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Media Dustup Pits Bloggers and Wired Against NYTimes

Posted by kdawson on from the evidence-please-not-bullet-points dept.

destinyland writes "Wired magazine ran a table listing the scientific effects of prescription drugs (and one illegal drug) — leading to an accusation from the NYTimes that they were 'promoting' drug use. But this routine controversy led to a fierce pushback online from bloggers and from Wired's reporter, who discussed his past drug use on his own blog and called for an honest discussion of scientific evidence and straight talk about medical effects."

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  1. LOLOUTRAGE!!1!11! by sakusha · · Score: 0, Troll

    BLOGGERS ARE TEH OUTRAGE! WiRED IS L337!!!!1!11

    Oh not this crap again.

    Wired is wrong to promote drug use, especially stuff like meth. I work with recovering addicts and believe me, some gullible young kids ARE swayed by this sort of stupid publicity by those self-appointed arbiters of coolness. Even the allegedly "innocent" prescription drugs like Adderal do lead to addiction. If even one weak person was swayed to a life of addiction by Wired's advice to "do the right drugs," Conde Nast has done evil.

    1. Re:LOLOUTRAGE!!1!11! by sakusha · · Score: 0, Troll

      You skipped over the part about "Triggers the release of dopamine. Can increase concentration and creative output." I note that this description comes BEFORE the downside.