Comments on: I don’t know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesn’t Test People With PhD’s for Drugs? … A Movingly Honest Mother? … So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? … They Were Playing? … http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912 A professor of English describes university life. Aim: To change things. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:52:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: I dont know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesnt Test People With PhDs for Drugs? A Movingly Honest Mother? So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? They Were Playing? | Official Drug Abuse Hotline http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912&cpage=1#comment-14605 I dont know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesnt Test People With PhDs for Drugs? A Movingly Honest Mother? So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? They Were Playing? | Official Drug Abuse Hotline Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:51:44 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912#comment-14605 [...] More info…From the Baltimore Sun , by Peter Hermann. Marianne Woessner is a North Carolina nurse and midwife who sees drug addicts with good jobs and from good families nearly every day. They occupy a hidden world that belies the stereotype of rail-thin junkies stumbling from one street corner to the next in search of a fix. Woessner was the mother of one such drug addict. She made the discovery Sunday night, when a Baltimore police officer called to tell her that her daughter, Carrie Elisabeth Joh [...] [...] More info…From the Baltimore Sun , by Peter Hermann. Marianne Woessner is a North Carolina nurse and midwife who sees drug addicts with good jobs and from good families nearly every day. They occupy a hidden world that belies the stereotype of rail-thin junkies stumbling from one street corner to the next in search of a fix. Woessner was the mother of one such drug addict. She made the discovery Sunday night, when a Baltimore police officer called to tell her that her daughter, Carrie Elisabeth Joh [...]

]]> By: I dont know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesnt Test People With PhDs for Drugs? A Movingly Honest Mother? So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? They Were Playing? | Herion Helpline http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912&cpage=1#comment-14541 I dont know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesnt Test People With PhDs for Drugs? A Movingly Honest Mother? So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? They Were Playing? | Herion Helpline Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:42:22 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912#comment-14541 [...] More info…From the Baltimore Sun , by Peter Hermann. Marianne Woessner is a North Carolina nurse and midwife who sees drug addicts with good jobs and from good families nearly every day. They occupy a hidden world that belies the stereotype of rail-thin junkies stumbling from one street corner to the next in search of a fix. Woessner was the mother of one such drug addict. She made the discovery Sunday night, when a Baltimore police officer called to tell her that her daughter, Carrie Elisabeth Joh [...] [...] More info…From the Baltimore Sun , by Peter Hermann. Marianne Woessner is a North Carolina nurse and midwife who sees drug addicts with good jobs and from good families nearly every day. They occupy a hidden world that belies the stereotype of rail-thin junkies stumbling from one street corner to the next in search of a fix. Woessner was the mother of one such drug addict. She made the discovery Sunday night, when a Baltimore police officer called to tell her that her daughter, Carrie Elisabeth Joh [...]

]]> By: I dont know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesnt Test People With PhDs for Drugs? A Movingly Honest Mother? So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? They Were Playing? | Official Heroin Hotline http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912&cpage=1#comment-14539 I dont know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesnt Test People With PhDs for Drugs? A Movingly Honest Mother? So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? They Were Playing? | Official Heroin Hotline Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:04:18 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912#comment-14539 [...] More info…From the Baltimore Sun , by Peter Hermann. Marianne Woessner is a North Carolina nurse and midwife who sees drug addicts with good jobs and from good families nearly every day. They occupy a hidden world that belies the stereotype of rail-thin junkies stumbling from one street corner to the next in search of a fix. Woessner was the mother of one such drug addict. She made the discovery Sunday night, when a Baltimore police officer called to tell her that her daughter, Carrie Elisabeth Joh [...] [...] More info…From the Baltimore Sun , by Peter Hermann. Marianne Woessner is a North Carolina nurse and midwife who sees drug addicts with good jobs and from good families nearly every day. They occupy a hidden world that belies the stereotype of rail-thin junkies stumbling from one street corner to the next in search of a fix. Woessner was the mother of one such drug addict. She made the discovery Sunday night, when a Baltimore police officer called to tell her that her daughter, Carrie Elisabeth Joh [...]

]]> By: I dont know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesnt Test People With PhDs for Drugs? A Movingly Honest Mother? So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? They Were Playing? | Official Heroin Helpline http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912&cpage=1#comment-14448 I dont know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesnt Test People With PhDs for Drugs? A Movingly Honest Mother? So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? They Were Playing? | Official Heroin Helpline Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:53:14 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912#comment-14448 [...] More info…From the Baltimore Sun , by Peter Hermann. Marianne Woessner is a North Carolina nurse and midwife who sees drug addicts with good jobs and from good families nearly every day. They occupy a hidden world that belies the stereotype of rail-thin junkies stumbling from one street corner to the next in search of a fix. Woessner was the mother of one such drug addict. She made the discovery Sunday night, when a Baltimore police officer called to tell her that her daughter, Carrie Elisabeth Joh [...] [...] More info…From the Baltimore Sun , by Peter Hermann. Marianne Woessner is a North Carolina nurse and midwife who sees drug addicts with good jobs and from good families nearly every day. They occupy a hidden world that belies the stereotype of rail-thin junkies stumbling from one street corner to the next in search of a fix. Woessner was the mother of one such drug addict. She made the discovery Sunday night, when a Baltimore police officer called to tell her that her daughter, Carrie Elisabeth Joh [...]

