@BlanksSlate @notjessewalker …questions of demand a bit different? Prescribing OxyContin creates an addictive demand unrelated to utility…
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@BlanksSlate@notjessewalker …if one accepts that utility can ever be measured in terms other than subjective desire. I'm not for instantly…1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@BlanksSlate@notjessewalker …pathologizing all drug use, but some Nanny State restraint in RXing opiods doesn't strike me as draconian.6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ChMadar@notjessewalker mandatory min. sentences. State legislators know better than pain specialists? I don't think that's good policy2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @BlanksSlate
@BlanksSlate@ChMadar And again, the practical effect is to push people into the black market, which is a hell of a lot more dangerous.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@notjessewalker@BlanksSlate@ChMadar Jesse these are voluntary guidelines for doctors. Wtf are you talking about?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@lhfang@BlanksSlate@ChMadar Guidelines that will then become a framework for formulating public policy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @notjessewalker
@notjessewalker@ChMadar maybe hospitals will adopt the guidelines which say *gasp* opioids should be given after other treatments are tried1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @notjessewalker
@lhfang@ChMadar The context here is that doctors are already going to jail because their prescription decisions were second-guessed.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@notjessewalker @lhfang Like this http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Upper-West-Side-Doctor-Wife-Arrested-Oxycodone-Oxycontin-Prescriptions-Drug-Conspiracy-306664011.html … Wouldn't surprise me if small fry prescribers also getting busted–but how often?
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