Comments on: Did Your Doctor Inhale?

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:47:17 +0000

I guess you could draw parallels with politicians and GPs and their past life drug abuse. I’d be a little concerned if I learned my Doc had flunked the class concerning a particular medical condition because he/she had been stoned that day, particularly if that happened to be the problem I was at the doc’s about, in the first place. But, yes point taken. As to spot and drug abuse…? I don’t think there’s a sport yet been invented where do you don’t hear about some kind of chemical abuse, whether that’s bodybuilders on steroids, snooker players taking beta blockers to calm them, or soccer stars boozing and snorting away their earnings in dodgy nightclubs.

By: Michelle Bradford

Michelle Bradford — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:24:50 +0000

Knowing your doctor used drugs in college is as important as Clinton doing drugs in college…Who cares? I wouldn’t care if my doctor used drugs in college as long as she/he was able to currently perform the job correctly. However, I would be concerned if needing an evasive surgery or even a checkup and my Doc. was inebriated or high on something. It would be interesting to see a connection with the medical students who did and did not use drug with the people who are in the medical field and using drugs. I think doctors with addictive personalities would and do use the drugs available to them. I think it is most interesting find was that, “they also found that being male and taking part in sporting activities was often associated with both cannabis and solvent abuse.” I always assumed sports activities to be more of a drug-free environment.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:44:15 +0000

@AJ It’s possible. I shall see if I can dig out a US report.

@AJ Yes, I did try and say 25% in three different ways, the awkwardness you perceived was from my perspective a kind of linguistic joke. You might like to check out a recent post on redundancy and tautology that features similar “humour”.

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:55:59 +0000

I’d be interested to know these stats for AMERICAN students. I bet they are.. worse. That is to say — more American students abusing substances than those who study overseas.

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:54:10 +0000

“while cannabis use is limited to about one in four, a quarter use solvents and just over 25% use tobacco.”

Did we just awkwardly say “25%” three different ways while trying to make them sound different? Huh.