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In reply to the discussion: Chronic Pain Sufferers are being screwed by the.. [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)62. I havent tried topical cannabis for localized pain, but I have heard it can help too.
And yeah, im somewhere where it's legal now, too. Well past fucking time.
It is a really amazing plant.
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There is a chronic pain population who suffer as a result of over regulation of narcotics.
FarPoint
Oct 2015
#1
The drug abuse population do comit crimes to feed their addiction and much more.
FarPoint
Oct 2015
#3
And alcoholics would commit crimes too if their alcohol were restricted like opiates
fasttense
Oct 2015
#8
Aw jeez - that really sucks. It is unconscionable in this day and age that this is allowed to go on.
jonno99
Oct 2015
#76
Yeah, but basically what that guy is trying to do upthread is float a bunch of apologia for the drug
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#61
The component you're missing here is how did all these peolpe become opiate addicts...
ion_theory
Oct 2015
#11
If the attitude about other drugs were the same as for alcohol chronic pain sufferers would benefit
Fumesucker
Oct 2015
#34
No, because you decided to make the thread about "the drug abuse population". Alcohol is a drug.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#56
Right, and you choose to blame "the drug abuse population" for the drug war.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#86
So you'd let people in pain suffer because you're mad someone may get an unauthorized buzz?
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#51
I've given up. I was told that hydracodone which is effective at relieving my back pain, would
CTyankee
Oct 2015
#6
I take Lyrica and Tramodol, but also a stone extended release opiate as I am allergic to
Dustlawyer
Oct 2015
#24
well, after surgery I was told unequivically that I was automatically addicted just by using
CTyankee
Oct 2015
#37
And the fact of the matter is, our prohibitionary regime doesnt stop addicts AND it
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#60
Yes, they suffer like richard paey, the wheelchair bound man sentenced to 25 years in prison
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#52
He went through the wringer but was eventually, rightly, pardoned by Charlie Crist.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#66
I have some friends, a PA and a practical nurse, who both say that is why the heroin problem
MiniMe
Oct 2015
#4
WTF - legislation limiting daily opiate levels for patients in need? I want to fucking scream
randys1
Oct 2015
#77
That is true, XenaAmazon. But it is much safer than alcohol. It Should be legal- its just a plant.
blondie58
Oct 2015
#30
I havent tried topical cannabis for localized pain, but I have heard it can help too.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#62
My wife dismisses patients all the times that sell their Rx's....it does happen...OFTEN
ileus
Oct 2015
#19
After very aggressive surgery, I was forced to go to four different pharmacies
Glimmer of Hope
Oct 2015
#20
Meanwhile, the asshole doctors continue to prescribe fluoroquinolone antibiotics...
roamer65
Oct 2015
#38
Ahh, so rightwing, childish people telling doctors how to doctor. I feel for you, those
randys1
Oct 2015
#79
In Ohio (and I thought it was federal in origin), we have to have a face to face visit
Ms. Toad
Oct 2015
#48
How does the rest of the world get by on the 5% of the world's supply of hydrocodone we leave them?
Recursion
Oct 2015
#49
Lets flip that question around. You're a smart guy, I'm sure you know what the active painkilling
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#53
But all the opiates and opioids are much less widely prescribed outside of the US
Recursion
Oct 2015
#54
Well, like I said our health care delivery system is sub-par enough that that might just be it
Recursion
Oct 2015
#59
Hearing from so many fellow chronic painers who have difficulties has helped me.
bobGandolf
Oct 2015
#70
{{{bobGandolf}}} My Mom just passed away last Sunday. In pain as the EMT's took her to the ER. F the
WinkyDink
Oct 2015
#96
when my mother was slowly slipping away at age 94 and in the hospital I asked them to
CTyankee
Oct 2015
#97