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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlaces with high opiod use favored Trump in 2016
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/amp/2018/06/high-opioid-use-areas-favored-trump-in-2016-study-says.html?__twitter_impression=trueQuelle surprise.
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Places with high opiod use favored Trump in 2016 (Original Post)
MariaCSR
Jun 2018
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Addiction is a disease and therefore addicts should be treated with compassion.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2018
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CountAllVotes
(22,141 posts)2. People with chronic illnesses & chronic pain require opiates
Just to say alive.
Take your hate elsewhere.
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,705 posts)3. Addiction is a disease and therefore addicts should be treated with compassion.
However the research indicates pain and the need to relieve doesn't account for most opiate addiction.
CountAllVotes
(22,141 posts)4. People using opiates for chronic conditions aren't addicts
They are sick!
The people pushing this agenda make me sick!
They have no idea what it means to live in chronic intractable pain, none!
Would they rather that those people just kill themselves as it might be a far better option than living a painful hell that never ends even with treatment.
Get a clue World!
