They hate us. This same government is the one giving free illegal drugs and enabling addicts to continue their drug abuse and then in the name of compassion and caring for our health and risk of becoming addicted, make the average, law abiding, tax paying citiozen sufer needlessly.
I wonder myself if the leftist media ginned up the opioid “crisis” as a way to “thin the herd.” The great majority of older Americans are Christian, Republican, and white. Banning or restricting effective pain relievers might make such “reactionary bourgeoise” forego life extending surgery. Or even choose “assisted suicide” rather than endure terrible pain.
[flame suit on] President Trump should have known better than to jump on the “progressive” media opioid “crisis” bandwagon. Trump trusted the “scientific community,” the talking heads, and elements of the deep state (including the Pentagon) a little too much. Not as much as the Bushes, McCain, Romney, and so on, mind you. But still, too much.
Precisely. Kill as many people as you can with limitless drug availability in the Pacific Northwest, but guarantee suffering to tens of million of others.
This is just where they want us...desperate enough for pain control to seek dangerous alternatives.
Georgia is seeking a ban on kratom, a very effective plant product. I used to respect FDA recommendations but after reading the blurb on kratom I recognize it’s all empty verbiage.
I used to like the 8 mg. codeine / 325 mg. aspirin sold in Canada. Very effective for what I call soft tissue pain, like menstrual pain and skin injuries. Aspirin + codeine is 1+1=3.
Also liked darvocet, before it was pulled due to heart damage. I bet the profile of damage it caused is <1% of covid vax injury.