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TheFrenchRazor

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4. the anti-opioid hysteria doesn't do anything to help the people who really need it; all it does it

Reply to donotpissoffacow (Original post)

Thu Oct 26, 2017, 06:03 PM

Oct 2017

make it harder for chronic pain sufferers to get needed and appropriate pain relief. expanding the war on drugs will do NOTHING to help potential ODers; it will only increase the suffering of people who are already suffering enough.

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Why opioids are such an American problem [View all] donotpissoffacow Oct 2017 OP

Great set of facts there underpants Oct 2017 #1

Capitalism and healthcare are like oil and water... pbmus Oct 2017 #2

Another legacy of Bush's Afghan invasion sandensea Oct 2017 #3

the anti-opioid hysteria doesn't do anything to help the people who really need it; all it does it TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #4

And crack cocaine equals broken black communities wellst0nev0ter Oct 2017 #5

We have an opioid crisis in canada too. applegrove Oct 2017 #6

Has to be a questionable distribution facility of some kind. Should be investigated. lindysalsagal Oct 2017 #7

9 million pills in two years. Staph Oct 2017 #8

It's called Capitalism. donotpissoffacow Oct 2017 #9