READING FESTIVAL SOON!! Only 2 weeks to go 'till the Reading Festival........I'll be there, as usual, with my Pit Medical Team to help those in the crowd at the Main Stage . Don't forget........DO NOT mix alcohol and drugs and have a fantastic week-end!
Mike
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Monday, 23 August 2010
Hope those of you taking "A" levels got the results you want!!!
Have had a lot of queries about taking ketamine..........long term use is VERY bad for you in that you get what's called "tachyphylaxis" which means that you need to take more and more to get the same effect but the side-effects - chest pains, stomach upsets etc. increase.........so if that has happened to you.....STOP taking it.....at least for a couple of weeks until the side effects go away.....then if you MUST take it........take it only for a few sessions and then stop for a week....that way, you won't need to increase the dose every time and you will get less side effects.......dont forget this drug can be dangerous!! (6th most dangerous drug - number 5 is Alcohol .......so DO NOT mix alcohol with Ketamine or any other drug)!!
Will be at Reading Festival this week-end, so will post some photos in a week or two.......DO NOT miss the Libertines!!
Mike
Have had a lot of queries about taking ketamine..........long term use is VERY bad for you in that you get what's called "tachyphylaxis" which means that you need to take more and more to get the same effect but the side-effects - chest pains, stomach upsets etc. increase.........so if that has happened to you.....STOP taking it.....at least for a couple of weeks until the side effects go away.....then if you MUST take it........take it only for a few sessions and then stop for a week....that way, you won't need to increase the dose every time and you will get less side effects.......dont forget this drug can be dangerous!! (6th most dangerous drug - number 5 is Alcohol .......so DO NOT mix alcohol with Ketamine or any other drug)!!
Will be at Reading Festival this week-end, so will post some photos in a week or two.......DO NOT miss the Libertines!!
Mike
Friday, 16 April 2010
"Icelandic volcano grounds all air traffic over Britain"
Much more interesting than the first televised leaders debate, I think you will agree!!
For all those that think that the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) have over-reacted, you ought to go to the following site and read about the 747 that flew through a volcanic ash cloud in 1982 and all four engines failed!! (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-431802/The-story-BA-flight-009-words-passenger-dreads-.html)
Happy Days!!
Much more interesting than the first televised leaders debate, I think you will agree!!
For all those that think that the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) have over-reacted, you ought to go to the following site and read about the 747 that flew through a volcanic ash cloud in 1982 and all four engines failed!! (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-431802/The-story-BA-flight-009-words-passenger-dreads-.html)
Happy Days!!
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Sorry I have been so tardy in getting this blog out......you know how it is......Christmas, then New Year (skiing!) then winter depression, then skiing again and now SPRING!! Hurrah!
Did you notice that another two members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) have resigned over the governments plans to make mephadrone illegal? You remember the headlines a few weeks ago ("Teenagers die after taking mephadrone") - well it transpires that at their post-mortem they were found to have taken alcohol + METHADONE + mephadrone......not really surprising, then, that they died! Despite the fact that many people in the know about drugs effects and the evidence base (Prof. David Nutt + others from the original ACMD and now two more from the current ACMD) are advising the government NOT to ban these drugs on a "whim" - the government is bowing to "public and political" pressure and banning them all the same. It doesn't make sense - 25 deaths due to mephadrone in the past year - 9,000 deaths due to alcohol in 2008 (Government statistics). Ah, well, what do I know (except that the Police are NOT in favour of banning all these new designer drugs!).
Happy Spring and keep those questions coming!!!!
Did you notice that another two members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) have resigned over the governments plans to make mephadrone illegal? You remember the headlines a few weeks ago ("Teenagers die after taking mephadrone") - well it transpires that at their post-mortem they were found to have taken alcohol + METHADONE + mephadrone......not really surprising, then, that they died! Despite the fact that many people in the know about drugs effects and the evidence base (Prof. David Nutt + others from the original ACMD and now two more from the current ACMD) are advising the government NOT to ban these drugs on a "whim" - the government is bowing to "public and political" pressure and banning them all the same. It doesn't make sense - 25 deaths due to mephadrone in the past year - 9,000 deaths due to alcohol in 2008 (Government statistics). Ah, well, what do I know (except that the Police are NOT in favour of banning all these new designer drugs!).
Happy Spring and keep those questions coming!!!!
Monday, 2 November 2009
Sacking of Prof.David Nutt
It's an absolute disgrace! Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said the decision to sack the adviser had been "disgraceful".
"What is the point of having independent scientific advice if as soon as you get some advice that you don't like, you sack the person who has given it to you?" he said.
I absolutely agree. Write to your MP (whoever it may be) and complain.......if enough of us make a fuss, something might happen (we CAN change things if we try hard enough).
Mike
"What is the point of having independent scientific advice if as soon as you get some advice that you don't like, you sack the person who has given it to you?" he said.
I absolutely agree. Write to your MP (whoever it may be) and complain.......if enough of us make a fuss, something might happen (we CAN change things if we try hard enough).
Mike
Thursday, 29 October 2009
I recommend anyone looking at this site to read the following paper at:
http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus1714/Estimating_drug_harms.pdf
It is written by Prof. David Nutt, Chairman of the government's advisory committee on the misuse of drugs and is EXCELLENT!! According to this report (no surprise to those of us that are interested in evidence based medicine) alcohol and tobacco are more harmful than many illegal drugs, including LSD. ecstasy and cannabis........the "hype" that skunk makes you schizophrenic, popularised by the media, is debunked. Read and learn, my friends and let's get a more reasonable illegal drugs classification based on the evidence and NOT on hearsay.
Mike
http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus1714/Estimating_drug_harms.pdf
It is written by Prof. David Nutt, Chairman of the government's advisory committee on the misuse of drugs and is EXCELLENT!! According to this report (no surprise to those of us that are interested in evidence based medicine) alcohol and tobacco are more harmful than many illegal drugs, including LSD. ecstasy and cannabis........the "hype" that skunk makes you schizophrenic, popularised by the media, is debunked. Read and learn, my friends and let's get a more reasonable illegal drugs classification based on the evidence and NOT on hearsay.
Mike
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