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To: Magnatron

I do not see how replacing one addiction with another is an improvement.


2 posted on 04/24/2018 4:09:34 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

I knew lots of pot heads back in the 60s-70s. Marijuana can be psychologically addicting. But it is not physically addictive. The opioids that doctors seem to be dispensing like candy are. I don’t condone normal marijuana use but controlled in strength and dispensed in a non smoking form for people with chronic pain could be a way to go.


6 posted on 04/24/2018 4:23:09 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: exDemMom

Amen. It does however make opioids less effective and requires the use of substances such as ketamine if regular users have an injury or surgery. But at least they are t using opioids......


14 posted on 04/24/2018 5:13:02 AM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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I heard an interesting stat yesterday regarding opioids; Drs are writing less scripts than ever before, while at the same time opioid ODs are skyrocketing. So the crackdown has done two things; people who need opioids are being denied while addicts are turning to more deadly synthetics.


17 posted on 04/24/2018 5:22:15 AM PDT by JonPreston (I post To: "All" because article posters rarely contribute to their own threads)
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To: exDemMom
I do not see how replacing one addiction with another is an improvement.

How about: thousands die every year from opioid overdose whereas there is not a single well documented case of death by cannabis overdose.

60 posted on 04/24/2018 7:28:57 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: exDemMom

they’re kidding themselves...most druggies use multiple drugs....its never enough.....


84 posted on 04/24/2018 8:36:45 PM PDT by cherry
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To: exDemMom

Here’s how...

Opiates are a certain death - Marijuana is not.


87 posted on 04/25/2018 3:19:02 AM PDT by GG-1
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