Re:Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana ...
by MichaelGG on Monday November 09, 2015 @05:43AM
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The majority of people I know that use, and the ones I meet online seem content to be addicted. Outside of funding issues and the occasional "what's sex drive again?" they seem to love it (on apart from when they must make a BM). It enables them to handle things they otherwise couldn't. I've met young kids with bone diseases leaving them vulnerable to repeated bone breakage. A fent lollypop later and they're beyond happy, and also have left pain behind.
I know professionals, drowning in whatever their work is. On behind or in debt. Opiates give them the optimism to face another day.
I'm honestly curious to know who is being destroyed by opiates, as in, what does destroyed mean? Outside of finances, legality, quality control, and other non-intrinsic, imposed issues.
Edit: If you'd like, my email's in my profile
You are aware of some people who function well with addiction so you assume that all addiction "isn't that big of a deal." BS. Go to a treatment facility and tell the patients (of all income levels) their opiate addiction "isn't that big of a deal."
I've meet many people (one an amputee, one great grandma in her 80) who have become addicted to their doctor prescribed medicine. All of which look like they have their lives together from the outside (and aren't having problems paying for their medicine) but their lives are being absolutely destroyed by opiates.
In the case of alcohol addiction there is even a word for this - "high-functioning alcoholic."
Just because you are able to function normally doesn't automatically make your addiction "not a problem" or doesn't mean it doesn't effect you in a negative way.
I'm not telling you that every addict is having their lives destroyed by addiction, but to assume that just because some don't means that all don't given enough income is preposterous.
"In your next professional interactions, look at everyone's pupils." No, thank you. I couldn't imagine wanting to do this.