Tue Sep 3, 2019, 10:57 AM

EarlG (20,070 posts)

Pic Of The Moment: Republicans Aren't Going To Solve The Opioid Crisis

LA-GOV: Republican candidate handed out opioids like candy

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19 replies	Author	Time	Post
Pic Of The Moment: Republicans Aren't Going To Solve The Opioid Crisis (Original post)	EarlG	Sep 2019	OP
A white-glove drug pusher - just like Poppy Bush	sandensea	Sep 2019	#1
It seems that the Republican Party is on a mission to thin the herd	Cyrano	Sep 2019	#2
Anyone has an ounce of drugs on them - go directly to jail.	Initech	Sep 2019	#3
Ain't that the truth nt	LittleGirl	Sep 2019	#7
Kick	dalton99a	Sep 2019	#4
This needs attention far and wide, but especially on billboards across Louisiana	MadLinguist	Sep 2019	#5
In all fairness...	Callmecrazy	Sep 2019	#6
Sorry, I disagree -- all health care providers are responsible to ensure patients' safety	Dorn	Sep 2019	#8
You're 100% wrong...	Callmecrazy	Sep 2019	#9
There's	Ingersollman	Sep 2019	#10
Ok, lots of blame to go around -- yet there is no defense for Pharmacists (read the Code of Ethics)	Dorn	Sep 2019	#16
That's false.	TwilightZone	Sep 2019	#17
Abraham is a physician	PatSeg	Sep 2019	#11
You're correct...	MrScorpio	Sep 2019	#19
Even Dr. Goobers gotta be goobers.	NoMoreRepugs	Sep 2019	#12
What TF Good Are DEA Databases if it Takes 5+ Years To Recognize an Abusive Pattern?	Indykatie	Sep 2019	#13
I HAVE A SONG for Ralph Abraham.....	yuiyoshida	Sep 2019	#14
I HAVE A SONG for Ralph Abraham...	bkdroid13	Sep 2019	#18
Running for governor to control	Ilsa	Sep 2019	#15

Response to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:08 AM

sandensea (18,277 posts)

1. A white-glove drug pusher - just like Poppy Bush

The GOP learned two big lessons from Iran-Cocaine-Contra: narcotics makes a lot of money - that you can use for both personal and political needs; and you can get away with it.

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Response to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:12 AM

Cyrano (14,117 posts)

2. It seems that the Republican Party is on a mission to thin the herd

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Response to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:29 AM

Initech (95,340 posts)

3. Anyone has an ounce of drugs on them - go directly to jail.

White billionaire gets the entire world addicted to dangerous and deadly narcotics - he's a job creator!

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Response to Initech (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 12:44 PM

LittleGirl (7,630 posts)

7. Ain't that the truth nt

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Response to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:45 AM

dalton99a (73,531 posts)

4. Kick

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Response to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:46 AM

MadLinguist (714 posts)

5. This needs attention far and wide, but especially on billboards across Louisiana

Cheezus, what a stack of shit this fuqqer is

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Response to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 12:03 PM

Callmecrazy (3,063 posts)

6. In all fairness...

He didn't prescribe those drugs, he filled the scripts.
He was doing his job. It's the doctors you have to look at. It's upsetting how the opioid crises has destroyed lives and families, but concentrate your anger in the right direction.

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Response to Callmecrazy (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 01:10 PM

Dorn (463 posts)

8. Sorry, I disagree -- all health care providers are responsible to ensure patients' safety

Millions of prescriptions for a killer drug in a small city is "not doing his job", it is corruption.

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Response to Dorn (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 01:18 PM

Callmecrazy (3,063 posts)

9. You're 100% wrong...

It is the doctors responsibility to do no harm. The pharmacist only checks for drug interactions between the medications you are taking.
Direct your anger where it belongs.

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Response to Callmecrazy (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 01:33 PM

Ingersollman (204 posts)

10. There's

more than enough anger and responsibility to go around. He,(the pharmacy owner), may not, as you say, have the "responsibility to do no harm", but he had to know there was something bad going on. That sure didn't stop him from lining his greedy pockets off of the deaths of people.

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Response to Callmecrazy (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 08:01 PM

Dorn (463 posts)

16. Ok, lots of blame to go around -- yet there is no defense for Pharmacists (read the Code of Ethics)

From the APhA (https://www.pharmacist.com/code-ethics)

A pharmacist respects the covenantal relationship between the patient and pharmacist.

Considering the patient-pharmacist relationship as a covenant means that a pharmacist has moral obligations in response to the gift of trust received from society. In return for this gift, a pharmacist promises to help individuals achieve optimum benefit from their medications, to be committed to their welfare, and to maintain their trust.

I am disgusted by the drug companies, the physicians, the pharmacists and those who defend any of those killers.

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Response to Callmecrazy (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:47 PM

TwilightZone (21,568 posts)

17. That's false.

Pharmacists also check (whenever possible) for excess usage, misuse, etc., and can decline to fill prescriptions in those instances. They usually discuss the situation with the doctors, but they do, in fact, have the authority to refuse to fill them.

My partner is a pharmacist. Situations like that happen quite frequently. Patient tries to fill multiple prescriptions, patient brings in scripts from multiple doctors, patient tries to refill before eligible dates, etc. Checking for those things is a significant role in their jobs.

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Response to Callmecrazy (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 05:04 PM

PatSeg (44,518 posts)

11. Abraham is a physician

Abraham has been openly enthusiastic about his support for opioid treatments, once suggesting that the drugs are far less dangerous and much more effective than medical marijuana. Five years ago, during an October 2014 debate for Congress, Abraham claimed he did not support “the legalization of marijuana on any level.”

“Again, as a physician, let me tell you. What I see in my practice, from any level of marijuana use, is bad,” Abraham stated. “I’m against recreational, I’m against medical. In the medical profession, for these chronic pain, poor cancer patients that need help, we have other alternatives that work better, Dilaudid, OxyContin, you name it, Oxycodone, we have several options that do a much better job for chronic pain.

“I’ve had hundreds of patients unfortunately with cancer that I’ve treated, they do well with these drugs,” he continued.

https://www.bayoubrief.com/2019/08/28/pharmland-ralph-abraham-opiods/?fbclid=IwAR0apEf-xMlWpxtapuRqeyonlBZLCBBz-RW3LSQ35nN4YSWt68rL688twX8

His pharmacies not only fill the prescriptions, but as a doctor he prescribes them.

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Response to Callmecrazy (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 4, 2019, 07:04 AM

MrScorpio (73,501 posts)