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Chinese emporers were controlling opiates all the way back in the 1700s and the British were tied up in war for 20 years over the wreckage to the Chinese addict
by beaeglebeachedd 2y ago
Chinese emporers were controlling opiates all the way back in the 1700s and the British were tied up in war for 20 years over the wreckage to the Chinese addicts.
The doctors, all college educated, some of our most studied and intelligent citizens, they knew about the history of opiates and im not talking about the dare campaign. I knew before the epidemic even got into force when I tossed the opiates I was prescribed in the trashcan.
The oxy marketing was just the wink and the nod everybody needed to convince themselves to parrot with a straight face, but they didn't actually really believe it.
- Retric 2y agoThis wasn’t just marketing, this was drug labeling approved by the FDA and new guidelines for pain management they where teaching in med schools.
- beaeglebeachedd 2y agoIt's a valid point. Another valid point is at that time it was known the FDA had a history of approving addictive drugs. It is not evidence based to trust FDA over hundreds of years of history countering otherwise. I knew LOTS of people who turned down or tossed opiate scripts during that time because the long history was obvious to anyone with half a brain.
- lupusreal 2y agoYep, many people knew all along. Many didn't know, but doctors of all people had no excuse to be among the not knowers.
- ab5tract 2y ago“Tied up in a war” is a funny way to say “aggressively breaking Chinese law in order to hook local populations, make tons of drug money, and collapse public order.” The Opium Wars were a cynical prototype for the modern war on drugs, which was initiated with similar designs and outcomes.