The legal highs article reminds me that our culture lacks the community support and human interrelationships that are necessary to make us healthy and happy and unfortunately we find dangerous ways to fill that void. Not to say that there is not a tendency of people to be curious and want to experience a shifting of consciousness by getting high, but it seems the extremes of risk that are taken these days point to a deeper reasoning then just simple curiosity.
The carbon neutral city was inspiring. It's a lot easier to do when there are only a few thousand people to organize, but of course it is very possible to do on a larger scale as well. I would certainly love to live in such a place. The idea of a town working together towards a goal is very attractive to a lot of people who feel a hunger to help others and be a part of something larger than themselves.
As for the pill pushers, that article and discussion was discouraging as it reminds me of how powerful (read: rich) those calling the shots are. They are able to lie, cheat and steal our health to make more money and it seems like there is nothing to stop them. I want to think that it will get better, but my fear is that it will only get worse.
The pharmaceutical companies certainly dominate the health industry and it's scary how these companies and doctors work hand in hand to take full control of our health and what's even worse is that majority of people believe they have our best interests at heart. A doctor friend of mine once told me that these pharmaceutical companies actually have cures for many chronic diseases like AIDS, diabetes, but they don't want people to know about these drugs, because it's a far more lucrative business to get people to be on life-time medication than get them cured and never make money out of them again. It seems like money IS the root of all evil.
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