Chronic pain sufferers, for whom opioid analgesics were the key to a liveable life, don't count for shit in #America's phoney #WarOnDrugs.
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Choosing not to do opioids might work.
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it's sensible to boost access to nonpharmacologic care and most of us would & do support that. The question is if opioids have already proven necessary, is there any science to suggest that forcible stoppage is safe or effective. Scientific answer is "no evidence".
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I’m suggesting that recreational opioid use can be avoided by abstention. I seriously doubt the opioid “crisis” is fueled by athletes with ACL tears and middle aged men, like me, with back issues properly prescribed opioids to manage pain.
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Oregon (a blue state) has a Death w/Dignity Act that allows terminally-ill ppl to end their lives w/lethal medications. Oregon will help you DIE but wants to take away life restoring opioids from ppl
#chronicpain that helps decrease their pain & suffering & LIVE a better QOL.pic.twitter.com/eOCa008qxZ
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I can’t wrap my brain around the ethics: if an Oregonian asks to die, the state is ready to help. If she asks for palliative care with opioids, then - should this policy pass— the state would deny that, for the poor, uniquely. But the state will _still_ assist their suicides.
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Leave people kill themselves slowly or they will buy a gun to finish themselves
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Of course it isn’t—I eagerly await the day when we treat this overdose crisis for what it is. A social and health issue. This is not the time to punish people with chronic pain. We will only push more people into street level drugs and dive deeper into the
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#ChronicPain patients are being underserved, ignored, forgotten and just left behind by our doctors and legislators. Every proposed change to any rules regarding pain medications should be including long term#ChronicPainPatients We are not ADDICTS and need our meds.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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