Issue 3 (For Ohio Residents)

[Benton]

(11-04-2015, 03:13 PM)PDub80 Wrote:  
 But you're also talking to someone who thinks we as a society treat things with drugs or substances (prescribed or not) at an incredibly alarming rate.
 

I agree. I think there's an interesting mix. Part of it is the cultural push — the overstressed, overworked guy with a coffee cup, the friends relaxing with a beer, ADD kids getting medicated.

But I think there's another aspect. Our lifespans are longer now and we don't know how to adjust. Through most of history the lifespan was 30-40. In the last century it's pushing 70 for our part of the world. That's a huge jump that we haven't had time biologically to adjust to. If nothing changes, I think people will, over time, start to see the body producing more hormones and chemicals longer that control regulation of things we're having to use foreign chemicals to do now.

Aaaand I'm getting off topic.