I can’t help but think that over-regulation of opiate pain medication has helped the rise in heroin use.
Yep, drugs are like a water balloon, squeeze in one place and it bulges out in another.
Yep...Ol uncle Sugar gotta save us from ourselves.
Interesting factoid I didn't realize till recently. The federal government is the largest holder of opium in the United States....and get this, they house it at Fort Knox.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930916&slug=1721425
(I can’t help but think that over-regulation of opiate pain medication has helped the rise in heroin use.)
We see them all the time in our center and a sad amount are recovering Vet’s spit out by the VA. Heroin is cheaper and easier to get than prescription med’s. The VA shovels them down their throat then shuts them off.
It gets even worse when you consider that doctors are now prescribing drugs that are far more dangerous and even more addictive. Neurotin and lyrica are the first two that come to mind. They are given out to patients without even the slightest hint of their addiction potential and no warning on how patients have to taper off even after a few weeks of use or face extreme withdrawal.
Take a moment to read patient experiences. There are thousands reporting burning skin, psychosis, nerve pain and possible damage, suicidal thoughts, depression, weight gain. I read stories of patients dealing with issues months after stopping. Even the worse opiates cannot begin to compare to this garbage yet doctors are giving it out like candy.
Western medicine’s answer for pain management is to take a safer but addictive drug and replace it with a worse one.