Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic

[iatrogenicsteve]

A pragmatic approach would be to induct all these patients into the healthcare system so their medical needs are properly addressed instead of criminalized.

[iatrogenicsteve]

Typically, the focus is taken off the focus of the suffering of chronic pain patients and onto the criminality of a problem our government's policies created

[iatrogenicsteve]

Yeah, like trashing this BS

[makeiteasyable]

immediate action should be undertaken.

[1600Percent]

They had to spend an hour talking about this. The solution is simple legalize all drugs and provide people with naloxone (The drug that reverses opiate overdose). The end result would be no death's as a result of painkiller overdose, less people being converted into first time users by addicts hoping to rip them off and score b/c it would actually be affordable, and a society that can live without the fear of prosecution and being labeled as scum for a personal habit.

[Vipguy2003]

@1600Percent

I couldn't agree more,1600Percent !!! Until drugs are legalized & drug testing is illegal America is not a free country. The drugs laws have ruined more lives than drugs ever could. It amazes me how society supports draconian drug laws yet alcohol & cigarettes are socially acceptable. I don't need big brother telling me what I can & can't put in my body.  They make drug use sound like the plague with all this epidemic BS.

[Intoactionrehab]

If its drug prescription abuse an epidemic already, then immediate action should be undertaken.no time should be wasted to work against it.

[Alexplus20]

I did weed once and I woke 2 days later head buzzing and nose bleeding. The real stuff is some serious shit. Never doing weed again.

[bloomtoferal]

@Alexplus20 your retarded



[Alexplus20]

@bloomtoferal not as retarded as you my friend. I graduated with a 2.0 in computer science. what do you have bitch?

[bloomtoferal]

@Alexplus20 well even though i believe this has nothing to do with a person's intelligence, i have a BA in biology/zoology, and now im going to be enrolling in graduate programs, with substantially better grades than a 2.0, hope this helps?

[Alexplus20]

@bloomtoferal Not really dipshit considering that your statement is worthless to me same with your first full of shit comment to me. A BA in Zoology? Ha enjoy cleaning out the zebras pen in your local zoo! Listen creep i write code for IBM that requires more of a brain than your worthless course.

[bloomtoferal]

@Alexplus20 You ever get Gameshark to work on your local Gamer system? 

[cakeordeath211]

@Alexplus20 ....bloomtoferal is right, YOU are a COUSIN FUCKING retard. 

[TheQueenSherwood]

@Alexplus20 that weed was laced man! know your weed and trust who you get it from!

[schnsaint1]

thats why we should FREEEEEEE THE WEEED, no one has DIED from it.

[Vipguy2003]

Everything in life carries a risk. As a chronic pain suffer pain medication has allowed me to have a quality of life back. The war on drugs is a bigger problem than the so called "prescription drug problem". Pain medication should not be a privilege it should be a right !!!

[jeremiahjacobs]

Thank you for the research and posting this.

[Pct3ch]

First.. ;0

~Pct3ch~