Tom Cruise on Our Society's Drug Dependence
"Cruise kicked off a debate over a subject that a lot of people don't feel comfortable discussing: whether Americans are too quick to turn to prescription drugs and whether their doctors are too quick to prescribe them. Cruise zeroed in on "drugging children" with Ritalin,..."
I couldn't agree more, irrespective of our complete 180 in regard to "Scientology." [so says I]
"[Cruise] was talking about – or rather trying to talk about – our society's increasing dependence on mind-altering and mood-altering drugs. And at no point in the interview did he even attribute those views to his religion.
"Do you suppose it's possible for an entire profession – in this case, the news media – to suffer from attention deficit disorder? The problem is that Tom Cruise raised a serious issue, one that deserves serious attention."
Excerpts from the article: "It's not the celebrity, it's the subject"
by Rubin Navarrette Jr., for the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 29, 2005
I couldn't agree more, irrespective of our complete 180 in regard to "Scientology." [so says I]
"[Cruise] was talking about – or rather trying to talk about – our society's increasing dependence on mind-altering and mood-altering drugs. And at no point in the interview did he even attribute those views to his religion.
"Do you suppose it's possible for an entire profession – in this case, the news media – to suffer from attention deficit disorder? The problem is that Tom Cruise raised a serious issue, one that deserves serious attention."
Excerpts from the article: "It's not the celebrity, it's the subject"
by Rubin Navarrette Jr., for the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 29, 2005
from the mind of... Eric | 10:43 AM
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