The CDC attempted to address the opioid problem in the US five years ago by curtailing the prescription of opioids. The result was that deaths are as high as ever and people with chronic pain are suffering.
Many people have had severe pain or know someone who does. Back pain is something that can spring up at almost anytime for some people and when it does, it can be debilitating. Some people cannot move or get out of bed when the pain strikes.
Others, like veterans, suffer every day. They know pain and feel it as a result of severe injuries earlier in their lives. However, these people have been suffering severely for the past few years.
The CDC’s attempt to address the opioid crisis is a total failure.
Five years after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initiated a crackdown on opioid pain medications, experts have concluded the policy has been a miserable failure. Overdose deaths have gone up, not down, and now, courts are starting to recognize the arguments used to justify the crackdown are largely bogus.
“So these numbers, they just push these false numbers and now you have courts of law calling them out,” said Dr. Dan Laird.
Doctors can’t “doctor” you anymore.
Their decisions are not based on what treatment is best.
Their decisions are based on what the police and the DEA tell them.
I asked my doctor if it would be okay if I just went straight to the DEA for a diagnosis. He laughed. Nervously.
Now the police, many who possess a high school diploma as the highest educational level they needed to achieve, get to tell men and women with 12 years of college how to do their job.
Pin that badge on and VIOLA!! you are a f’ing GENIUS!!
Not only to you get to kill anyone you want, merely because they scared you, you get to tell real doctors how to treat their patients.
That’s power, baby.
And all you need is a 2.5 grade level. From high school.
Next time you are stopped by the police, start describing your medical conditions and ask them for some advice. Maybe a referral.
Just don’t move too fast.
Bitter old individual.
Cop.