I just read that the Senate or Congress (I can’t remember at the moment) just passed a new bill & sent it off to be signed by Trump “landing yet another blow against the opioid epidemic “! There was much fanfare & back slapping & self congratulations all because they chucked a few more coins into a bottomless pit.
The bill is to provide money for treatment programs for those that want to quit using, it didn’t specifically say the big h, but you can draw your own conclusions. Now, I DO think that treatment programs are good things & we could certainly use more of them. However, if they stopped forcing dependent pain patients to replace their prescriptions with street drugs there might be a few less in need of addiction treatment!
Politicians need to get out of our doctors offices & stick to being fodder for late night television shows. It’s about the only beneficial thing they do. Laughter is the best medicine after all.
The bill is to provide money for treatment programs for those that want to quit using, it didn’t specifically say the big h, but you can draw your own conclusions. Now, I DO think that treatment programs are good things & we could certainly use more of them. However, if they stopped forcing dependent pain patients to replace their prescriptions with street drugs there might be a few less in need of addiction treatment!
Politicians need to get out of our doctors offices & stick to being fodder for late night television shows. It’s about the only beneficial thing they do. Laughter is the best medicine after all.