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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (441862)12/21/2008 9:56:26 PM
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I guess that you were talking about getting intoxicated.


I was referring to alcohol or drugs that are used as intoxicants.

Doctors prescribe intoxicants all the time.

Not for use as intoxicants. Physicians prescribe Oxycontin, even Fentanyl -- "intoxicants" -- but never to be used as intoxicants. Anytime these drugs are used for their intoxicating effects they are being abused and no right-thinking physician would prescribe them that way.

I do not believe there is a situation where a physician would prescribe any drug with the intent that it deliver an intoxicating effect. In extreme situations they will provide a dosage that could have an intoxicating effect -- for example, when a dying patient may be administered sufficient ativan to essentially put them under to "keep them comfortable". But this would typically be in a hospital setting and the intoxicating effect is solely a side-effect.
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