Nice list of links, but none of them follow the approved narrative. Are you trying to get sent to re-education? LOL
The entire “crisis” has been manufactured by the media\government complex. Yes, heroin use is up. That happens anytime the CIA spends too much time in Afghanistan. “Heroin overdoses” are also up, but not significantly when the actual culprit is removed from the false reports. The reason for the increase in overdoses is simple: Fentanyl. This substance is deadly and I would rank its purveyors with terrorists. They should be hunted down and shot like rabid dogs.
On the other hand, torturing those who suffer from chronic pain is inhumane and, quite simply, evil. That’s not hyperbole. Taking away efficacious treatment when a person is suffering is torture. Hell, even terrorists are granted respite between water boarding sessions!
“Conservatives” advocating that the Federal government stand between patient and doctor are either ignorant or liars. I’ve got two words for such people, but they would get me banned. I would love to hear from them after they’ve spent months or years suffering real pain from a debilitating illness.
From a logical perspective, these people are completely indistinguishable from any other liberal. They are big-government do-gooders who are thoroughly convinced in their own moral superiority. I believe my Lord addressed such people as Pharisees.
BINGO! You summed it up well. I’m a Pro Constitution Rebel what did you expect? I’ll be 70 in Aug and don’t give a fig for government control violating MY RIGHTS.
My mom called it Horse Manure. Even in the last stages of lung cancer there was not enough pain relief. Where as they OD’d my dad because he ‘took’ to long to pass, used to many Hospice resources.
And I don’t like the new but old to the market Beta Chanel Blocker...liver/kidney damage are prospects. But pain drives the BP up to Hyper Tension levels, that a person with a minor heart issue, becomes a major one. That only lines doctors pockets treating the new health issues untreated pain or INTRACTABLE PAIN DISEASE causes. Yep, it’s an actual disease. https://www.healthline.com/health/intractable-pain