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In a message dated 4/23/02 4:55:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > After reading your message on sharing the unused medication and many > other messages, I remember warning about never to share one person's > medicine with others.I think some people can use it appropriately if the > very Emily, As soon as I started getting requests for my generic Sinemet, I started having doubts about my offer. I've never been face-to-face with any of the people who made the requests. However, I'm trusting that the requests were made responsibly (i.e. people have already been prescribed the drug but are financially burdened to buy it). That's the advantage of being connected to a community, and I consider our list server a community. If one of us harms another, it's an offense against the entire community, and the person doing the harm can expect consequences from the community. Likewise, a request for help from a community member is more likely to be valid than one coming from a complete stranger (which is why helping a stranger is riskier and requires more courage and judgement than helping one with whom you have ties). I wouldn't do this with just anybody on the Internet. There's so many weirdos out there. There's weirdos in our community, too, but even they (ok, we) can be expected to act more honorably toward those who we "see every day." Thanks for your concern, Rees Jenkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn