In the US, are there drugs that are not taxed?  i.e. is cafffine or asprin taxed?
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They are taxed as well.
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no where I know of places can't sell it without a prescription it is addictive and many people sell it like street drugs when they have it so it's a drug that requires prescription. Trying finding a free clinic or reduced cost clinic in your area most places have them for people and charge based on income.
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h is for hemmoroids but as i read your talking about taxes.the irs has its own way of sticking it to us. i get social security disability and 85% of that is taxable.however i know a few that dont pay taxes on that type of money.ironic isnt it?a-g was taxable so the irs deleted those letters of the alphabet.
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it isnt fair but mary jane is still considered a drug...it has over 400 chemicals & alc and ciggs well they have age groups to be allowed...drugs does not. i think mj isnt as bad as they say buttttt if ciggs cause cancer why would the government continue to allow that??? especially if 2nd hand smoke is worse...STUPID GOVERNMENTS
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Pharmaceutical companies and psychiatrist have gone to bed to create one the biggest profit centers in the history of legal drugs. \n\nAsk yourself this question and really think about the answer. What kind of society drugs its’ children to force their compliance with the system? Drugging has become a tool of conformity and control. \n\nThe DEA found that methylphenidate had nearly identical effects on humans as amphetamines and cocaine. \n\nThis powerful stimulant, that has the highest abuse potential and dependence profile of all drugs that have medical usefulness, is prescribed mostly to children. By the mid nineties, methylphenidate sales leveled off at 11 million prescriptions per year. Around that time the sales of other amphetamines (primarily Adderall, used for treatment ADD and ADHD) increased from 1.3 million prescriptions in 1996 to 6 million prescriptions by 2000. According to United Nations data the United States of America consumes 85% of all methylphenidate production. Of this 85%, 80% is prescribed to children. Apparently, ADD and ADHD are not common afflictions in other parts of the world.\n\nIn 1985, 500,000 American kids were diagnosed with ADHD. Today, between over 7 million children in the United States are labeled with this disorder. \n\nWhat happened in the nine years between 1991 and 2000? In 1991, the United States Department of Education made children with ADD and ADHD eligible for special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Act. In 1991, kids diagnosed with ADHD or ADD became eligible and entitled to extra government funding for their schools. School districts across America now had a financial incentive to label kids with ADD and ADHD. \n\nIt is pretty clear that we have become a society that drugs its’ children for financial gain and to force compliance with the system. Schools have a financial incentive, but why would parents drug their kids? Some parents who resist are threatened by schools and social workers. They are told refusing to medicate their kids is akin to abuse. \n\nMany parents cooperate in the drugging of their children, because if their kids have a “disease”, it is not the parent’s fault. Behavior problems are the parent’s fault, while a disease is out of their control. Parents are labeling their kids, so they do not have to take the responsibility for their child’s behavior. This behavior may be nothing more than rebellion to conformity, but nonetheless embarrassing to the parents. Support groups for parents further these beliefs. Not surprisingly, groups like CHADD, Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, are funded by Ciba/Novartis, maker of Ritalin. \n\nWorse yet, they are teaching these kids that they are not responsible for their behavior either. If they misbehave, it is the disease in control. Then they drug the kid and credit the medication for his good behavior. These drugged kids become nothing but shells of human beings, not responsible for themselves and addicted to powerful drugs.\n\nADD is not even a real disease. According to Merriam- Webster’s Dictionary, ADD is a syndrome of disordered learning and disruptive behavior that is not caused by any serious underlying physical or mental disorder and that has several subtypes characterized primarily by inattentiveness or primarily by hyperactivity and impulsive behavior or by the significant expression of both. There are no physical or chemical abnormalities conclusively associated with ADHD. \n\nDiagnosis of ADD comes from observation of the subject. How can you diagnosis a mental disorder, like attention deficit, by observation of physical activity? The people who diagnose children do not have any idea of the mental functioning of the subject’s brain. By the syndrome’s name it implies that the subject can not keep his attention focused, he has lack of attention. You could possibly say a person’s attention was not on a certain subject, but that does n
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NONE.  Drugs are for looseerrss!!!
