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RE: Dopings

To: "'brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Dopings
From: Clark Guy <guy.clark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 08:06:38 -0500
Priority: low
Reply-to: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

HI, everybody!

I have to agree with Andy here.

Not only is taking unprescribed medicine unwise, but giving it out is unwise
and illegal in most places.

Beta blockers, like Inderal were originally developed for heart problems (it
serves to reduce the amount of oxygen that the heart requires by slowing it
down, a good thing to do if you are having a heart attack or an arrythmia,
but a VERY BAD thing to do if you are otherwise healthy!)

Furthermore, (at least in these litigious United States), if someone had a
serious side effect from a drug provided by the band, or even with the
appearance of tacit approval of the band, that person, or their next-of-kin
would sue the ..uhh... pants off of the person that handed out the drug, the
band itself, its management, the owners of the rehearsal hall, ... you get
the idea...   One such lawsuit, I believe, would kill a band.  Perhaps it
would be resurrected with a new name, but why would any responsible person
take the chance?

Making music should be fun.  If it's not, and it causes such stress that one
needs to take drugs like this, WHY DO IT??????!

Just my two cents (US)...

Guy Clark
(former pre-medical student/now engineer/studious avoider of lawsuits)
Illinois Brass Band

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