a simple thinning of the herd>>It’s a frightening prospect, and we must face the opioid epidemic head on. House Republicans are committed to doing just that, working to advance meaningful legislation to combat this scourge.”
Yeah, I’m SURE that will solve the problem...
The end result of govt meddling will be, among other things, more pain and suffering for innocent people, especially people who are in physical pain.
According to reports 12 Americans are killed every day by illegals.Where’s the committee....
America has destroyed its culture, its churches, its civil society, the family and local government in exchange for some magic beans of top-down statism and top-down economic planning and financialization of our economy.
We can and should expect 1) we will increase the underclass greatly and 2) the lowest rungs of the underclass and the most defenseless will be cast adrift and suffer great harm.
Prescription painkillers also carry the risk of addiction, of course, but overdoses are much less common, since the user knows exactly what they're working with.
As is often the case, when shortcuts are taken, the problem only becomes worse.
Nobody belongs in prison for possessing or using the wrong plant, liquid spirits, or medicine.
Anyone who will tolerate contraband law can't complain when other bullies impose their arbitrary laws regarding their pet nanny-state causes.
Education, not legislation, is the best way to address such issues.
If someone decides to pursue happiness by drinking, smoking tobacco or weed, or medicating themselves, that's their Right.
And if they commit actual crimes in order to facilitate their bad habit, I say "nail them to the wall".
Contraband law is Tyrannical and the ridiculous, un-American justifications for its imposition are what leads to disregard for the 4th Amendment, no-knock warrants, asset forfeiture, and every other Tyrannical adjunct that we see in the modern day.
Education, not legislation.
The Prohibitionist mind doesn't care about Liberty. In its nanny-state hysteria, Freedom is undermined for everyone.
True Freedom carries many challenges with it, and I, for one, will never embrace Tyrannical shortcuts, no matter how much emotional manipulation is employed.
End rant. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.
Vote Trump!
Think of it as evolution in action.
More idiot “solutions” from the drug warriors.
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The issue isn't material. I probably does not have sufficient direct impact on our culture for the reason that for the most part, the threatened group of individuals consists of people who have already committed to divorce themselves from our national culture.
Are there exceptions? Sure. We will hear about a lot of them as the establishment promotes this issue as significant.
But even as to the exceptions, they generally originate with adult behavior intended to encourage departure of the affected person from our cultural norms.
The baby born addicted is a tragic case. Addicted drug users should be sterilized--doubt these legislative proposals include anything that looks like that.
Had the pleasure of serving on a jury for a heroin dealer on trial a few weeks ago.
Convicted the bastard.
Assign some William Burroughs to freshmen in high school. Let them learn that if you start doing this, pretty soon you will be doing things to men for money in bus station bathrooms, and maybe they will think twice about it.
Suffering is noble as long as someone else has to do it.
I have no answers, other than I lived through it with a Nephew (who died of a heroin overdose) and a Step-Son who is now 5 years clean and sober (still don’t trust him, though) and a LOSER Ex-husband who will eventually be living under a bridge. (Opioid addiction post-surgery 10 YEARS ago; legal prescriptions, eats them like candy, losing his teeth now, etc.)
The ‘victims’ aren’t the only victims...everyone pays, either directly or indirectly for drug issues.
(Not looking for sympathy; it is what it is and you deal with what life hands you.)
Lies.
we've held a number of hearings over the last year with testimony from many experts on the frontlines. What we've learned has been eye opening. Federal policies toward opioid addiction in the past have often overemphasized a one-size-fits all law enforcement approach. It's clear through our listening sessions that this is a public health crisis, and that our strategy should reflect the complex dynamic between public health and criminal activity.
More lies.
We now know we cannot simply arrest our way out of this epidemic.
Of course you can, moron. Well, not JUST "arrest", I suppose. You have to lash the users and hang the dealers.
OR, you could spend more money on "programs". Just what we need.
The solution is a solution of a drug in large enough volume of liquid so a person can not overdose accidently.
The color of the solution should vary based on the amount of drug in solution.
Green might be a strength where an opiate naïve person could not overdose drinking all they can swallow as fast as their stomach can take in liquid.
Orange might indicate a strength dangerous for an opiate naïve person.
Red would indicate a strength lethal for an opiate-naïve person.
As the color comes closer to purple, the strength would be greater.
You would have to get a blood opiate test from a hospital to buy anything other than a green solution. This hospital test would have to be furnished by the hospital along with your address and copy of government ID to your drug supplier in order for the drug supplier to legally supply you.
You might get up to 45 two-liter bottles of solution delivered to your residence a month.
An FDA tracking system would have to be used by drug suppliers.
Can cocaine be dangerous?
Yes.
Did anyone ever die from original formula Coca-Cola?
No
Why, because it was practically impossible to consume a lethal amount because the cocaine was in solution.
Read in our local newspaper the other day, that addicts are taking 30-300 tablets of Imodium a day. Imodium is an opioid, it is safe when taking 1 or 2, but 30-300 a day will kill you and it has.
a simple thinning of the herdTownhall is getting pretty stupid with their pictures, in this case a person smoking to illustrate an article about opioid addiction!
This is not a public health crisis. It is a religious crisis...
There is only one way of ending the opioid epidemic.
close the borders. Stop immigration.
Kill any government official of US who may be taking kickback from the epidemic.
Defund all hospitals and programs dealing with opioid addiction.