Well I'm sorry my intent was not to make you uncomfortable although it may have been a side effect.
I simply disagree.
If you don't understand the way this drug functions and the history of addiction blocking drugs, .perhaps that is why you consider it a "knee jerk" reaction.
The problem is that addiction is NOT purely physiological in nature, it is bio-psycho-social-psychological in nature. I have friends who have DIED thanks to naltrexone depo blocking therapy, and several people I know have NOT had a fantastic time on Antabuse, Chantix etc., and I feel IN PRINCIPLE that parents should not be allowed to depo naltrexone their children in the hopes that it will cause them to stop using certain substances.
This is an area of medicine I happen to feel strongly about, and the fact that it is being developed is "not promising," it is "rather frightening" actually. Because you can BLOCK an effect .physiologically, but if the user or said substance continues to crave and imbibe it psychologically, you can wind up with really ugly health consequences.
I do not care for the type of medicine this falls under, especially given the fact that misinformed or uncaring parents may well decide to involuntarily place their smoking or vaping teens on it, and the repercussions may be dire.
If you have an argument to make, make it (about the drug development and why it seems "promising to you.") Instead of talking about "knee jerk reactions" and shaming people for free speech..
Because, it certainly appears as if you did not enjoy it when I turned the tables did you? You sure didn't like being told that you, yourself, was making an opinion which you were and then my insistence that you back up said opinions with facts. I wasn't out to "get" you, but it should be noted that I ONLY stated the exact same thing that you did when condemning the free speech of others-- my opinion.
So, no offense and no, I didn't like it, and neither did you. That was my .point about free speech. It's pretty easy to "observe" what you did, but in that case, surely my "earlier" observations about this drug and its potential hazards were just that, too. Observations, based on my actual close reading of the text, comprehension of what "blocking drugs" do to the brain and the body, and everything else.
So, perhaps that will be a little bit more clear. I have seen people die from drugs SIMILAR in mechanism of action to THIS one, and my comments were directed from my past prior observational experience.
So either let free speech happen, or be more clear in your own opinions, observations, biases etc. We all have them. I do not dispute that. But, I'm not going to sit there and allow myself to believe that your opinions on free speech carry the weight of fact when they don't and are sort of sideways censorship, in truth.
And that is my final word on the topic.
Anna
