to as genetically modified organisms or GMO's) would be defined as food. In my opinion, based on the preliminary findings that are emerging, I do not personally consider them to be real food or a wise choice for consumption." - Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C., If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle (Get the book.)

"As for the drug-death mistakes alone, more than five times as many people die from drugs prescribed by physicians than from street drugs like cocaine, heroin, and Ecstasy. The real number of deaths is almost certainly much higher than these estimates. One reason is the natural instinct to conceal fatal errors, when possible, to escape the potential for malpractice awards. Second, and more important: No independent authority examines the records of hospitals, doctors, and drug companies to detect such deaths." - Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business (Get the book.)

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