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Question by Leland Beas: After hearing about Andrew Johns, I am thinking I should take Ecstasy tablets to improve my…?
…game & help my depression.
I was watching the news last night and who is probably the greatest Rugby League player in history (Andrew Johns), has come out and said he was taking Ecstasy all through his career, which obviously did not do any harm to his performance and also it helped with his bouts of Depression. So, now I am thinking that he is living proof that the anti-drug crusaders are either telling lies about Ecstasy or their research is flawed in a major way because Andrew Johns appears to be living proof that they are wrong. If he can be the greatest at his sport while popping Ecstasy tablets, then what else can I think that can counter that impression? I’m thinking about taking Ecstasy myself for my depression and before I go out to play any active sports.
What can I say to my children if they pose the same questions to me and give the same reasoning for taking drugs in general? Is this a muddled way of thinking? Why?
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Answer by joanne
Yes it is a muddled way of thinking…… and you tell them “because you COULD die!!!!!” It may happen, it may not but do you want that on your conscience? Plenty of people use drugs and function “normally” and may even excel in a certain area of their lives because of it, but that is VERY rare. Most drugs are a gamble and the few “perks” IF any in no way outweigh the risks!!! if you really must try a “drug”, Marijuana is natural and unproccessed most of the time and I haven’t known of 1 case of death…. A la Amsterdam.
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Hi there,
As someone who has studied some Logic, let me tell you: Your reasoning is all wrong. This has nothing to do with drugs “pros and cons”, just with common sense. When an outcome of an action (i.e. you taking ecstasy) is unknown, one does not look at a particular, favorable example. One must look at the statistics. Do you think every other player who did ecstasy benefited from it as well? Do you even have access to this kind of information?
Here’s a couple of other points you should consider:
1. You say the ecstasy didn’t harm Johns’ performance. How do you know? Maybe, if he didn’t take it, he would have been even better?
2. It is known that ecstasy does not effect all people the same way. How do you know it’ll work for you as it (allegedly) worked for him?
3. When he said he took it all through his career, what does it mean? How often? What doses? under what circumstances? Did he have a doctor to watch out for him? What are your plans in these matters?
I don’t know whether it’ll help you or not. You know, some folks smoke like trains and still live to be over 100. So what, does it mean smoking is harmless? Some get lucky, that’s all. Feel like playing Russian Roulette? Who knows, you might get lucky and win the jackpot. Or blow your mind up. But above all, you really should mind your children. This is not some mild psychiatric medicine, this is serious shit. Believe me, when children see their parent tripped on chemicals, they don’t care for reasoning any more. If you care about them, don’t take such chances. There are safer (and more reliable) ways to overcome depression – and yes, even to enhance your game.
I hooked on X for almost 2 yrs spent prolly over $3000 on em about 5 yrs ago…newayz yes that drug is soooo good it makes u feel so good, so happy, everything in ur head and outside is just great but while ur on that drug u cant let anything at all bring u down cause if u do you’ll have a bad trip and thats not good at all….now i never really went out places n did things while i was on it but when u take u mostly wanna just sit down with friends mostly ones on it too n just be mellow….i couldnt even imagine doin sports n running around…but since takin soo many pills my memory is messed up badly..i prolly have so many holes in my head cause thats what supposedly happens to u when u take em…but i advise u dont try it cause once u do you’ll wanna keep doin it over and over cause its good enough and long term effects arent good either.