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Re:Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana ... by MichaelGG on Friday November 06, 2015 @02:20PM (#10521388)
... That's so backwards. How about we should find ways to make proper opiates easily accessible, so patients don't need to buy crap "heroin" off the street?
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Re:Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana ... by DanBC on Friday November 06, 2015 @03:45PM (#10521902)
Opiates are the wrong choice for most pain. Opiates are only useful for a narrow range of pain. People think opiates are some kind of magic pain removal med, but for many types of pain opiates are not as effective as eg paracetamol.

When a doctor prescribes opiates for pain they often cause an addiction, whilst not fixing the pain.

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