Well lets get this show on
the road. So I was reading the Part 3 of One Who Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
and I was a little concerned, for lack of a better word, near the end. I first
noticed it when the men are on their way to the coast for the fishing
expedition, then later once they got onto the boat, and finally on their return
trip. What I'm talking about is the use of alcohol the patients of a mental
institution who are also on powerful medication.
Whenever I read the back
of a medicine bottle, or the back of an energy drink for that matter, I'm
presented with a warning to "Not consume with alcohol". So if this is
the case, how could a professional in medicine, The Doctor who accompanied them
on this trip, allow for this to happen? It's ridiculous to think that someone
could simply say, "Oh ya, its ok that this mental patient, who suffers
from epilepsy and takes medication to curb the seizures, should be allowed to
drink on a boat in the middle of the ocean". It just doesn't make any
sense to me how something like this could go unchecked.
I'm not a medical
professional, but even back when this was written in the 60's, there must have
been some sort of evidence showing these drugs could be dangerous if consumed
with alcohol. For The Doctor to allow this to happen, especially with the
possible psychopath McMurphy, who ended up in jail for fighting at bars, is mind-boggling.
Then he lets them get so drunk McMurphy ends up falling off the dock twice. The
best part is after these incidents, The Doctor allows him to drive. I know that
the drinking and driving laws were nothing like what they are today, but even
back then would it make sense to allow a mental patient that drunk to drive?
Either way, they caught some nice fish and nobody
fell off the boat, and hey, McMurphy even got laid, so I guess it was a good
day overall lol. I don't know where this doctor got his degree, but I bet it
was from the same school Dr. Nick from The Simpsons got his. I can no longer
think of The Doctor as a weak man who can't stand up to Nurse Ratched, but as
an idiot too stupid to be able to have his own ideas so he just lets Big Nurse
tell him what to do like he's a lemming. Anyways, that’s my blog for this week
so I hope you like it. So good morning, and if I don't see ya, good afternoon,
good evening, and goodnight.
