We should make them illegal!
Saw a good documentary on Fentanyl on Netflix. What a mess.
These are the ‘homeless’ people you see at your local train station.
Heroin deaths vs. Gun deaths
Yes, Heroin is an opioid and many get hooked on pain killers. But, there are many who use pain medicine responsibly. Maryland is passing a law that a new rx’s need to be picked up and filled every week (instead of every month) unless the pain medicine is used for cancer related treatments or end of life situations.
However, there are still issues with people who are disabled who may not be able to get to the physicians every week. They can not be called in.
But, it’s a good start to finding ways to weed out those who are buying hundreds every month thru rx’s via cash from basically dealer doctors. Just a shame that they are putting legitimate patients in a bad situation because of addicts.
I was on Fentynal for 6 years, prescribed by my doctor for a terribly messed up back..
I had to be hospitalized for 3 days on Suboxone to get off the stuff..
I have never understood how junkies get high off this stuff. It gave me a quality of life that no other pain med came close to since.
I would shoot myself in the head before I would ever go back on it.