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Re:Doctor Gets 4 Years in Prison for Insys Opioid Kickbacks by freedomben on Monday March 12, 2018 @12:35AM (#16566239)
Don't worry, we've so over-corrected this thing as a society due to our knee-jerk emotional reactions and mob mentality, you won't be getting any opioids prescribed.

Fourth stage cancer patients are now having a hard time getting them. Chronic pain patients that have been stable for decades are being heartlessly dropped by doctors that now fear the DEA. We are turning our backs as a society on the most vulnerable among us.

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Re:Doctor Gets 4 Years in Prison for Insys Opioid Kickbacks by ajmurmann on Monday March 12, 2018 @12:40AM (#16566250)
Oy! What I really want is all drugs to be legal and people being properly educated about them. Starting in school.
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Re:Doctor Gets 4 Years in Prison for Insys Opioid Kickbacks by matheusmoreira on Monday March 12, 2018 @09:54AM (#16568120)
>people being properly educated about them

As if the US government agencies would ever let that happen. They seem to favor a "shock 'em straight" approach that's utterly ineffective.

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Re:Doctor Gets 4 Years in Prison for Insys Opioid Kickbacks by freedomben on Monday March 12, 2018 @01:11AM (#16566331)
Totally agree. After decades of drug wars and putting people in cages, I think it's time to admit prohibition doesn't work (I thought we learned that in the 1920s, but I guess not). I tend to believe that education is the answer. I'd love to see us give that a try.
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