Kapow | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:45 pm     WCV, Ritalin is not a med prescribed for learning problems UNLESS there is an attention issue associated. It also has no effect on dyslexia. Ritalin is a stimulant med - only for kids with hyperactivity/ inattention. Additionally it is not usually that effective for kids with attention problems without hyperactivity. |
Hillbilly | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:46 pm     ...alright...here's the jug...just don't let Surini get hold of it...we'll never get it back! |
Kaili | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:46 pm     Now wait- I just read a LFP where Chiara said heroin isn't addictive. Hope that was a joke! Although cigarettes are said to be more addictive than heroin. |
Reader234 | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:49 pm     Cute I have a feeling because of your question I'm libel to get a whole new education!! (remembering the question of what constituted a "homerun vs 3rd base thread! A classic in my own mind!!) |
Kaili | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:49 pm     Cute, I don't think smoking up makes you a druggie. I consider it to be when you are at the point where drugs run your life, seep into every aspect of it, and get in the way of things in your life. If you have relationships, jobs, etc destroyed as a result. |
Reader234 | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:50 pm     (and off to pass the jug to someone other than surini, you're all in the tea thread aint ya?!) |
Bmh | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:52 pm     I agree Kaili..I believe I could almost consider myself a druggie..because I would do pot and coke almost everyday in high school and college and it basically was my life..but then it was kind of weird I just stopped and from then on I have never touched a drug since..so ya a druggie is a person that lets drigs rule their personal life in all forms |
Wcv63 | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:52 pm     Kapow, I just heard Roddy mention dyslexia and learning disabilities. Could be the learning disability was ADHD. I don't know....just mentioning something I heard Roddy comment on earlier in the game...maybe 2nd week in conversation with Gerry. |
Dagny | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:56 pm     The heroin thing that has been posted on the LF's needs to be cleared up. Of all the people who watch live feeds surely some one can back it up...or say it didn't happen. |
Draheid | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:57 pm     Dagny: I agree. I'd also like to hear another reading on Danielle's father reportedly BEING a 'dealer'? I thought he was a minister?? Anyone know for SURE??? |
Cute1073 | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:57 pm     Thanks guys....but then by those definitions...right now none of them are druggies! Right? lol, I guess chiara does seem to have lots of 'drug' stories but i was more concerned for her when she said that she had been drunk almost every day for the past three months before she came in the house. The fact that she also has had a dwi all points to that before coming into the house she was having a little problem with alcohol. Although while in the house she hasn't been obsessed with drinking it or been as um...enthusiastic as others may have been about getting alcohol. |
Kaili | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:58 pm     BMH- that seems to happen a lot when people quit- I never consciously decided to quit though- I just suddenly didn't do it anymore and it didn't matter if I was with people who did or not. I chose not to. It's a big matter of control at the point of "druggie". I did drugs, but they weren't my priority. I was more "recreational" you could say. I set aside time for it. In the case of "druggie" the drugs rule you, you don't rule the drugs. |
Moondance | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:58 pm     ADHD is a learning disability and Ritalin is a med often prescribed for it. ADD and ADHD have been associated with several dyslexias... one of them being speech which I have. Ritilan does effect some dyslexia associated with ADD & ADHD. |
Wigglepuppy | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:59 pm     I'm glad someone started this thread, because I've noticed Josh has mentioned weed a few times on the live feeds. Just little things like, "I could really use a joint". Could you imagine if they were allowed weed in the house? Everyone would get fat and sleep twice as much. ;) |
Willsfan | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:01 pm     Joints make some people paranoid. LOL And crave Hostess cupcakes. |
Kaili | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:02 pm     I don't think any of them are "druggies". If they were, they probably wouldn't be on the show. They may not even be motivated enough to get on the show in the first place. And we would have heard about it and discussed it a lot sooner than 30+ days into the show. I think Chiara is a partier, but I don't think she has real substance problems. |
Dagny | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:02 pm     ok..I was listening while typing...(Dani and the drug dealer.) she either said "her" father or "their father" (the kids) was a drug dealer...I wasn't sure I and I wouldn't want to post something that I misunderstood. But now that it has been posted...I have to say...she MIGHT have said THEIR father. (like I said on my LF post I was busy typing up a post and putting my thoughts together for that...with the feeds running in the background) The Heroin thing I am talking about...is CHi and Roddy in the shower.. (not both of them..one outside of the shower talking to the other) |
What555456 | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:03 pm     America's Choice Some of the house guests have expressed a desire for drugs. Should they receive: 1. Cocaine 2. Heroin 3. Crystal Meth 4. Marijuana 5. Tylenol Call the number on your screen.... |
Bmh | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:03 pm     lol Willsfan..I use to crave cheesecurls when I did pot..It made me so hungry.. |
Bmh | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:04 pm     Dagny I am pretty sure..Dani was talking about her own father that was a drug dealer |
Jane_Bond | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:05 pm     "...i had trouble keepin it lit.. " Damn that wet sausage!!! Hahahaha! Well, I certainly don't mind admitting to pot use. It's like smoking a cigar, only you generally feel a much stronger sense of well-being with pot. Who starts their day with a cup of coffee/tea, has an evening beer or five? No different than having a little pot. I find it laughable to imagine anyone "succumbing to peer pressure". So, do the kids sit around and coerce one to smoke a joint? "C'mon Billy! It's cool! Everyone's doing it!" Really, does anyone talk like that? For most of the folks I know it was a "hey, want some of this?" kinda situation. No problem if you didn't. If you get your education, get a job and are nice to family, friends and strangers, I don't care what you do with your free time. Nobody's business. I don't generally look kindly on narcotics, but LSD (which I never bothered with for fear of a bad trip), Mushrooms (which are quite interesting but which I've not touched in at least ten years) and Marijuana (which I do I sometimes smoke everyday and sometimes go for months without thinking about it) do no more permanent damage than having the same amount in alcohol, nicotine and caffeine. And, before I sign off this particular post, I'd just like to chime in to say that "illegal" drug use is no more or less prevalent in any socio - economic class. My social group includes many people with Masters and Doctorates, professionals and McJobbers and the use of pot is as common as beer drinking and probably more common than cigarette smoke (the *New* evil drug!) Thanks for letting me eriterate what many of you have already pointed out! |
Willsfan | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:05 pm     I've heard it said that Ritalin slows down the growth process. The kids taking it for long periods of time (as in years) won't be as tall as they would have been. Any truth to that? |
Kaili | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:05 pm     LOL What! And who is begging for what in the commercials? |
Cajunrambler | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:09 pm     Hey What555456, Don't forget #6 Hashish for making brownies. |
Moondance | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 09:10 pm     Willsfan... here is some info on Ritalin http://www.breggin.com/ritalin.html |