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Stop this insane vilification of opioids. This is turning into another moral panic; yet another iteration of the never ending war on drugs. We keep doing this
by nostromo 9y ago
Stop this insane vilification of opioids.
This is turning into another moral panic; yet another iteration of the never ending war on drugs. We keep doing this: from prohibition of alcohol to banning pot and psychedelics. It doesn't work.
Opioids are incredibly useful. Vilifying people for providing a pain-relieving medication because they are sometimes misused is disgraceful.
- jgalt212 9y agoDon't you know people can't be trusted? e.g. compulsory seat belt use laws.
- dmix 9y agoWhat about the hundreds of millions car companies invest in safety features now? Would they not care about it and the endless industry safety reviews ratings had we not had seat belts pushed onto every car company in the 70s? Private companies invented the seat belt in the late 40s without any regulation asking them too. There is a strong demand for safety features both by pure sales demand and liability by the courts. The revelation back then was exactly how dangerous cars were and the importance of safety practices. And it's good it was formalized in things like driver training courses and licensing which verifies people understand that before entering a vehicle. As well as advertising campaigns and other efforts to push the idea.
- dawhizkid 9y agoWhat an incredibly naive statement.
- nostromo 9y agoHow so? I've used Oxycontin before. I used it for one week, as prescribed, and it helped me recover from a painful medical issue. I'm grateful it was available to me. For the photographer profiled in this piece to take zero responsibility for her predicament, particularly since she's struggled with opiod and other types of addiction currently and in the past, is absurd. She's in effect saying, "I abused this drug, so other people should be barred from using it." I reject that full stop. Some people abuse alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, etc., but that doesn't mean that it should be banned.
- tomjakubowski 9y agoSorry, where are you getting that she believes other people should be barred from using Oxycontin?
- acct1771 9y agoPeople have successfully used heroin, alcohol, and coke medically. Doesn't mean there aren't far smarter alternatives we can move to.
- danso 9y agoThe profiled photographer does not call for a ban on OxyContin, she argues that they require much more regulation than they currently have. I don't see how the fact that you are apparently one of the many people who don't get easily addicted, and she is one of the many who do, gives you the authority to say that she took "zero responsibility. Not sure what relevance alcohol and tobacco have in this. In America, both substances are heavily relugated, and these regulations were ostensibly in response to fears about their threat to health.
- acomjean 9y agoThey are useful. However: I think there was a bit of deceit in the initial marketing push by the drug manufacturers which indicated "not addictive" when this was known to be false, so over-perscribed.
- dmix 9y agoAs with the rest of the Drug War the only losers are the hard working taxpayers, and the elderly or disabled who depend on the drug for pain relief via government support. It is doing nothing to stop the flow of drugs, fentanyl is flowing into the streets from China now, in addition to the existing infrastructure bringing in black tar from South America and heroin from the Golden Triangle in Asia.