Posted on 12/01/2018 6:48:50 AM PST by rktman
“Why does an extremely liberal British newspaper care about drug deaths in the US?”
So Brits can feel superior to us `bloody Yanks’ even as UK steadily sinks into a Muslim-dominated s***hole state of their own making.
Same with gun control; UK Guardian scolds us for our `cowboy gun culture’ and their comments are filled with condescension and hatred. The most laughable being “I worked in America for twenty years but I had to leave because of all the d@mned guns! They’re everywhere!”
Your taxpayer money is causing it. Addicts get diagnosed with personality disorders. They receive ‘crazy’ checks in the mail. Sometimes they use the local liquor store as their mailing address. The taxpayer money funds the drug habits of non-working druggies, until they overdose.
“Opioid crisis is killing off whites. Hundreds of millions of pills sent to one county in West Virginia. It’s white genocide. That’s why we aren’t stopping it. Leftists are killing off Trump voters.”
Weak people make poor decisions.
It has nothing to do with their race or voting habits, it’s just that they do not have the mental or emotional capacity to not become a Junkies.
If that is the case, why are the opioid usage rates and overdose rates far lower in states where pot is legal, than states where pot is illegal?
BINGO!
Nope. It’s because doctors are grossly over prescribing opioids. Most of the ODs are on legally acquired drugs.
I concur. Bad behavior should entail serious risk.
I’m with you Sue. I don’t like all this drug abuse called an “epidemic.” This is VOLUNTARY behavior and has a serious moral component.
Do I feel for a guy who takes opioids after surgery and spirals somewhat helplessly into an addiction? Yes. But he still has to admit the problem and overcome it. Unless he is being held down and force fed, it is his responsibility.
Genocide is when groups of evil powerful violent people forcibly destroy a group they don’t like. Drug addiction doesn’t come near the threshold.
That is not what any data says. I have not looked at the original studies to see the biases, assumptions, and so forth, but according to this article from NPR, the only difference is that the rate of opioid addiction is growing more slowly in states that have legalized marijuana than in other states. And the meaning of that is barely discussed at all in the article. What that suggests to me is not that drug addiction is decreasing, but that people are choosing marijuana as their initial gateway to drug addiction, rather than opioids. That observation is only related to opioid addiction, so what do overall drug addiction rates look like? What is the distribution of drug addiction with respect to the drug of choice? Could there actually be more drug addiction in the states that have legalized pot, given the increased availability and the decades-long campaign by marijuana proponents to convince people that marijuana is harmless? And so on.
The drug of choice in addiction is almost irrelevant. The disease is addiction; the drug is a symptom.
Questions like this make FReepers look like idiots who have completely failed to grasp even the simplest understanding of today's modern global economy.
I mean, seriously. When you see a Mercedes on the road, do you exclaim in surprise "LOOK! A GERMAN CAR! IN AMERICA!"
“Why are more Americans than ever dying from drug overdoses?”
I dunno. Could it have anything to do with wretched parenting skills by Mom and Dad?
Chronic pain is an awful, awful thing to endure.
Exactly rktman. As someone who tends to the curvy side I blame no one but myself. It’s not an epidemic or genocide or a disease and I am not a victim. I am an adult and I am responsible for what I ingest.
Yup. Two back surgeries that didn’t do what I hoped. No more though.
Good luck. Prayers up.
Thanks. Already done so prayers are always good.
Hi Drew.
Thank you for your erudite answer.
Mommy didn’t buy you those Spongebob slippers, did she?
Glad to see you’re up off the floor.
Maybe she’ll get you that Strawberry Shortcake doll you’ve been asking for.
I fight the battle of the bulges myself.
Diet changes have helped and I am doing better than a few years ago.
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