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   From: oldgoatmail@yahoo.com   
      
   Dear Brother Nate,   
      
   Please belabor and keep commenting on it. There's no question the stigma of   
   drug abusers follow us around, and the majority of pharmacists doctors, and   
   the general public buy in to whatever BS the media has to offer, usually   
   more fiction than fact and folks like the DEA blow thing so out of   
   proportion. It's all crap and we are outnumbered  to the point where the   
   truth is no longer relative and the public only cares about what titillates   
   their boring hum drum lives.   
   We have only one weapon with which to fight back, but it's a dilly.   
   Education. The public is not inherently evil or intentionally evil. When   
   they are in a pack is when they get out of hand. We need to reach out and   
   educate, and don't get discouraged when you find a hard headed moron who has   
   no room for "maybe" in their philosophy. Some day they'll be told jumping   
   off a cliff is the latest fad. We wont need to worry about that hard headed   
   moron.   
   They'll come to their senses the first time they experience a compound   
   fracture and they're handed 2 Tylenol because thanks to their efforts they   
   cant get any thing stronger. So argue with these zipper headed geeks and try   
   to educate them, and remember, we all got your back.   
      
   Best Wishes for a pain free and Happy New Year--og   
      
      
   "Brother Nate"  wrote in message   
   news:803e0220-6029-4933-9292-7e35ac4f2343@d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...   
   > catullus wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >> And yes, it is certainly true that there is a bias against prescribing   
   >> opiates, an ironic one since these are among the safest drugs. I've   
   >> encountered it myself several times, even among specialists. The   
   >> propaganda of the DEA and others with a special interest in demonizing   
   >> drugs has affected even doctors.   
   >   
   > I sort of hate to belabor the point since it's something   
   > I've commented on at length (albeit pretty long in the   
   > past), but the main factor that contributes to bias against   
   > certain drugs is the general concept of "potential for   
   > abuse".   
   >   
   > In short, when people seek out medicines just to cure   
   > their own boredom, that doesn't count as a legitimate   
   > medical use.  And it's entirely reasonable for doctors   
   > and policy makers to resent "recreational" drug users   
   > who do that.   
   >   
   > Ideally we'd like people to treat drugs with the respect   
   > due to real medicines.  The backlash arises when   
   > people act flippant and careless, treating drugs like   
   > playthings.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Brother Nate   
   > bronate@gmail.com   
   > Moral Compass   
      
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