]]> By: I dont know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesnt Test People With PhDs for Drugs? A Movingly Honest Mother? So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? They Were Playing? | Heroin Addictions http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912&cpage=1#comment-14319 I dont know what to title this post. The University of Maryland Medical School Doesnt Test People With PhDs for Drugs? A Movingly Honest Mother? So Smart She Entered Cornell at 17? They Were Playing? | Heroin Addictions Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:19:44 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912#comment-14319 [...] More info…From the Baltimore Sun , by Peter Hermann. Marianne Woessner is a North Carolina nurse and midwife who sees drug addicts with good jobs and from good families nearly every day. They occupy a hidden world that belies the stereotype of rail-thin junkies stumbling from one street corner to the next in search of a fix. Woessner was the mother of one such drug addict. She made the discovery Sunday night, when a Baltimore police officer called to tell her that her daughter, Carrie Elisabeth Joh [...] [...] More info…From the Baltimore Sun , by Peter Hermann. Marianne Woessner is a North Carolina nurse and midwife who sees drug addicts with good jobs and from good families nearly every day. They occupy a hidden world that belies the stereotype of rail-thin junkies stumbling from one street corner to the next in search of a fix. Woessner was the mother of one such drug addict. She made the discovery Sunday night, when a Baltimore police officer called to tell her that her daughter, Carrie Elisabeth Joh [...]

]]> By: Bill Gleason http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912&cpage=1#comment-14283 Bill Gleason Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:23:31 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912#comment-14283 It seems even worse than that to me, Brett... So you smuggle drugs in from the Phillipines and self-inject them after making a water extract. What the hell? How do you know what is really in there? You're really not in a position to complain to the FDA. Of course this could be said for just about any off the street dope that people ingest or inject, sometimes with fatal consequences. These folks, though, should have known better - a lot better. It seems even worse than that to me, Brett…

So you smuggle drugs in from the Phillipines and self-inject them after making a water extract. What the hell? How do you know what is really in there? You’re really not in a position to complain to the FDA.

Of course this could be said for just about any off the street dope that people ingest or inject, sometimes with fatal consequences.

These folks, though, should have known better – a lot better.

]]> By: Brett http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912&cpage=1#comment-14280 Brett Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:20:07 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912#comment-14280 Since one of the side effects of buprenorphine is respiratory depression, it seems like a very stupid thing to do for an asthmatic to inject it "bad batch" or otherwise. If the boyfriend is also someone with training in pharmacology, he too ought to have been aware of something a non-medical person such as myself can find in a couple of clicks online. I grieve for Ms. Woessner's loss, but if she feels this was "just playing" and a "stupid error in judgment" I fear she may be deep in denial. Since one of the side effects of buprenorphine is respiratory depression, it seems like a very stupid thing to do for an asthmatic to inject it "bad batch" or otherwise. If the boyfriend is also someone with training in pharmacology, he too ought to have been aware of something a non-medical person such as myself can find in a couple of clicks online.

I grieve for Ms. Woessner’s loss, but if she feels this was "just playing" and a "stupid error in judgment" I fear she may be deep in denial.

]]> By: Brad http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912&cpage=1#comment-14276 Brad Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:22:28 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912#comment-14276 There is a book called, I think, The Economics of Public Choice. One of the authors is Douglass North. As I recall, in one chapter, they look at the option of legalizing drugs, not just marijuana, but cocaine, meth, etc. My recollection is that their conclusion is that there would be fewer drug deaths if drugs were legalized. This is not in my area, but I've read that Portugal is trying this option and early results are good. There is a book called, I think, The Economics of Public Choice. One of the authors is Douglass North. As I recall, in one chapter, they look at the option of legalizing drugs, not just marijuana, but cocaine, meth, etc. My recollection is that their conclusion is that there would be fewer drug deaths if drugs were legalized.

This is not in my area, but I’ve read that Portugal is trying this option and early results are good.

]]> By: theprofessor http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912&cpage=1#comment-14273 theprofessor Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:10:41 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17912#comment-14273 Very sad, but my God, I hope that mom Woessner does not really think that shooting up is what normal couples do. Talk about defining deviance down! Very sad, but my God, I hope that mom Woessner does not really think that shooting up is what normal couples do. Talk about defining deviance down!

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