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Tuesday November 15, 2005 22:08

by Michelle Clarke - Social Justice and Ethics

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This year, 18 people are dead, and so many friends, family and people are affected. Last year, it was 8 deaths in a turf war. The turf war is territory and the war relates to the sale of illegal drugs that destroy peoples' lives.

I believe in everybody having a degree of self reliance in and input to halting this plague of mind distortion so called pleasure.

The articles in New Scientist are worth a read. This week's article is second from the bottom.....the title is what motivates me to write, the remainder of my comment is about contextualising the effects of drugs on long term and health and in particular the consequences of mental health problems as a direct consequence of addiction. Let the children know. Why don't we have some for of game that shows you how unpleasant it is when your mind goes ary.....

http://www.newscientist.com

'Knowledge is no load'., a quotation used by a wise old Judge born in 1870's.

Today, thankfully our Gardai together with those from abroad, have successfully found large stashes......Long may this work continue.

Ecstacy, drugs can be suffice to cause the precipitating event into Mental Health crises.......Get the message across through education. As a bipolar person with Anxiety and then ABI all I can say is to inform people and contextualise.

Depression:
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Jesuit and Poet
'I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day'
'O Lord : Send my roots rain'

Sr Joan, Franciscan Nun
'It was the onset of a mysterious numbness that crept into my whole being, caused me to want to die, closed down all my connections with the basic ingredients of life: COLOUR, ACTIVITY, CONVERSATION AND RELATIONSHIPS..I could not feel the wind on my face, the hand that clasped mine, my sister's death from cancer, the ground under my feet, the meaning of anything I heard or read. I was alone in my deep dark tunnel and there was no end to it, it seemed. I SIMPLY SAT THERE - MUTE, PITIABLE AND WASTED'

Martin Buber, Jeweish Theologian
'All suffering prepares the soul for vision'

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Comments (35 of 35)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Illegal drugs; need for community action.....too many deaths and young people affected	K Walsh	Wed Nov 16, 2005 21:48
2	Current Drugs situation	Con Carroll	Thu Nov 17, 2005 14:30
3	Con: A reply re. Drugs from what you call a 'Bleeting Liberal'	Michelle Clarke	Thu Nov 17, 2005 21:42
4	social reality	Con Carroll	Fri Nov 18, 2005 17:47
5	Reply to Con Carroll from the fantasy land bleeting heart	Michelle Clarke	Sat Nov 26, 2005 22:14
6	A little 'classless' wisdom perhaps 'Knowledge is no load'	Michelle Clarke	Wed Nov 30, 2005 23:26
7	Reply to Michelle 'Knowledge is no load'	Kevin Walsh	Fri Dec 02, 2005 23:11
8	Funds please from Criminal Assets Bureau for a worthwhile cause....those addicted to drugs and rehab	Michelle Clarke	Sun Jun 11, 2006 00:10
9	Not surprising.	coconut	Sun Jun 11, 2006 14:45
10	whats new	jack	Mon Jun 12, 2006 16:39
11	Jack. I agree. Some benefit from CAB but the homeless and drug addicted are ignored.	Michelle Clarke	Mon Jun 12, 2006 21:42
12	The State benefits Euro 7 b. from CAB interception of Crime and racketeering	Jack Russell	Thu Jun 15, 2006 22:32
13	Cocunut. I agree. Let money be invested to people with drug addiction and similar problems	Michelle Clarke	Tue Jun 20, 2006 19:27
14	Daily Star : 'Veronica's Killing change the way crime was ever reported forever'	Jack Russell	Sun Jun 25, 2006 20:22
15	CAB Euros 7 billion...I think a large mistake here!	K.T.	Sat Sep 02, 2006 01:44
16	Trinity College Dublin Ecstacy Scandal.....Who is responsible?	No to illegal drugs	Mon Sep 04, 2006 01:14
17	Trinity College Dublin Ecstacy Scandal.....Who is responsible?	Michelle Clarke	Wed Sep 06, 2006 20:50
18	Rumours and Myths	d'other	Wed Sep 06, 2006 21:49
19	Couldn't agree more d'other	badman	Wed Sep 06, 2006 22:18
20	Badman's reply to Michelle (the one who rants) article about Research Parameters at leading Irish	Michelle Clarke	Thu Sep 07, 2006 01:32
21	shame on me?	badman	Thu Sep 07, 2006 03:17
22	Trinity Research 10 Euro voucher to research people who take ecstacy....	Jack Russell	Sat Sep 09, 2006 13:09
23	Reply to KT. Erratum re. CAB 7 Billion from crime sources	Michelle Clarke	Tue Sep 12, 2006 21:35
24	Rumour and Myth - The Rant Michelle and d'Other	Kevin T. Walsh	Sat Sep 16, 2006 20:56
25	A young man, three children, from Johnstown, Co. Meath	Michelle Clarke	Tue Oct 03, 2006 21:26
26	Weston: 10 m. euros. drug haul	Michelle Clarke	Fri Oct 06, 2006 02:05
27	Illegal Drugs...How do people deal with the problem?	Michelle Clarke	Sun Dec 31, 2006 22:52
28	The economic, the emotional, the impact on families of illegal drugs	Michelle Clarke	Sun Jun 17, 2007 20:58
29	Kerry hosts a conference of over 800 people from all over the world	Michelle Clarke	Wed Aug 29, 2007 21:16
30	Cocaine, Heroin, Cannabis: Illegal drugs of Addiction.	Michelle Clarke	Tue Jan 22, 2008 18:33
31	Illegal Drugs: What can be done? How about dealers? Where are they?	Michelle Clarke	Tue Jan 29, 2008 17:46
32	Yes	:-)	Tue Jan 29, 2008 20:12
33	Sniffer dogs and illegal drugs. :-) yes, it involves more. People need to take Responsibility	Michelle Clarke	Mon Nov 24, 2008 17:32
34	How Much Is The Doggy In The Window ?	Michael	Mon Nov 24, 2008 20:22
35	Reply to Michael - and the powerful and political dogs that could exist	Michelle Clarke	Tue Jan 20, 2009 18:09

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