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In reply to the discussion: Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioids [View all]BigmanPigman
(51,560 posts)15. I have experienced this and so have my friends and family.
People in their 80s can't get pain pills for three crummy days after a serious surgery since they cold get addicted. Give me a break. This country always goes to extremes...all or nothing. So let people in severe pain suffer...that is sadistic!
Rachel Maddow covered this on her show last night. She did a good job. The journalists at the Wash Post have a site where you can get incredible details about the pills and which pharmacies (like Walmart) and which doctors and which drug companies specifically shipped what and how much to whom and when. W. Virginia was ground zero.
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Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioids [View all]
KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2019
OP
and then there are those of us who continue working despite critical illnesses
demtenjeep
Jul 2019
#30
Just as with any profession - including preachers - there's always a small percentage....
KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2019
#19