Monday, April 21, 2014

Mood Altering Drugs

When I was first in theological seminary, there were proposals that one should put LSD in the drinking water to pacify the population (this was also viewed as a potential terrorist threat). I would think that this has been tending increasingly towards fulfilment, though not as one expected it back then. By now, mood altering drugs are prescribed to about 10% of the population. I have seen studies which show more than 50% for a given profession. In many cases, this normalises people's behaviour. But I would think -- on the basis of experience as a minister -- that in many cases it empowers people to continue with lunatic behaviours where they should have crumpled long ago. OBSERVATION: We now live in a society which is pushing (or inviting) people beyond the bounds of the humanly possible.

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