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Where is the DEA in all of this?

by melq 9y ago

jostmey 9y ago
How about the FDA?
- gesman 9y ago
  OIG rather.
- yborg 9y ago
  I'm fairly sure the opioids are highly effective when taken as directed. It guarantees repeat business.
  - ataturk 9y ago
    I hurt my back last summer and was prescribed oxycodone. I took it for a few days, then stopped after the pain became manageable. I didn't become an addict. I understand that some people are just naturally predisposed to addiction, I've just never been that type of person. I have a hard time empathizing because of it. Just quit you imbeciles. Quit or die. Or both, I don't really care that much.
denkmoon 9y ago
Busy locking kids up for a gram of weed.
- us0r 9y ago
  or parallel constructing a 1 person coke smuggling ring
drspacemonkey 9y ago
Generally, they're making things worse. After finally getting around to dealing with doctors over-prescribing powerful opioids, they just shut down the legal supply. Now all those patients, many of whom are addicted because they've been taking chewable heroin for months or years, have to kick one of the toughest addictions known to medical science. On top of that, they're back to dealing with the back/knee/etc pain that caused them to start taking opioids in the first place. It's no surprise that many of them simply can't do it, and thus turn to a VERY thriving black market. The DEA gets involved again, and now those people hooked on pain meds given to them by their doctor are in the legal cross-hairs because they're buying the same shit from somebody who illegally imported it from Mexico or China. This is not a new problem in America. It's been an issue in the past. First it was morphine after the civil war, then it was Bayer-brand Heroin (which was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute) after WW1. Every time somebody gets the bright idea to restrict an opioid because of how many addicts it creates, they never seem to have an answer to the follow-up question - what do we do with the addicts? Then we are collectively shocked about the size of the black market afterwards.

Where is the DEA in all of this?

by melq 9y ago

Where is the DEA in all of this?

jostmey 9y ago

How about the FDA?

gesman 9y ago
OIG rather.
yborg 9y ago
I'm fairly sure the opioids are highly effective when taken as directed. It guarantees repeat business.
- ataturk 9y ago
  I hurt my back last summer and was prescribed oxycodone. I took it for a few days, then stopped after the pain became manageable. I didn't become an addict. I understand that some people are just naturally predisposed to addiction, I've just never been that type of person. I have a hard time empathizing because of it. Just quit you imbeciles. Quit or die. Or both, I don't really care that much.

denkmoon 9y ago

Busy locking kids up for a gram of weed.

us0r 9y ago
or parallel constructing a 1 person coke smuggling ring

drspacemonkey 9y ago

Generally, they're making things worse. After finally getting around to dealing with doctors over-prescribing powerful opioids, they just shut down the legal supply. Now all those patients, many of whom are addicted because they've been taking chewable heroin for months or years, have to kick one of the toughest addictions known to medical science. On top of that, they're back to dealing with the back/knee/etc pain that caused them to start taking opioids in the first place. It's no surprise that many of them simply can't do it, and thus turn to a VERY thriving black market. The DEA gets involved again, and now those people hooked on pain meds given to them by their doctor are in the legal cross-hairs because they're buying the same shit from somebody who illegally imported it from Mexico or China. This is not a new problem in America. It's been an issue in the past. First it was morphine after the civil war, then it was Bayer-brand Heroin (which was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute) after WW1. Every time somebody gets the bright idea to restrict an opioid because of how many addicts it creates, they never seem to have an answer to the follow-up question - what do we do with the addicts? Then we are collectively shocked about the size of the black market afterwards.