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To: cosmicforce who wrote (360770)	1/21/2018 12:44:24 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 541944

Right now the problem is Trump and the Republicans are laying waste to all of the Departments we depend on to keep us healthy, including Trump putting forth a plan to reduce opioid addiction by 95% They are forcing out and not replacing huge numbers of people in Health and Human Services, state Department, Environment and on and on. They are literally deconstructing our society. Having worked in government for 20 years I can attest to the fact government workers are overworked, not underworked, because Republicans refuse to fund needed services. All of those jobs are needed. We are watching the Trump spectacle while in the background our society is being destroyed by the Republicans. That is what the result of their eternal small government chants. They have wanted to do this for 100 years and now Trump is the enabler. Social security and medicare is next.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (360770)	1/21/2018 12:45:30 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541944

I got a prescription for an opiod after tooth extraction. Did great with my pain, and I even tried two at once just for fun. I've still got the rest, with no urge to use them. That said, my younger brother never met a drug he wouldn't abuse to the point of insensibility.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (360770)	1/21/2018 1:04:12 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541944

I got a morphine drip while in the ER and was grateful for it. But having seen firsthand how oxy damaged a man and his entire extended family as well as some friends, I was pissed at the ease with which this doctor offered me a prescription for it. If I hadn't had personal experiences with it, I might have taken it and destroyed myself like hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions?) of others have over the last couple of decades. For what? Yeah, I felt some pain during the two days after leaving the hospital, but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle with OTC drugs and plenty of sleep and liquids. But if I had had the script in hand, I might well have filled it. No thanks.