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Even Sesame Street can't avoid the opioid crisis
Posted on 10/10/19 at 7:52 am
Posted on 10/10/19 at 7:52 am
Everyone's affected
This post was edited on 10/10/19 at 7:53 am
Posted on 10/10/19 at 7:55 am to financetiger
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"Hi, it's me, Karli. I'm here with my friend Salia. Both of our parents have had the same problem -- addiction," Karli said.
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"My mom and dad told me that addiction is a sickness," Salia said.
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"Right, we're not alone," Salia responded. "And it's OK to open up to people about our feelings."
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Show creators wanted to address addiction because there are 5.7 million children under the age of 7 who live in households with a parent battling substance abuse, they said.
Posted on 10/10/19 at 7:56 am to financetiger
shite man
I prefer the good ole days when sesame street taught you to count to 10 and eat cookies with reckless abandon
I prefer the good ole days when sesame street taught you to count to 10 and eat cookies with reckless abandon
This post was edited on 10/10/19 at 7:57 am
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:01 am to Cosmo
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and eat cookies with reckless abandon
Oh, so addiction isn't a new topic for the show then.
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:01 am to financetiger
Oscar lives in a trashcan for the last 50 years, he was the first addicted puppet.
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:02 am to Cosmo
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I prefer the good ole days when sesame street taught you to count to 10 and eat cookies with reckless abandon
Were you ever finally able get to 10 on your own? I remember your longtime struggle
I’m glad they’re trying to reach the most vulnerable kids with relatable characters.
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:02 am to Cosmo
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I prefer the good ole days
I mean, in the good ole days Mr. Rogers had episodes discussing topics like assassinations and divorce.
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:02 am to randybobandy
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he was the first addicted puppet
Bro... Cookie Monster
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:03 am to financetiger
This shite has gone way too far. The opioid crisis is
a mess created primarily by pharmaceutical companies pushing oxycontin and other opioids to doctors and telling them that it was a non-addictive medication.
Once it was realized how very addicting these pain medications were, the knee jerk reaction by the govt was to reschedule the drugs and make doctors fearful to prescribe opioids for pain. Once the supply of legal pain medications got tight patients sought street drugs for both addiction and pain relief. AS the demand for street drugs grew, the chinese were more than happy to provide large amounts of fentanyl which has caused tremendous problems with overdoses, etc.
I don't know the answer to this problem but the govt and medical community need to come together and figure a way to get pain relief to those who need it while limiting access to opioids to help prevent addiction. There has to be a good middle ground somewhere, where we are now is not acceptable. Too many people dying from overdoses and people with chronic pain are largely unable to get the medications to ease the pain. We have to find a way to do this better.
a mess created primarily by pharmaceutical companies pushing oxycontin and other opioids to doctors and telling them that it was a non-addictive medication.
Once it was realized how very addicting these pain medications were, the knee jerk reaction by the govt was to reschedule the drugs and make doctors fearful to prescribe opioids for pain. Once the supply of legal pain medications got tight patients sought street drugs for both addiction and pain relief. AS the demand for street drugs grew, the chinese were more than happy to provide large amounts of fentanyl which has caused tremendous problems with overdoses, etc.
I don't know the answer to this problem but the govt and medical community need to come together and figure a way to get pain relief to those who need it while limiting access to opioids to help prevent addiction. There has to be a good middle ground somewhere, where we are now is not acceptable. Too many people dying from overdoses and people with chronic pain are largely unable to get the medications to ease the pain. We have to find a way to do this better.
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:07 am to financetiger
I can see the Count saying one, two, three doses of Narcan! Hahahaha in his Transylvania accent.
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:07 am to LSU2001
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I don't know the answer to this problem but the govt and medical community need to come together and figure a way
You're expecting the people who created the problem to have a solution? How many times you gonna let this pair frick things up? People stopped going blind from tainted booze once prohibition ended...
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:09 am to LSU2001
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This shite has gone way too far. The opioid crisis is a mess created primarily by pharmaceutical companies pushing oxycontin and other opioids to doctors and telling them that it was a non-addictive medication. Once it was realized how very addicting these pain medications were, the knee jerk reaction by the govt was to reschedule the drugs and make doctors fearful to prescribe opioids for pain. Once the supply of legal pain medications got tight patients sought street drugs for both addiction and pain relief. AS the demand for street drugs grew, the chinese were more than happy to provide large amounts of fentanyl which has caused tremendous problems with overdoses, etc. I don't know the answer to this problem but the govt and medical community need to come together and figure a way to get pain relief to those who need it while limiting access to opioids to help prevent addiction. There has to be a good middle ground somewhere, where we are now is not acceptable. Too many people dying from overdoses and people with chronic pain are largely unable to get the medications to ease the pain. We have to find a way to do this better.
“It too early for dis.”
-a cookie-addicted swatch of blue carpet
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:12 am to MoarKilometers
I do agree with you on the incompetence of our govt particularly concerning drug regulation. I don't think Government caused the current problem but their knee jerk reaction certainly made the situation worse.
I don't know who needs to find the answers but they need to be found and implemented soon and full or partial legalization of some drugs could go a long way to help this problem.
I don't know who needs to find the answers but they need to be found and implemented soon and full or partial legalization of some drugs could go a long way to help this problem.
Posted on 10/10/19 at 8:13 am to LSU2001
Apparently there's some new thing theyre putting the dope that narcan doesn't work on
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