Re:As epidemic rages, ER study finds opioids no better than ...
by stouset on Thursday November 09, 2017 @03:50PM
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You’re not wrong, but the likelihood of addiction from two weeks of drinking vs. two weeks of opioids is, I suspect, not really comparable.
Re:As epidemic rages, ER study finds opioids no better than ...
by illegalsmile on Thursday November 09, 2017 @01:39PM
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I'd say it's extremely taboo to mention anything negative or even the possibility that alcohol is one of the most abused and disruptive drugs in our society.
Re:As epidemic rages, ER study finds opioids no better than ...
by graphitezepp on Thursday November 09, 2017 @02:31PM
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People don't even like to call it a drug, which severely bothers me to be honest. I've tried some things and alcohol, from my perspective, is one of the more dangerous drugs around
Re:As epidemic rages, ER study finds opioids no better than ...
by sliverstorm on Thursday November 09, 2017 @12:32PM
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Yeah, but what is it, 1/8 Americans are already alcoholics, so 12% of the time you're not making things any worse!
Re:As epidemic rages, ER study finds opioids no better than ...
by walshemj on Thursday November 09, 2017 @05:16PM
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As on expat UK-> USA said if you have a pint for lunch people start leaving AA leaflets on your desk.
A while back I was talking to a course tutor who in the UK gave the "dealing with staff with serious addiction problems" course - he commented its when you find 3 or 4 stashes of vodka hidden in the office that you know you have a problem
Not sure if you said it in jest or not but alcohol is also highly addictive, prone to abuse, and harmful to your health and IMO would really not be a step in the right direction.
edit: I almost added to my comment "It's almost taboo in our society to mention this fact" but didn't. I was almost immediately down voted so I guess maybe I'm not wrong...