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To: koan who wrote (360761)	1/21/2018 7:37:56 AM
From: stsimon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541941

Lincoln's folly.

To: koan who wrote (360761)	1/21/2018 8:58:25 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541941

Think about it, everyone of the South's Republican senators is just terrible. Perdue, Cotton, Cruz, Cornyn, McConnell, Paul, Kennedy, Cassidy, Wicker, Cochran, Isakson, Inhofe, Lankford etc. There are exceptions. Though they are swimming against themselves on some occasions and definitely against much of their electorate. Lindsay Graham and Scott from South Carolina, while clearly southern senators in your policy mold, are a bit more independent. One of the North Carolina senators, name escapes me, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, ah, yes, Burr, is a bit of an independent. Tennessee's Corker, etc. But they are all southern conservatives.

To: koan who wrote (360761)	1/21/2018 10:33:08 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541941

We have a primitive health system in that we don't know what the genetic component is of pharmaceutical use. I'm concerned that the use of these for legitimate pain relief will be more driven by the misuse scenarios than finding things that are less addictive or what causes it to have problems for some people. I've used all three common opioids (oxy, hydrocodone, codeine) at fairly high doses plus have had morphine in a hospital setting. It got me through some pain that would have been pretty awful otherwise. I had no recreational interest afterward. Why should I be denied going forward? Is there genetic testing for this outcome? No.