What should be ADDED to the WoW?

[Anonymous]

Just saw this article, stating that we are now more likely to die from opiod overdose than from a motor-vehicle crash. I know Utah has historically had a pretty bad record with this, and am not sure what the numbers are. But I remember hearing that over 2/3 of the overdose fatalities were caused by perscription drugs.

I think that’s one of the bigger issues with drawing the line at legal vs illegal drugs. What makes a drug legal or illegal, sadly, isn’t about how much harm it can do. It’s about who has the money, what’s the most/least popular, and/or what demographic you want to discriminate against.

[Anonymous]

The USA is really bad with prescriptions. I don’t think healthcare and profiteering mix well, and it leads to situations where medication is pushed more as a product than a cure to something. (Medication probably helps staving off political, social and economic turmoil.)

[Anonymous]

If we were to add to it – Portion Sizes. In America the bigger the better. Not good. Period. Arteries, colon, brain cells, not to mention intestines can’t handle it.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely nothing. Teach principles of good health and leave it at that.

[Anonymous]

On Own Now wrote:

SamBee wrote:

is there anything you would add to the WoW?

An underline to the phrase “not by commandment or constraint”.

Amen!

[Anonymous]

In reality, I wouldn’t add anything, but in practice, I do add one that I see lots of Mormons violate: sharing prescription medications. First, I think Mormons in general are too prone toward using medication for pain relief, etc. (where non-LDS people are probably just taking the edge off with a glass of wine), and secondly, within families, people seem to share them like a communal prescription. Back hurts? Take one of dad’s Lortabs! Have a migraine? Mom’s got some Valium you could borrow.

[Anonymous]

hawkgrrrl wrote:

In reality, I wouldn’t add anything, but in practice, I do add one that I see lots of Mormons violate: sharing prescription medications. First, I think Mormons in general are too prone toward using medication for pain relief, etc. (where non-LDS people are probably just taking the edge off with a glass of wine), and secondly, within families, people seem to share them like a communal prescription. Back hurts? Take one of dad’s Lortabs! Have a migraine? Mom’s got some Valium you could borrow.

Yes, this is a very good point. A lot of people assume that because something is prescribed it is okay. Not only are some things misprescribed, but they are also addictive, modify your behavior (and not always in a good way) and that is before you get to the issue of sharing you mention.

US doctors have a reputation internationally of handing medication out like candy. And you have Elvis and Michael Jackson who both died partly as a result of Doctor Feelgoods.

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