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50-70k opioid overdoses a year for the last 20 years
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:21 am
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:21 am
Why didnt we stop that? Is it because the Sacklers were making billions and billions of dollars and paying off the pols?
Young otherwise healthy people dying EVERY day for 20 years.......
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Young otherwise healthy people dying EVERY day for 20 years.......
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Purdue Pharma stepped up its Congressional lobbying efforts the past two years. In 2017, the company spent $940,000 and increased it to $1.12 million in 2018, its highest level ever. Nine of the 10 lobbyists Purdue Pharma employed in 2018 are members of the “revolving door” with close Capitol Hill connections like lobbyist Dora Hughes, a former health policy advisor to then-Sen. Barack Obama.
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This post was edited on 4/20/20 at 7:24 am
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Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:26 am to Strannix
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Why didnt we stop that?
Because $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:29 am to Strannix
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Why didnt we stop that? Is it because the Sacklers were making billions and billions of dollars and paying off the pols?
It’s bc the US Military is crap. We declared War on Drugs in the 80’s and Drugs are still kicking our arse. We need better generals or planes or something.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:30 am to Strannix
190 people die per day in America due to Opioids
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:30 am to kciDAtaE
Why didn't we stop alcohol related deaths? smoking related deaths? I mean.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:33 am to Strannix
Im of the opinion that things would be better now had we not cracked down on oxycontin.
Heroin and fentanyl epidemic is even worse. At least you know what's in prescribed meds. The meds do wonders for those who needed them.
We let the doctors get out of hand and the pharma reps.
In kenner a local pharmacist lost everything, his 20 year business, his wife, everything over those pills. Ive known people to die from them. I know they are bad, but I think the alternative is worse.
Plus, nothing like a quarter grenade on a Friday night, am I right?
Heroin and fentanyl epidemic is even worse. At least you know what's in prescribed meds. The meds do wonders for those who needed them.
We let the doctors get out of hand and the pharma reps.
In kenner a local pharmacist lost everything, his 20 year business, his wife, everything over those pills. Ive known people to die from them. I know they are bad, but I think the alternative is worse.
Plus, nothing like a quarter grenade on a Friday night, am I right?
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:35 am to Strannix
It's all tom cruises fault. Bringing in that coke
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:38 am to Strannix
Do people really not grasp the difference between self-harm and an illness the spreads within a population?
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:39 am to SprintFun
Addiction is a disease!
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:40 am to SprintFun
quote:the op and his ilk obviously doesn't.
Do people really not grasp the difference between self-harm and an illness the spreads within a population?
Of course none of them will ever be accused of being the guy that invented the Rubik's cube.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:46 am to Napoleon
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Plus, nothing like a quarter grenade on a Friday night, am I right?
No doubt......until that 1/4 turns to a 1/2. Then the 1/2 turns to 1 big boy, then 2.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:50 am to kciDAtaE
quote:You think the flow of drugs into the US is a military failure?
It’s bc the US Military is crap. We declared War on Drugs in the 80’s and Drugs are still kicking our arse. We need better generals or planes or something.
If everyone in government and law enforcement actually wanted it stopped, it would be stopped. There's too much money and too many mf'ers on the take both underground and via political lobbies.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 8:02 am to The Mick
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You think the flow of drugs into the US is a military failure?
Posted on 4/20/20 at 8:07 am to Strannix
Opiod overdoses aren't contagious.
And we have tried to stop them.
And we have tried to stop them.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 8:09 am to kciDAtaE
quote:Nixon 1972 literally coined the term "War on Drugs". Ronny Raygun ramped it up in the 80's. Clinton went even farther, and the rest have just let it ride.
We declared War on Drugs in the 80’s and Drugs are still kicking our arse
Posted on 4/20/20 at 8:09 am to Strannix
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Why didnt we stop that?
Every President has fought the "war on drugs".
Here is the problem. People like drugs. People want drugs. People would kill to get more drugs.
And here is the difference. Drugs aren't contagious. You can't catch an opioid overdose at the grocery.
Other non-contagious things: smoking, cancer, car accidents, heart attacks, plane crashes, strokes.
If the government outlawed sugar, cigarettes, driving cars, and red meat to "save lives"; people would revolt. Because they are personal choices. Getting the Wuhan virus is not a personal choice.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 8:32 am to Oilfieldbiology
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Addiction is a disease!
#flattenthecurve
Posted on 4/20/20 at 8:33 am to Fat Batman
How do you successfully protect a person from themselves?
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