I suffer from very painful chronic disease. Been on opioids for yrs. I could get high every day had I chose to but DIDN’T bc I need them to treat real pain. Those that ABUSE them CHOOSE to ABUSE them! NO ONE FORCED them to. Now govt takes them away from patients like me. WRONG !!
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Professor D. Ausness
@ukcollegeoflaw - When sugar starts killing people in unprecedented numbers then we can have the discussion about suing sugar companies. Please educate yourself on addiction & pharma deceptively marketing highly addictive painkillers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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How about personal accountability? Take it only if prescribed to you & as directed. And if a doc is over prescribing, he should be held accountable for his part.
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How about those who live daily in pain, who can’t get a Dr. to prescribe painkillers because they are afraid of being sued or have their license lifted because of the opioid crisis, who CAN’T afford to sue!
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What about the epidemic of alcohol that and smoking both kill more the opioids and ruin way more families
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Those are tragedies too. But overdoses are the leading cause of death for those under age 50. It has killed more than the Vietnam War & AIDS crisis combined.
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Over 600,000 people in US die per yr from tobacco and alcohol! That doesn’t count the effects on their families. Should we expect EVERYONE give up drinking & smoking bc SOME have problems? Chronic pain patients are suffering inhumanly bc SOME people ABUSE opioids. Is that right?
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stats. E.g. CDC website. Many forms of addiction include cigs & alcohol. There isn't one solution dealing with addiction. Tobacco didn't stop deceptive practices until they were sued & hit them in their pockets.
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The CDC also relied on a report from Dr Kolodny that is very flawed. He grouped those in pain management who follow very strict rules, (monthly pill counts & random UAs) with abusers of illicit heroin, fentanyl & lethal combos w/Xanax. We are NOT the abusers but he doesn’t care!
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Addicts are so often challenged by personal accountability. The last thing they need is to blame Evil Old Big Pharma for addiction troubles.
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Drug manufactures do not make people take drugs. It's the people's choice. If they are not intelligent enough to make logical choices, that is their problem.
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Why the fuck would the manufacturers be liable? Maybe start with the doctors overprescribing it to obvious crackheads.
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Eradicate illegal drugs in America!!!!!!!!!!!
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Now wouldn't it be good if you could do that with guns also?
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