U.S. drug overdose deaths continue to rise; increase fueled by synthetic opioids
No end in sight to American Drug afflictions
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2018 ... eaths.html
U.S. drug overdose deaths continue to rise; increase fueled by synthetic opioids
ROCKMAN wrote:asg - So folks can choose not to take opiods? Apparently you understand little about addiction and never knew an addict. I grew up in a family of druggies and alcoholics so I have some first hand experience. I suppose you believe those that die of any drug overdose are intentionally committing suicide.
asg70 wrote:The reason I brought up opioids is that you don't catch addiction from person to person. The damage it causes is contained to the individual (and by extension, family and friends are impacted). So it was a poor comparison to a communicable disease. Whether addiction is a choice or not is irrelevant. It's not "caught" by someone accidentally coughing on you or touching a door handle.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
It seems to me that once such crusades get rolling, it's far too much about political advantage and emotion, and far too little about science and medicine.
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