Posted on 12/17/2018 11:04:47 AM PST by Kaslin
Never heard of death by marijuana overdose.
This idiot author gets two things conflated.
Cannabis, which is simply a state’s rights issue, regardless of if someone wants to smoke, or not- and the war on people who need actual pain relief..
Like booze, the federal government should have zero role in what people put into their bodies; part of being an actual conservative is letting other people make their own choices with their lives, otherwise one is merely a socialist who ascribes to a different set of ‘do’s and don’ts’ than the Che shirt wearing twerp but is no better.
People should be able to access whatever they need to mitigate their pain; at a low cost and with practical assistance. Any government that expects its citizenry to live in chronic pain for years while denying and impeding things that could ease same should be overthrown as being just as vile any other dictatorship.
Look at the deaths from opioids.
This person isn’t a doctor and has no business writing this article.
“Opioids were involved in 42,249 overdose deaths in 2016 (66.4% of all drug overdose deaths).”
The numbers have gone up since then too.
The politicians have found an issue to demagogue on and believe it is a wholesome issue akin to being against drug abuse.
The problem is that, for whatever dubious reason, they are using illicit drug use, fentanyl and it’s various synthetic derivatives, into the same class as prescriptive opioids. These are two vastly different issues.
Have some abused prescriptive opioids? Sure, but people abuse any and everything. I see absolutely no reason, excuse, or need to unnecessarily punish the poor people who legitimately need pain medication.
Regrettably, the pendulum continues to swing to the very extreme position, and yet POT FOR EVERYBODY!
the stoner FR contingent comes flooding out of their bong resin drenched hidey-holes to bravely conquer another thread in 3 . . 2 . . . 1 . .
Now that I have chronic pain I understand. No one cares.
Opioids are 1000x more dangerous than any concentration of Cannabis.
Yeah. That’s a new one on me.
I’m not a stoner or drug taker of any kind but to compare the two is ridiculous.
I agree entirely with this article. I need a medication for my heart which is a mild sedative. Rather than prescribe me enough medication for say, two months, which would mean I’d only see my doctor once every two months I’m prescribed a one month supply which means I have to see him once every month. That’s great for the insurance company, the doctor and the pharmaceutical company. Typical bs the way America works. When the state, ie the government, wants to wage a ‘’war’’ on something the person it’s ostensibly meant to help ends up getting screwed and a third party ends up making the bucks.
Research article on Use of Caanboids (worth the long read) re Marijauna based pain control without Opiods.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMCd 2503660/
I fail to understand the purpose of the authors attempt to tie the two together.
The only relevance is that pot can help extend the efficacy of opioids.
And can ease the withdraw symptoms from opioids.
She sounds like a bitter addict who has been forced to reduce her consumption of deadly opioids.
Sorry about your pain.
Don’t think comparing cannabis to opioids is right but I do have some understanding of living with chronic pain.
My 80+ year old mother lives in extreme pain due to several conditions she’ll have for the reminder of her life. Her pain meds keep getting cut back because they are afraid she will get addicted. She’s treated like a 30 year old addict. No concern about the terrible pain she is in every day.
the stoners point to booze, the opioid people point to pot. welcome to the planet of “I’m pointing to other things to try to obscure the fact that I can’t justify my drug argument on it’s own”
And the jack boot lickers will make their usual inarticulate, illogical, neo-socialist grunting noises, at least until cocktail time.
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