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loyalsister

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11. What do you think of the possibility of maintaining addiction safely?

Reply to tymorial (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 4, 2017, 08:40 PM

Aug 2017

Do you think it's possible to have a program that focuses more on safety than abstention? Like providing addiction treatment centers that are similar to pain clinics where dosages are monitored and the drugs are provided safely. Suppose such an entity existed with social and medical supports to attend to the personal and environmental factors driving the addiction.

I think demonizing people who develop addictions has been a terrible way to treat people. Surely we can be more compassionate so that more people can come out on the other side and build lives they want to live.

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White House Panel Recommends Declaring National Emergency on Opioids [View all] Louis1895 Aug 2017 OP

I take one hydrocodone a day and have for 15 years. Now they'll take that away. Shrike47 Aug 2017 #1

Meanwhile people who need painkillers are being denied them! BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #2

we have a national emergency on gun violence too Fresh_Start Aug 2017 #3

In other countries, you can't get even opioids unless you are inpatient. Chakaconcarne Aug 2017 #4

Not true. Codeine is sold over the counter in many countries. Coventina Aug 2017 #9

The drug dealers are saying, "Bring it on" Brother Buzz Aug 2017 #5

The opioid crisis is just another "tough on crime" mantra used by politicians for political currency tymorial Aug 2017 #6

What do you think of the possibility of maintaining addiction safely? loyalsister Aug 2017 #11

There will always be those who are desperate for a way out tymorial Aug 2017 #15

I got a question Motownman78 Aug 2017 #12

Yup. tymorial Aug 2017 #14

Ok, because what Portugal and Motownman78 Aug 2017 #16

When there's an emergency for a small faction of our society, no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 #7

And those of us with chronic pain will be the only ones without access Coventina Aug 2017 #8

All while White House supported cutting the funding to combat opioids. Medicaid Obama care MiddleClass Aug 2017 #10

As an MD, I don't necessarily disagree with this. Barack_America Aug 2017 #13