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Gov. Gavin Newsom on the addiction crisis: "We all need to self-medicate periodically”
Not the Bee ^ | 01/30/2023

Posted on 01/30/2023 2:23:36 PM PST by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

To live in Gavins world you need to be stoned.


21 posted on 01/30/2023 3:31:02 PM PST by Mashood
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To: Deo volente

“100,000 young Americans dead every year from ‘self-medicating’ with fentanyl”

Suicide.

All of ‘em.


22 posted on 01/30/2023 3:35:39 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: BenLurkin

This is real?


23 posted on 01/30/2023 3:37:26 PM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: BenLurkin

Grewsom,

Over here. I’ve got something for you.


24 posted on 01/30/2023 3:39:31 PM PST by sasquatch
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To: BenLurkin

About to introduce state sponsored euthanasia ... safe effective self medication.


25 posted on 01/30/2023 3:42:16 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: BenLurkin

THis is my governor and I think he is an idjit..but all that aside—sobreity is an interesting philosophical question.

Life in itself is cruel and for some quite hard. Occasional escapes from the day to day struggle might be considered a worthwhile salve. I am not saying addiction, nor anythign like that...more of a Soma type thing, that can help one get through a day. Of course religion can do that of course and for many that is their salve...but there are times when a human might just want to let their mind go on vacay...

I was always surprised that the early Americans eschewed water and drank Applejack...mainly because the water could not be trusted. If that is true, then this country was founded by a drunken peoples wasted off their a$$...

But I digress...

It is difficult to have rational conversation on this subject because of some of the inherent baggage—addiction, perpetual drunkeness, etc...I think humans have been looking for some sort of non-habit, no ill effect prozac type of substance to help them get through the day. The South Americans chewed the cocoa leaf...Asians the betel nut—in the Near East I think its Khaqt?

An interesting subject anyway.


26 posted on 01/30/2023 3:47:38 PM PST by abigkahuna (Honk Honk. It’s Clown World Out There. )
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To: BenLurkin

What a great example Governor Scumbag is.


27 posted on 01/30/2023 3:51:42 PM PST by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: abigkahuna

To add to my comment above, if there were a substance that gave one a 15 minute “trip” and left you zoned, elated, refreshed and had no long or short term physicial or mental effects—would you take it?

The obvious common sense rules of no substance taking while operating equipment, etc...applies just like it does today...


28 posted on 01/30/2023 3:52:53 PM PST by abigkahuna (Honk Honk. It’s Clown World Out There. )
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To: Deo volente

How many Californians die from ODing AKA self medicating?


29 posted on 01/30/2023 3:56:54 PM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: irishjuggler

Do they go multiple times?


30 posted on 01/30/2023 3:58:44 PM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: BenLurkin

Pure evil.


31 posted on 01/30/2023 4:03:07 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: BenLurkin

WHAT A COMPLETE JERK——

We NEVER NEED THIS IN THE OVAL OFFICE.


32 posted on 01/30/2023 4:25:29 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: MHGinTN
..."and an assortment of antibiotics for fish."

Ditto, and they've saved the day on more than one occasion. In fact, I need to re-order this week.

33 posted on 01/30/2023 4:31:00 PM PST by The Duke (Never Retreat, Never Surrender!)
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To: BenLurkin

He sounds like Dr. Timothy Leary: “Turn on, tune in, drop out.”


34 posted on 01/30/2023 4:45:03 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: The Duke

I’ve found the IV form of Ivermecftin to be a thrifty way to get the med. 250ml bottles get the dose cost down to twenty cents.


35 posted on 01/30/2023 4:48:01 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: BenLurkin

I always thought he was a RAT commie fag. Now I think he’s just a libertarian fool.


36 posted on 01/30/2023 5:35:06 PM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: LouAvul

Newsom has no interest in liberty.

He is a statist pig.


37 posted on 01/30/2023 5:36:48 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

A sick population - including intoxication/addiction - is a population controlled.


38 posted on 01/30/2023 6:26:32 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: BenLurkin

Gavin wants to revive the Cheech and Chong era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUWD-FflZPI


39 posted on 01/30/2023 6:37:29 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: logi_cal869

RE: A sick population - including intoxication/addiction - is a population controlled.

Old: Religion is the opiate of the masses —Karl Marx

New: Opiates are the opiates of the masses.


40 posted on 01/30/2023 6:39:55 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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