Addiction is a very serious problem. But conflating and compiling the statistics in a biased manner is hurting real patients, as well as the addicts this movement is meant to protect. Look deeper into the real statistics. Medically prescribed opioid deaths have gone way down.
The opioid crisis costs our country an estimated $500 billion a year—and that doesn’t begin to capture the emotional devastation on families and communities.
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Suicides among pain patients who cant get meds are going up. Addiction to illicit drugs is going up. Lumping statistics for both groups into one heap? Creates problems for both groups. Preventing access to legitimate medical care is a huge problem for pain patients, and addicts.
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We should invest in
#BorderSecurity and#BuildThatWallThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Says the Senator who takes Big Pharma donations...
#YouCausedThispic.twitter.com/NON0znaQm5
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Why is the US military protecting poppy fields?
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So Patty surely you’re smart enough to see the Southern border has an impact on this drug problem. You just keep throwing words out there but I don’t see you having an intelligent conversation on the real issues.
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This is why we need to STOP Fentanyl and Heroin from coming across our Mexican border and getting into our Country. The new wall and better border security is needed more than ever now if we want to keep our country safe and save billion of $$ and lives.
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A leaf in the coffee family
#kratom is being demonized as an opiate which it is not...it helps millions with all kinds of ailments but because big pharma can't profit of it they have the head of the FDA trying to get it banned please#keepkratomlegal#followthescienceThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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