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Legalization Isn't the Solution to the Opioid Crisis
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| November 1, 2017
| Jonah Goldberg
Posted on 11/01/2017 7:05:20 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: cherry
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posted on
11/01/2017 11:39:50 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
To: GraceG
Did you ever eat German Broetchen with Poppy seeds on them. I used to buy them by the half dozen or dozen all the time. But now you don't get them anymore. You still get German Broetchen but without the seeds.
Don't worry I never got high on them
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posted on
11/01/2017 11:48:00 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
To: Boomer
What needs to be done is education and starting in grade school.
43
posted on
11/01/2017 11:51:29 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
To: Kaslin
But if there's one seemingly simple answer that has been fully discredited by the opioid crisis, it's that the solution lies in wholesale drug legalization.Depends what the crisis is: if it's about overdose deaths, then legalization with regulation would mean no lethal additives and known strengths of dosage, which would reduce deaths.
If the crisis is abuse: in 2016, 2 million Americans had an opioid use disorder and 15 million had an alcohol use disorder. So which is the crisis?
44
posted on
11/01/2017 12:06:42 PM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: Kaslin
45
posted on
11/01/2017 2:05:22 PM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: Kaslin
[ Did you ever eat German Broetchen with Poppy seeds on them. I used to buy them by the half dozen or dozen all the time. But now you don’t get them anymore. You still get German Broetchen but without the seeds.
Don’t worry I never got high on them ]
I loved poppy seed kolaches, one of the best polish/Czech snacks!
46
posted on
11/01/2017 2:14:18 PM PDT
by
GraceG
("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
To: NobleFree
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU DID
NOT READ THE ARTICLE. OTHERWIWSE YOU WOULD HAVE NOTICED THAT JONAH GOLDBERG DID
NOT MENTION PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME ONCE.
NEXT TIME STICK TO THE SUBJECT OR STFU NOOBIE
47
posted on
11/01/2017 3:27:01 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
To: wardaddy
There was no terrorist attack in Manhattan yesterday either /s>
48
posted on
11/01/2017 3:30:06 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
To: Kaslin
Why your obsession
Alcohol is a far bigger problem but I dont see you posting threads on that
What will happen is folks who need them like me will lose our access to them because of folks like you no offense
Im already on pain maintenance completely legal
Its a rigmarole already
Monthly visits and urine tests etc for percs and zanaflex and cortisone
Like always the more govt involvement pain relief will be criminalized
So Im not with you on this one and I wish folks like you would stay out of my business
Im not in yours
49
posted on
11/01/2017 4:04:28 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Virtue signalers should be shot on sight...conservative ones racked and hanged then fed to dogs)
To: Kaslin
Btw
Jonah Goldberg is a south bashing c word who used to pollute this forum
A nevertrumper if the first order
Screw him and this article
Nothing personal youre 98% ok
50
posted on
11/01/2017 4:05:56 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Virtue signalers should be shot on sight...conservative ones racked and hanged then fed to dogs)
To: Kaslin
Use an even bigger font - then you'll be even more right.
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posted on
11/01/2017 7:34:32 PM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: ClearCase_guy
Great point.
It seems that you and I are among the few who live in a world without drug connections. I would have no idea where to get illegal drugs - including pot. (Ok, I could go to Colorado and presumably look for a store? But otherwise no idea.)
There seem to be a lot of people who are not in our world. Celebrities, politicians, op-ed writers, etc., who think that drugs are plentiful and easily obtained.
Perhaps this is one explanation for the giant gulf between conservatives and non-conservatives. It is as if we inhabited completely different worlds. Also, perhaps this is why we think much more clearly than those from the other world. I have to wonder what drugs they are routinely taking.
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posted on
11/03/2017 5:40:07 PM PDT
by
generally
( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
To: Kaslin
What always gets me is that "legalization" is always - ALWAYS - accompanied by the admitted need for REGULATION.
Why is extensive regulation needed if the activity in question is purportedly so benign?
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posted on
06/01/2018 6:32:25 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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