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In the Netherlands, softer drugs such as marijuana is legal.  However.  It is controlled.  You have to have a license to sell it. (such as a coffee shop.. yes they exist and no they are not all they are cracked up to be) You are only allowed to sell to 18 and older and only a certain amount per person.  Most coffee shops make it a rule that you HAVE to have a cup of tea or coffee while there.  (but not all) You can see people smoking on the streets.  Its not uncommon but the govt frowns on such behavior.
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I don't think it's fair at all! Even though I don't use either substance, I agree with you 100%. I think at the moment it's a control issue for the Government. If they legalized it right now, they still couldn't keep up with it all because so much is being grown nation wide and there is so much is on the streets. I think they should open up the market for everything. The recreational user will still be the recreational user and the addicts will still be addicts. What does the Government have to loose? Nothing the way I see it, because they will see a new tax base and there will also be plenty of new experimenters turned recreational users. We don't need Uncle Sam telling us what to do and what not to do....especially in the privacy of our own homes!
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no i don't think there is anything like x that is legal, enzyte is a male enhancement pill, and i don't think it does the same thing as the others as they are for ED
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Pharmaceutical definitely ... e.g. aspirin obtained from fractional distillation of wood, solvents used to dissolve medicinal ingredients.\n\nAlso, many non=pharmaceutical products.. e.g. products obtained from natural gas or petrolium.
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http://www.soveriegn.freeservers.com/drugs.htm
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The School districts has a policy which is based on  State Laws, which governs the administration of medication to students.\n\nSchool personnel cannot provide asprin or other over-the-counter medicine to students.\n\nPupils requiring prescription medication during school hours shall be identified by parents and/or physicians to the school nurse, teachers, and other school personnel.\n\nThe school nurse's office shall maintain a list of pupils needing medication during school hours, including type of medication, when given and dose. The school nurse will administer those drugs at each school
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Go to this site for your answer\n\nwww.uspharmacist.com/index. asp?show=article&page=8_1281.htm - 37k
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You must be in the UK, as you mention NHS. A colleague of mine who is an SHO (senior house officer=resident) there, tells me there's lot's of waste in that system. If women with HER-2/NEU positive breast cancer (which as you mention are a small percentage) were to receive the drug free of charge, I don't think it would break your system. From what I hear the NHS (British National Health Service) has more problems than giving away expensive drugs. The system probably wastes more money with unnecessary ambulance rides per year than herceptin. But of course this is just heresay on my part. Universal health care is great, however, like everything there need to be checks and balances. The bottom line is poor patients should receive the same standard of care as the wealthy patient. People who cry about paying higher taxes probably wouldn't even notice the difference. Our military (in which I was a former member USMC) wastes more money per hour than this drug would cost us in a year.
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There are many manufacturers of generic drugs in the United States. Some of these companies make only generic drugs, and some are divisions of major companies which also produce brand name drugs.\n\nThis is a list of all of them, from A to Z:\nhttp://www.genericsweb.com/index.php?object_id=121#companies
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There should be no illegal drudge.  There are all kinds of medical uses for every drug created but in the US we have illegal drugs that your Dr. cannot prescribe for you even if it would save your life.  Heroin is used routinely to treat severe cancer related pain in other countries.  LSD was developed to treat alcoholism, marijuana has several uses. Cocaine also has several uses.  I think the hype surrounding illegal drugs is just a propaganda thing of the politicians to have a platform to get our votes.  There are just as many abuses of legal drugs as there is of illegal drugs.  And what about alcohol & tobacco?  They are legal & are the worst of them all.  Anyway,  my point is, if they were legal there would be no war on drugs.  We'd save all kinds of tax money.  Do away with DEA,ATF, RENU & a lot of idiot stupid laws.  I don't even & never have done drugs but if everything were legal, then tax the h--- out of the recreational drugs & set up rehabs etc. for the druggies.
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Cigs because they can tax them.\nSuicide? Cannot tax it.\n\nAlcohol - can tax.\nMJ - Can be grown anywhere and tax easily avoided.\n\nI think both alcohol and M should be outlawed precisely because we have so many people who act stoned without any help from foreign substances.  No need to have any chemical assistance to augment our current level of stupidity.