Agreed. this article is bullshit. I take Hydrocodone on ocasion because of arthritis and increasingly debilitating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in both hands, wrists, arms, to the shoulders/collar bones.
Also suffer from severe sinus pain, esp. during this past allergy season, aggravated by a major bronchial tract cough and infections.
Hydrocodone is super Acetaphetimen. I’m not sure what the hospital gave me after cardiac arrest/ stents, defibrilator/pacemaker implant, but I’m not addicted to anything.
Also, we are getting older as a nation and along with that comes pains from old injuries (I’ll give you mine if you want); pain from war injuries; bone deterioration (ask my wife if you want to know about this type of pain); and some specific diseases.
Anyone can abuse a drug. Smart people don’t, and live longer. Dummies abuse drugs and die. That’s the way it is.
Dummies also drive too fast, and die. Dummies also drink and drive (my son had to bury two of his best friends who did, and that hurt him more than seeing enemy dead in Iraq).
This is just another “tear down America” story from the dying nation of England. Wait till I write their obituary -
“Died from marxism, unlimited immigration, Islamic-jihad & Sharia law, and lousy food. And you criticized America?”
Calling people “smart” and “dumb” as a way of dismissing a problem is absurd. Tell that to the parents of the kid who died in the drunk-driving accident or from an overdose. “Well, sorry, ma’am, but this is one way of clearing the dumb kids out of the gene pool.”
The truth is smart, good people make mistakes. We are all sinners. Society has a job to educate and protect people. The anecdotal evidence I’ve seen backs up this article that the U.S. has a serious and growing problem with prescription drug abuse. Something needs to be done about it. We can debate what that something is. But to wash your hands of it and say “hey, all it does is get rid of the dumb people” is not ethical, moral or helpful. And let’s not forget either that those DUI drivers don’t just kill themselves but other innocent people as well.
why is America taking 80% of the worlds' painkillers?....
I had the surgery on both wrists and elbows 12 years ago, it hasn't bothered me since.
Extremely painful condition indeed. I wasn't able to even turn off the alarm clock in the morning with two dead hands. The pain would keep me awake for hours.
My now 91 year old mother had the surgery about 5 years ago, her pain went away too.