Tiberius Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 I don't think it's funny. Trump does. He just declared a "Just say No" program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Your slow mind took over 60 days to come up that wet fart of a reply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Trump does. He just declared a "Just say No" program. Your slow mind took over 60 days to come up that wet fart of a reply? Cut Gatortard some slack, his Overlords are still scrambling how to spin the Russian Hack© blowback onto the Peoples Party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 CNN Praises Trump’s ‘Pitch Perfect’ Opioid Speech: ‘He Deserves Credit.’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 CNN Praises Trumps Pitch Perfect Opioid Speech: He Deserves Credit. We all know CNN is Fake News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Over at Reason, Jacob Sullum does the work that the political class is either too idle, or too nervous or too blinkered to do—and takes a look at what lies behind some of data surrounding today’s opioid crisis:Sullum reports that the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis (motto: “We’re from the government and we’re here to help”) headed by Chris Christie has endorsed the idea that the current wave of opioid abuse began with “a growing compulsion to detect and treat pain.”Sullum (my emphasis added): Quote [T] he narrative endorsed by the commission is wrong in several crucial ways. Doctors did not mistakenly believe that the dangers posed by opioids had been greatly exaggerated. They correctly believed that the dangers posed by opioids had been greatly exaggerated, and they were right to think that excessive fear of opioids had led to inadequate pain treatment. Contrary to the impression left by a lot of the press coverage, opioid addiction and opioid-related deaths rarely involve drug-naive patients who accidentally get hooked while being treated for pain. They typically involve polydrug users with histories of substance abuse and psychological problems. Attempts to prevent overdoses by closing off access to legally produced narcotics make matters worse for both groups, depriving pain patients of the analgesics they need to make their lives livable while driving nonmedical users into a black market where the drugs are more variable and therefore more dangerous. {snip} Between 2010-2015 [annual] opioid overdose deaths in the US increased by 65%, roughly 13,000. And even a cursory examination of Figure 2 [You’ll have to follow the link to the whole piece to see the chart] shows that increase was entirely due to injectable drugs like heroin or fentanyl.[W]hen you look at the characteristics of the people whose deaths were attributed to prescription opioids, you see that 61 percent had used illegal drugs, 80 percent had been hospitalized for substance abuse (including abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs as well as prescription medications), 56 percent had a history of mental illness, and 45 percent had been hospitalized for psychiatric reasons other than substance abuse…The prescription guidelines that the CDC issued last year, which encourage physicians to be stingy with opioids, already have had a noticeable impact on patients’ ability to get adequate treatment for their pain. And their suffering will do nothing to reduce the death toll from an opioid crisis that in its causes and consequences is far for more complex than the politicians and a panic-of-the-day media would like you to think. But for Chris Christie, that’s fine. He’s from the government and he’s here to help.Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/453434/junk-science-presidential-commission-and-opioid-myths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Survey: Afghanistan opium production up by 87 percent The production stands at a record level of 9,000 metric tons so far in 2017, compared with 2016 levels. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/11/15/survey-afghanistan-opium-production-up-by-87-percent.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I wonder if legalizing marijuana would significantly cut drug use for opioids ,cocaine , crack , meth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 30 minutes ago, ALF said: I wonder if legalizing marijuana would significantly cut drug use for opioids ,cocaine , crack , meth. If people were too stoned to remember to do their other drugs, then sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 38 minutes ago, ALF said: I wonder if legalizing marijuana would significantly cut drug use for opioids ,cocaine , crack , meth. Do you think there would be a significant uptick in hard drug use if alcohol were made illegal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 53 minutes ago, ALF said: I wonder if legalizing marijuana would significantly cut drug use for opioids ,cocaine , crack , meth. Are you kidding? Heroin and meth are way better than pot will ever be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 34 minutes ago, LeviF91 said: Are you kidding? Heroin and meth are way better than pot will ever be. More deadly , is it worth it ? I have no experience in this area , Coors Light is my weakness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 28 minutes ago, ALF said: More deadly , is it worth it ? I have no experience in this area , Coors Light is my weakness. There's nothing wrong with drinking water, it's good to keep yourself hydrated. You should try alcohol sometime, though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 27 minutes ago, ALF said: More deadly , is it worth it ? Three dead friends seemed to think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 32 minutes ago, LeviF91 said: Three dead friends seemed to think so. Very sad , time to do something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 46 minutes ago, ALF said: Very sad , time to do something Like what? Educate people that drugs are bad for them, perhaps a cleverly named program delivered by the President's bully pulpit? Perhaps criminalize their possession, distribution, and use to provide additional incentives for abstaining? Maybe we could go so far as to declare a "war" on their use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 12 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said: Like what? Educate people that drugs are bad for them, perhaps a cleverly named program delivered by the President's bully pulpit? Perhaps criminalize their possession, distribution, and use to provide additional incentives for abstaining? Maybe we could go so far as to declare a "war" on their use? Shooting anyone who distributes carfentanyl without a license would be a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Just now, DC Tom said: Shooting anyone who distributes carfentanyl without a license would be a good start. Bullets have cost. Rope is reusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said: Rope is reusable. And it's a more responsible use of hemp, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 minute ago, TakeYouToTasker said: Bullets have cost. Rope is reusable. Can't hang a moving target, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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