Ellen G. White had strong and consistent views against the use of "drugs" (medications) as practiced in her time. Here are key points from her writings, with direct annotation references: 1. Drugging Should Be Abandoned: - “Drugging should be forever abandoned; for while it does not cure any malady, it enfeebles the system, making it more susceptible to disease.” (Testimonies for the Church 5:311; HL 244, HL 65, 5T 311.1) 2. Drugs Do Not Cure Disease: - “Drugs never cure disease; they only change its form and location... The disease which the drug was given to cure may disappear, but only to reappear in a new form, such as skin diseases, ulcers, painful, diseased joints, and sometimes in a more dangerous and deadly form.” (How to Live 3:60; HL 243, HL 185) 3. Drugs as a Curse: - “Drug medication, as it is generally practised, is a curse. Educate away from drugs, use them less and less, and depend more upon hygienic agencies. Nature will respond to God's remedies,—pure air, pure water, proper exercise, and a clear conscience.” (Unpublished Testimonies, 1888; HL 246.4) 4. Harmful Effects and Premature Death: - “I was shown that more deaths have been caused by drug-taking than from all other causes combined... Multitudes of physicians, and multitudes of drugs, have cursed the inhabitants of the earth, and have carried thousands and tens of thousands to untimely graves.” (4aSG 133.1) 5. Drugs and Addictive Habits: - “The poisons contained in many so-called remedies create habits and appetites that mean ruin to both soul and body... Many of the popular nostrums called patent medicines, and even some of the drugs dispensed by physicians, act a part in laying the foundation of the liquor habit, the opium habit, the morphine habit, that are so terrible a curse to society.” (MH 126.4) 6. Preference for Natural Remedies: - “Our institutions are established that the sick may be treated by hygienic methods, discarding almost entirely the use of drugs... We want sanitariums where maladies may be cured by nature's own provisions, and where the people may be taught how to treat themselves when sick.” (Unpublished Testimonies, December 4, 1896; HL 246) 7. Drugs Complicate and Worsen Illness: - “Every additional drug given to the patient ... will complicate the case, and make the patient's recovery more hopeless... introducing drug poisons into the system... cause of themselves a destructive disease.” (How to Live 3:57; HL 243.4) 8. Drugs and the Nervous System: - “Drugs given to stupefy, whatever they may be, derange the nervous system.” (How to Live 3:57; HL 246.2) Summary: Ellen G. White strongly discouraged the use of drugs as medication, advocating instead for natural remedies, hygienic living, and trust in God’s methods for healing. She believed that drugs often masked symptoms, created new health problems, and led to addiction and premature death. Referencias académicas: - White, E. G. (1885). Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 5, p. 311. - White, E. G. (1865). How to Live, No. 3, pp. 57, 60. - White, E. G. (1888). Unpublished Testimonies, HL 246.4. - White, E. G. (1864). Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 4a, p. 133. - White, E. G. (1905). The Ministry of Healing, p. 126. - White, E. G. (1896). Unpublished Testimonies, December 4, HL 246. Si necesitas un resumen en español o referencias más específicas, ¡avísame!

Sí, Ellen G. White se opuso de manera clara y reiterada a la medicación por pastillas o drogas, especialmente tal como se practicaba en su época. Ella escribió que: - “El uso de drogas debe ser abandonado para siempre; porque aunque no cura ninguna enfermedad, debilita el sistema, haciéndolo más susceptible a la enfermedad.” (Testimonies for the Church 5:311; HL 65, HL 244) - “La medicación con drogas, tal como generalmente se practica, es una maldición. Eduquen para alejarse de las drogas, úsenlas cada vez menos y dependan más de los agentes higiénicos. La naturaleza responderá a los remedios de Dios: aire puro, agua pura, ejercicio adecuado y una conciencia limpia.” (Unpublished Testimonies, 1888; HL 246.4) - “Las drogas dadas para adormecer, sean cuales sean, alteran el sistema nervioso.” (How to Live 3:57; HL 246.2) - “Nuestros institutos están establecidos para que los enfermos sean tratados por métodos higiénicos, descartando casi por completo el uso de drogas.” (Unpublished Testimonies, 1896; HL 246) Además, advertía que los medicamentos y drogas, incluso los recetados por médicos, podían dejar efectos perjudiciales en el organismo y complicar la recuperación. En resumen: Ellen G. White promovía el abandono de las drogas y pastillas como tratamiento, recomendando en su lugar remedios naturales, hábitos saludables y confianza en los métodos de Dios para la curación. Fuentes académicas: - White, E. G. (1885). Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 5, p. 311. - White, E. G. (1865). How to Live, No. 3, p. 57. - White, E. G. (1888). Unpublished Testimonies, HL 246.4. - White, E. G. (1896). Unpublished Testimonies, HL 246.