Posted on 02/27/2018 11:15:03 AM PST by dennisw
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea blames doctors for the opioid crisis as he reveals he was prescribed OxyContin after 20 years clean
Flea, the lead bassist for alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, wrote an opinion piece for Time magazine about his struggle with drugs The performer, 55, born Michael Balzary, got clean at age 30 in 1993 In 2015 he was prescribed OxyContin for a snowboarding injury and got hooked He says that the opioid epidemic is caused by doctors over-prescribing strong medicines and failing to follow-up with patients
Red Hot Chili Peppers bass guitarist Flea says doctors bear much of the responsibility for America's opioid crisis as he reveals that he was prescribed an excessive amount of OxyContin for a snowboarding injury in 2015.
The performer, born Michael Balzary, opened up about his decade-long history with drug abuse in an opinion piece for Time magazine called The Temptation of Drugs is a Bitch. Balzary, 55, writes that he has been around substance abuse since he was a child and had extensive experience with back-alley drug deals in the years before he got clean at age 30 in 1993.
He claims that America's opioid epidemic has an alarming source: the doctors that we've been conditioned to trust more than most other people in our lives.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
No personal responsibility there. Nope.
In other news, Rosie O has blamed Hostess cupcakes for the obesity epidemic as they are so easy to get you just gotta cram ‘em down your gullet.
There is actually a thread of truth to his claim.
Here in KY there is an epidemic of this stuff being prescribed in some towns. But, truth be told, it’s the doctors AND the suppliers. IIRC, one small town here went through something like two million “legal” prescriptions in a year or two.
He’s blaming someone else for not having enough self control to say “No thanks Doc- the pain won’t kill me. Fact is that I’m an addictive personality and might become addicted if i take them”?
From my article above:
The suit alleges that from January 2010 through December 2016, McKesson distributed 18,434,834 doses of prescription opioids in Floyd County alone, amounting to 477 opioid pills for every person living in the county.
True.
[[one small town here went through something like two million “legal” prescriptions in a year or two.]]
A ‘year or 2’? What was it? 1 year? 2? Several years?- lying media!
What about the open southern border?
Take some reponsibility, dude!!!!!
I was prescribed opioids repeatedly after surgeries and weaned myself off them as rapidly as possible. No adult in America should absolve themselves of responsibility for knowing what they are ingesting, why, and for how long.
The link is one of many stories. See my post just above this one for an excerpt.
Doctors are a big part of the problem, they over prescribe opioids - I have seen it personally more than once. They even prescribed it my son when he was 16 years old in a car accident, even when we told the doctor “no opioids whatsoever”
The forner druggie musician didn’t know that Oxy was addictive?
I’d like to read about his experiences. Maybe the time article is online. I have read Anthony’s autobiography, and the same thing happened to him on one of the times he got clean. A dentist wrongly prescribed him an opiate I think.
that woudl be 477 oer person divided by 6 (the number of years in the study period) which equals 79 pills per person per year- which would not even be a month’s worth of pain meds (considering a person takes 4-6 pills a day as prescribed)- that would be only about 10 days worth of pills per person for the period of 6 years-
See how stats can make something seem huge when it isn’t?
Yep. I was given one of these super powerful “pain” drugs after I had shoulder surgery. I didn’t touch it. The street value was way too high!
sorry- that woudl be “79 pills per person over a 6 year period- NOT ‘per year’ as previously stated’
I went to the orthopedic surgeon yesterday. I had to sign a form that explained the pain med policy.
No meds prescribed prior to a surgery.
After a surgery pain meds will be prescribed for no more than two weeks.
Doctors are a big part of the addiction problem. I see steps being taken to help the problem.
OxyContin is BAD!
Legalize Pot!
Does anyone else see the paradox?
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