Some thoughts on this opioids and heroin use conversation, which has dominated headlines and is now included in presidential debates....
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For starters, since the vast majority of heroin addicts are white, they're granted their humanity; wish this was the same for any addict.
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The idea of covering the crack epidemic with this amount of empathy is unimaginable to me: It's pure fantasy, and I'm not a fiction writer.
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All that said: now that doctors are talking about the decision to prescribe opioids versus NSAIDs seems to be missing something: marijuana.
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Marijuana is a safe, effective pain management drug — but it's still tainted in this conversation about opioids. It's not even talked about.
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NSAIDSs are sometimes not powerful enough, and opioids are sometimes too powerful, so why not prescribe marijuana?
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And yes, I understand marijuana is still banned in several states, but why are doctors not talking about opening up marijuana as an option?
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The U.S. is so backwards when it comes to this: a safe, effective pain management drug is available but you're too scared to talk about it.
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I don't know but maybe federal regulators should investigate pharmaceutical executives with conspiracy for blocking marijuana to treat pain.
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