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Here's where AG Sessions is: DOJ announces crackdown on opioid abuse by doctors
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:21 pm
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To those of you who are bemoaning the fact that the AG is not on Twitter. Saving taxpayers at least $1 billion.
To those of you who are bemoaning the fact that the AG is not on Twitter. Saving taxpayers at least $1 billion.
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Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:23 pm to conservativewifeymom
I guess that's a start, but throwing more people in jail is a tactical failure in the long run.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:23 pm to conservativewifeymom
quote:Where are you getting this figure from?
Saving taxpayers at least $1 billion.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:24 pm to upgrayedd
So, how would YOU reward all of those doctors who were fraudulently writing opioid prescriptions and otherwise abusing the system?!?! A slap on the wrist and a time out? 
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:24 pm to buckeye_vol
Fox news report just a few minutes ago.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:26 pm to upgrayedd
quote:Yeah, although most of those arrested were committing fraud and other crimes.
I guess that's a start, but throwing more people in jail is a tactical failure in the long run.
I'm curious about this one though:
quote:How are they making the destination of unnecessary?
another medical group in Michigan that intentionally wrote unnecessary opioid prescriptions that wound up being resold on the street
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:26 pm to conservativewifeymom
quote:
So, how would YOU reward all of those doctors who were fraudulently writing opioid prescriptions and otherwise abusing the system?!?! A slap on the wrist and a time out?
I'm talking about throwing opiod-related offenders, non necessarily doctors, in jail. We've been treating it as a criminal issue, not a health issue, for long enough and it hasn't worked.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:26 pm to buckeye_vol
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:26 pm to conservativewifeymom
quote:Holy strawman.
So, how would YOU reward all of those doctors who were fraudulently writing opioid prescriptions and otherwise abusing the system?!?! A slap on the wrist and a time out?
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:28 pm to conservativewifeymom
i can get behind this move by sessions. that is a first for me because he is Trump's worst pic of his presidency in my book.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:28 pm to buckeye_vol
It may be that the patients for whom they were 'prescribed' had conditions that did not require opioids or could have been treated with other meds.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:31 pm to conservativewifeymom
quote:Maybe, but unless there are counter to clear guidelines, ethical practices, and research, I'm always concerned when the government determines what is necessary and criminalizes the unnecessary.
It may be that the patients for whom they were 'prescribed' had conditions that did not require opioids or could have been treated with other meds.
Maybe I just need more information and it is clearly unnecessary.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:32 pm to conservativewifeymom
If the feds are going to spend money on the opiod drug epidemic, I'd rather them invest in treatment for addicts nationwide rather than a round-up of doctors and/or employees of facilities that will just change names and locations and hire new people. I was lucky enough to be able to afford private treatment for my cocaine addiction.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:34 pm to upgrayedd
quote:Yeah. The approach for the last 30+ years had been ineffective at best, and maybe even harmful.
I'm talking about throwing opiod-related offenders, non necessarily doctors, in jail. We've been treating it as a criminal issue, not a health issue, for long enough and it hasn't worked.
And as it relates to opoids, it seems the government has only made the problem worse as people now seek put illegal street drugs, often with even more dangerous drugs than they know about it.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:35 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:
Maybe, but unless there are counter to clear guidelines, ethical practices, and research, I'm always concerned when the government determines what is necessary and criminalizes the unnecessary.
Yeah, that part seemed too subjective. Like you said, I'd be interested to see the standards, if any.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:36 pm to buckeye_vol
I agree with you! It reminds me, in some ways, of the crackdown on antibiotics. I'm sure there are people whose conditions clearly necessitate opioids, just as there are people who suffer unnecessarily because they are not prescribed antibiotics. And that's where the black market develops. Obviously, the consequences of opioid abuse are vastly different than those of antibiotic abuse, at least in the short run.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:37 pm to conservativewifeymom
It should be noted that this is the largest case of it's kind in DOJ history.
I know you stoners don't like Sessions, but this is a good thing.
I know you stoners don't like Sessions, but this is a good thing.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:37 pm to conservativewifeymom
quote:
It reminds me, in some ways, of the crackdown on antibiotics
There was a crackdown on antibiotics?
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:37 pm to conservativewifeymom
Ending the war on drugs would save a hell of a lot more than a billion dollars.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 5:38 pm to conservativewifeymom
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Here's where AG Sessions is: DOJ announces crackdown on opioid abuse by doctors
Has anyone ever looked back and noticed there wasn't a "opioid death problem" until the DEA got involved?
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