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In reply to the discussion: Bleak New Estimates in Drug Epidemic: A Record 72,000 Overdose Deaths in 2017 [View all]duhneece
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Bleak New Estimates in Drug Epidemic: A Record 72,000 Overdose Deaths in 2017 [View all]
Julian Englis
Aug 2018
OP
After having witness people with severe, unrentling pain, day after day, I disagree
Farmer-Rick
Aug 2018
#9
What you say is true, fentanyl is jacking up the OD rates, granted but they've been pretty bad
mr_lebowski
Aug 2018
#19
Yeah, no I know fentanyl is responsible for quite possibly 1/2 of these deaths ...
mr_lebowski
Aug 2018
#26
doesn't matter; people would not be dying if they could get legal, regulated drugs, even IF what you
TheFrenchRazor
Aug 2018
#37
You're misunderstanding me .. and should look at all my posts here ... no offense ...
mr_lebowski
Aug 2018
#41
Republicans tend to like these drug "epidemics". They fit their "be afraid" narrative.
Snellius
Aug 2018
#28
Sure, because it's utterly impossible to do more than one completely unrelated thing at a time
Major Nikon
Aug 2018
#13
Is the drug overdose problem receiving 180x the attention of the assault weapon problem?
krispos42
Aug 2018
#20
If you want to hijack this thread and make it about your favorite subject, be my guest
Major Nikon
Aug 2018
#21
Yes, let's not address any root causes as to why Republicans are running things
krispos42
Aug 2018
#32
Agree with all but one point ... it's better to 'get' addicts onto buprenorphine than methadone
mr_lebowski
Aug 2018
#30
of course, but law enforcement (and other busy-bodies) love the War on Drugs, because it is
TheFrenchRazor
Aug 2018
#39
if we can only force chronic pain patients to suffer even more, surely these numbers will come down.
TheFrenchRazor
Aug 2018
#40