Rush's Dilemma: The Truth about Oxycontin

Patriot Paradox ^

[Stew Padasso]

"This thread is about Oxycontin. If you'd prefer to discuss libertarians, why don't you go find a thread on that topic?"

That is impossible. No matter the topic he/she will always bring libertarians.

[NittanyLion]

Yep. In Dane's mind, an evil cabal of libertarians is responsible for the majority of society's ills.

LOL.

[Jim Noble]

The big worry for me in all of this, is that Oxycontin will get such a bad name that the people who desparately need it won't get it

That, unfortunately, is a certainty.

[wardaddy]

I'm not a Libertarian, just someone who experimented with drugs as a kid 25 years ago.

My only vices these days are cigars, desserts, and my wife.

[NittanyLion]

Your first two posts on this thread referenced libertarians three times. Now I realize libertarians are somehow related to virtually everything in your mind, but this thread simply doesn't apply.

[Stew Padasso]

Either they are the insignificant .5% of the electorate or a vast conspriracy run by Soros and Hillary.

[jocon307]

"All this publicity is going to send Oxycotin the way of Quaaludes....banned."

When did they ban Quaaludes? I know all the methadone junkies used to used these, also Elevil (sp?), back in the bad old days of NYC, in the 70's.

When my brother died of AIDS we had morphine on hand, prescribed of course. Long story, but to skip to the chase the Police came to the house. Surprisingly, they did not confiscate the morphine. In our case they chose well because we poured it down the sink. However, many people would not be so concerned with "karma" as we were. And I must state, in an effort to be totally honest, that had we known someone who needed morphine and for whatever reason couldn't get it, we would have given it to them, improper though that might have been.

[Dane]

Yep. In Dane's mind, an evil cabal of libertarians is responsible for the majority of society's ills.

LOL

Yawn, NL, now going the ad hominem route in desperation. Oh well, I guess I should also be banned for pointing out the "morning after" abortion pill commonly known as RU-486, is basically an acromym of "Are you for 86".

86 being the proper vernacular within CB talk as ending a conversation.

[Proud_texan]

"Have we become nothing but pampered sissies?"

It depends on what you call pampered sissies. If you can imagine having an amputation with nothing more than a shot of whiskey then yes and thanks, I'll be a sissy.

[joesnuffy]

His "outing" might be the best thing that could have happened to him....

Much better than being found dead...lying in your own vomit with a bottle of spilled pills lying along side...and worse when they find a ship load of pills in your sock drawer... God's grace...on Rush

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"Our drug use should be between us and our doctors and pharmacists--and clergy."

The clergy?????

[Lurker]

That's a pretty bad one to bring up there Dane my boy.

The British went to war for the 'right' to sell opium to the Chinese. It turned the British government into the largest drug cartel in the world at the time.

And the 'devestation' was mostly caused by British troops, not opium.

L

[Freebird Forever]

Are you suggesting that they not prescribe it because people misuse it?

IIRC, that's why the Feds took "Disco Biscuits" aka Quaaludes off the market.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"Pill addicts are a nightmare in your practice. They are expert liars and decievers, whose entire day is structured around scoring off of you in a fifteen minute encounter, which for you is one of twenty to forty such encounters-one right after the other."

Then don't treat drug addicts whose ailment is a need for more drugs, Doctor.

From your post, you can obviously see them from a mile away... And you still deal with them?

[Dane]

Your first two posts on this thread referenced libertarians three times. Now I realize libertarians are somehow related to virtually everything in your mind, but this thread simply doesn't apply

Uh dude, mvpel's reply #39 was from the Harry Browne Libertarian talking points.

"In the early 20th century any 8 year old could go into a pharmacy and buy heorin laced Bayer aspirin, yada, yada, yada".

All I did was suggest to mvpel and lurkers on this thread is that they do a google search about the "opium wars" in 19th century China and read about the devastattion opium did to China.

Just burn me at the stake for pointing out history.

[WKB]

I took a 90 day supply of Oxycotin (3 per day leagl) and never even thought about wanting another one.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

How come the media is consciously and deliberately avoiding the mention of the drug co that makes OC?

I have heard/read over 100 reports and have not seen the name once...

[Buggman]

The problem here is the WOD! Oxycontin and other opiates need to be legalized without a prescription! But instead we have a Statist, goose-stepping, jack-booted government who thinks that Rush has no right to be addicted to this stuff if he wants to be! END THE WOD NOW, IT'S STOMPING ON OUR CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM TO BE HOOKED ON PAIN-KILLERS!!!

/libertarian "I-want-my-bong" rant mode

[wardaddy]

Quaaludes were banned in the mid 80s....worldwide eventually. I hear some countries still have Mandrax which uses methaqualone with larger doses of belladonna and is not nearly as enjoyable...from a buzz perspective.

Elavil is a tri-cyclic anti-depressant I think.

Methadone/dolophine is arguably the most powerful of the older analgesics as far as weight to dosage goes.

[rhema]

BTTT