Rick Scott is such a butt head

Yes, there are a lot of frightened people out there. That said we got really stupid as a nation with opioids.

He actually thinks he’s a doctor

Yes, two of my cousins are drug addicts

But, two other are vets who now cannot get the meds they need

Opioids need to be used responsibly and we forgot that from about 1995 through about 2015

While my drug addicted cousins get drug rehab over and over again

And now the health insurance companies aren’t covering the drugs, the chain pharmacies refuse to fill them and the mom and pop shoppers get all the pain scripts, which looks suspicious to the DEA. I don’t know what the answer is?

Sorry to be a downer. I had to ask. Return to your normal conversations now 👍🏻

No, this is an important conversation to have.

Absolutely. Very timely.

And Cat, the sad thing about the 10th Amendment is, the ones who uphold it will always be at a disadvantage to those who ignore it.

Yeah

Look at Goldwater. Amazing man. Totally comitted to the rights and freedoms of individuals.

Got blown out by that crook Johnson.

You should speak with Rye.

He's so absolutely in favor of federalism you have to suspect he might be a separatist at times.

But he's got lots of arguments and history in his head about the 10th.

As far as opioids, I see much of the problem that we don't want providers to actually spend time with patients anymore. If we have to see 6 patients an hour then the way to do it is give people in pain opioids and people with colds antibiotics. We get what we pay for - an opioid epidemic and superbugs.

Very true, cat.

You are a cool cat

Patients come in demanding those meds and will literally scream at us about bad care when we don't. Since with many insurances we're paid based on quality measures which include satisfaction, there's a perverse incentive to just prescribe whatever as long as it's relatively cheap. Give everyone opioids and antibiotics and you get paid more and the insurance company is happy with you and your patients say good things.

Actually dig into what patients *really* need and they hate you, the insurance fires you, and you can't pay off your $200,000 in student loans

Yeah. Used to be a doctor told patients what they need.

Now patients think they can tell doctors what they want.

Well, that's what the pharma companies tell them during every single &*(#% commercial break.

Sigh

Entitlement is one of the more negative aspects of a democratic system.

"I get to choose the government, you think you can defy me?"

That’s awful! I could never imagine yelling and demanding drugs or anything else from a doctor. I’m so sorry you have to deal with that

So, bookworm, do you think if people did t have a choice they wouldn’t be demanding? I’m not asking this in a condescending tone.

Democratic entitlement would be resolved if we made citizens have to work to earn the right to vote.

Sounds like you read Jerry Pournelle and his Codominion stories. Not sure if people would ever vote to lose the franchise.

the war on drugs has done nothings but put political prisoners in jail, and decimate whole communities for having the gall to get addicted to something that is addictive.

they call it a health crisis and treat it like a crime wave

pick one

^^

People want to put shit in their body, fine. But if you are selling something without making known dangers known to the buy, you are lying of omission and i would be fine being considered an illegal act. everything else, let the states decide

alcohol: okay
Nicotine: okay
Pot: not okay

logic found: none

Close guess, I got the idea from Heinlein. But yeah, the only way that could come into being is if there was a civil war and the entire government was reformed.

politics found: lots