I've just read up on opium.org. For some it may require a couple of weeks of regular use. So there's the time frame. From first time to a couple of weeks. Still fast.
Bring back the death penalty.
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I've just read up on opium.org. For some it may require a couple of weeks of regular use. So there's the time frame. From first time to a couple of weeks. Still fast.
And what about all the legal drugs that doctors push? There are far more people addicted to government approved drugs than illegal ones. And many of those government approved drugs are much more dangerous.
Perhaps there are lots of doctors "pushing" drugs, but over the years having several physicians, I don't recall one that "pushed" drugs and pretty well all w/o exception took the opposite approach.
You haven't figured it out yet? Taxslave only spouts talking points. He only spouts innuendo and fear mongering. It is his modus operandi. Facts never enter into his scenarios.
As you have, so have I had multiple physicians over the years, and like you, have not had any push narcotic drugs. When I have had to have 3 copy prescriptions, they have been careful how much they prescribed and monitored me.
Now, with that being said, are there unscrupulous Doctors? I'm sure there are, as there are unscrupulous people in every walk of life. To tar all for the actions of the few, shows how small minded he is.
You could be right, Gerry, but I just don't see much point in arguing with other people's "experiences" real or imagined- just best to present an alternative contrary to theirs.
Don't know about up there, but down hereabouts the Drug Enforcement Agency approved the production of eight billion doses of opioids last year for domestic consumption. That's a month's supply for every man, woman, child, he-male, she-male, womon, hermaphrodite, asexual, trans, and illegal alien in the U.S.
How could that possibly be a problem? Well, it isn't for the drug industry and its wholly-owned subsidiary, the drug enforcement industry.
DEFINITELY- in a certain few cases eg. those two A$$holes in Ontario a couple of years ago who murdered the little girl on her way home from school.....................and slow with a hot branding iron!
Another know nothing heard from. It is not just narcotics but the whole laundry list of drugs Big Pharma produces. How about an anti depressant that causes suicidal tenancies? Bet you like that one. Or an arthritis drug that destroys your stomach? And for bonus points causes heart attacks as a side benefit. But they are legal and even paid for by the system.
If you're uneasy with the death penalty for all first-degree murder, you may want to follow the example of some U.S. states. Some of them have "special circumstances" murder, which is a sentencing guideline saying you should go from life to death only when the murder was accompanied by torture or inhumane treatment, or the victim was a first responder, a child, or otherwise uniquely vulnerable.
Other states, like Virginia, have a separate crime called "capital murder" which is above even first-degree murder, and calls for the death penalty. Capital murder is. . .
Ah, well fair enough then. ;-)
Nooooo kidding. Since my crash I've had only two doctors give me a script for narcotic based pain killers. Which also gives me mixed feelings. Percaset for example isn't always effective and makes me vomit about half the time. Oxys, on the other hand, are very effective but they have a 100% chance of making me vomit. Hell, one night I took one before bed to avoid the tummy fun. Work up the next morning and within minutes, I was puking. Damn stuff. The other problem with oxys is I look and feel like a junkie on them. So again, while they work really well for me, they also give me "the bugs", where I'm near constantly scratching my face, neck, shoulders, arms. Ugh!
I do find it ironic though that my current doctor won't prescribe me oxys because I might get addicted, but the cocktail of medications he does prescribe for me will still fast track me to kidney and liver failure. At least they work though.
Your mention of the scratches was interesting. I'd read one withdrawal symptoms from opiods is that the skin gets itchy all over, along with vomiting. And that's just on oxys. Now agine on heroin. Ouch.
I like the way they do not in Singapore and Taiwan. They have signs everywhere at their customs checkpoints making it unambiguously clear that the Importation of drugs is a capital offence.
I could just imagine a smuggler reading the signs as he gets off the plane... Gulp!
What might work for Canada would be to decriminalise the possession and consumption of narcotics but make their Importation, sale, and distribution without proper authorisation a capital offence.
So, someone plants a bomb and kills 20 innocent people, some of whom suffer immensely before they die, no death penalty? Why not?
Not capable of logical thought are you?
Imagine how many lives a drug trafficker can ruin. Some people have gotten hooked to opiods on the first try, and sometimes prescription opiods to boot. But it doesn't take long before the prescription stuff just doesn't suffice and they quickly move on to heroin.
and one has the choice of refusing said drugs. That would mean, however, doing a little bit of work and researching what is being RECOMMENDED.
I know, I know, I used the "w" word. Something you are probably not very accustomed to.
Having thought about it more, we'd probably want to limit the death penalty to sale or distribution and not merely Importation. It can happen at times that a person honestly did not know what was in his luggage for example.
But for sale or distribution, if the person can be held crinally responsible and knew what he was doing, then yes he should be eradicated.
As to Taxslave's comment, a person can unwittingly become addicted to a prescribed opioid, not necessarily his fault.
But if the doctor had been more cautious in prescribing it and there weren't heroin pushers out there, no problem. Opioids are a hellbof an addiction.
Meth I don't know, maybe not quite as addictive as opioids, but still.
But for sale or distribution, if the person can be held crinally responsible and knew what he was doing, then yes he should be eradicated.
As to Taxslave's comment, a person can unwittingly become addicted to a prescribed opioid, not necessarily his fault.
But if the doctor had been more cautious in prescribing it and there weren't heroin pushers out there, no problem. Opioids are a hellbof an addiction.
Meth I don't know, maybe not quite as addictive as opioids, but still.