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Sunlei

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14. I think the Drug Sales Corps should pay for treatment. They knew a ridiculous amount of Oxycontin

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:40 PM

Mar 2016

dosages were sold.

Treatment probably needs to be changed aswell, it has to high a failure rate and will swamp our healthcare system.

I did not realize "More than 47,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2014". There must be millions of addicted people.

And then there is the meth. problem, God is that stuff addictive and easy to make.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Purveyor Mar 2016 OP

What a fucking waste. Autumn Mar 2016 #1

Looks like it does little to address one of the chief causes of the current epidemic. cemaphonic Mar 2016 #2

Lack of communication between hospitals, doctors and treatment jwirr Mar 2016 #3

Overprescribed SusanLarson Mar 2016 #10

Welcome to DU awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #16

So what's in the bill? Force pharma to produce more opiods? Send more troops into Afghanistan valerief Mar 2016 #4

The problem not mentioned is the effect it has already been having for people who need Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #5

Exactly! They caused the heroin epidemic by reducing access to painkillers. fbc Mar 2016 #8

Yes! SoapBox Mar 2016 #9

Legalize weed. The obvious first step musiclawyer Mar 2016 #6

The Hospitals need to change Pain as the 5th Vital sign lovuian Mar 2016 #7

They don't. Class II Drigs like Oxy are much harder to get these days, to the point of stupidity. FighttheFuture Mar 2016 #15

I know I probably sound like a broken record, but here I go again. iscooterliberally Mar 2016 #11

Treatment, not incarceration! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2016 #12

The war on drugs rages on Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #13

I think the Drug Sales Corps should pay for treatment. They knew a ridiculous amount of Oxycontin Sunlei Mar 2016 #14

Exactly how many of these assbites Le Taz Hot Mar 2016 #17