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RE: What's your opinion? - Cricket - 07-12-2017
(07-11-2017, 10:45 AM)TommyGun Wrote: According to the US constitution the people have the right to remove the government by force if necessary,imagine if that happened?
People would be crushed,sent to detention camps,whats the point in that constitution any more?
As for the English,we are a cowardly servile lot,happy to let our masters stamp all over us and pay em to do it.
It's the same here. They give us the illusion that we have a say in things, but far from it. I feel we have no chance of gettin' them out. They run EVERYTHING and we allow them to screw us all the time without a whimper.
What can we do about it? We have the numbers, but they have all of the big guns. It would take a miracle to fix the mess we're all in, I know, but if we just sit here and take it, we will keep gettin' more of the same.
Cricket
RE: What's your opinion? - Muzicatty - 07-27-2017
i agree with most everything on here.
1. As a fomer Big Law Defense Attorney who worked on many pharma cases (I hate to admit this. Please know that I was young, naive and had $150K in student loan debt to pay back, so I literally sold my soul representing the interests of corporate America for a number of years. Eventually, I saw the light and now practice consumer protection law), what I learned and saw via the docs I read and depos I sat in on was exactly what Cricket said - Big Pharma does not want an addict to get better. no matter what kind of addict a person is. i'm going to say some stuff that ethically I shouldn't, so I am treading on thin ice, but really don't care after learning what they do, how they get people hooked on their drugs and finding myself in a situation where I became addicted to Benzos ("No, they're not addictive... You don't have to taper, just stop takng them" said my GP who was merely repeating what the Big Pharma rep told him).
2. There are plant-based remedies, not legal in the U.S., that will ease the side effects of withdrawal from alcohol and opiates and make the recovery period much quicker. Big Pharma lobbyists keep these natural remedies from becomng legal because they want to continue selling their drugs. There are doctors and other medically trained professionals who will smuggle these plants in from South America to help people get off of alcohol and opiates/opioides. They will stay right by your side to support you as you go through withdrawal, which can last as little as 3 days to 1 week, dependng on the extent and type of addiction. if they can risk their licenses to save lives, so can I. However, 99% of what I am going to tell you is public information. Do the research.
3. I cringe everytme that I read that one of you has been put on an atypical antipsychotic medication (Seroquel/ Quetiapine, anyone?). Big pharma trains doctors that these medications do more good than harm. So what if 10 people out of 100 die? The drug helped 90 people. Gaining a significant amount of weight in a short period of time? "You must have a bad diet. change it, cut back and exercise more." 3-4 months later you are disgnosed with a form of diabetes and although you were active and at a healthy weight before you started the medication, you quickly gained 40 pounds and die 3-4 months after starting on the medication due to diabetes mellitus or another sugar related cndition.
4. SSRIs are addictive and difficult to get off of for most people.
5. There is nothing to help with Benzo withdrawal. You can't just stop taking it, even if your doctor tells you to. He or she doesn't know any better. That's what the rep told him/her. Benzos affect your CNS. if you are able to taper off, you will have flashback side effects for the rest of your life and not just for 1-2 years as you have lkely read on the internet.
6. Your doctor wants to put you on Gabapenten or Neurontin so you don't have a seizure while tapering off off Benzos? Ok, but be aware of the increased tendency to commit suicide, even though you had never thougt about it before.
6. Off-label use. You suffer from migraines? Your doctor tells you he has an anti-seizure medication or a bi-polar medication that will help prevent them and help with your insomnia. oh, and you may also lose some weight. What he doesn't tell you, probably because he doesn't know any better, is that it's goung to affect your cognitive abilities - your speaking, the way you think, your inability to make good decisions, your overall behavior, and what you say, which either makes no sense or you forget mid sentence what you were talking about (and no, it's not due to old age).
Now, on to politics:
1. So, can Trump pardon his family members? Probably. Did you see House of Cards last season?
2. Can he pardon himself? Nope, so who is next in line? Well, that would be VP Mike Pence, an extreme conservative who wants to take away the rights of women and other minorities. He's also xtremely religious and if you're a Muslim, Allah help you,
3. After Pence, who is next in line? Well, that would be House Speaker Paul Ryan. Lord, help us all.
4. After Ryan who is next? Why that would be Senate Pro Tem Orrin Hatch. You know, the man who supported the Big Bank Bailout. Oh, and he doesn't believe in gay rights and thinks gay marriage "undermines the very basis of marital law." in fact, as a practicing Mormon, he once told students at the University of Utah that he would rather "see members of the American Nazi Party teaching school." He urged Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and has received close to $500K from oil, gas and coal interests since 2012. So long future generations. Sorry we let pollution and contaminated water make you sick and coastal cities go under water. Since most of California is now undewater, the world is a better place. And of course we can't forget thatvHatch believes that wealthy Americans have too much of a tax burden. There go our social programs. Sorry people out of work, homeless, disabled, mentally ill and hungry. We can't help you. Finally, Hatch also doesn't believe in net neutrality or any internet privacy proections, so if he becomes President and I suddenly stop posting, you know I am either in jail or have been sent to Syberia.
p.s. This wasn't meant to offend anyone. My political beliefs aside, I find the whole situation humorous. If I can't laugh about the mess our country is in I would move to a cabin in the woods and becme a recluse for the next 4 years. no running water. No internet. No TV. No cell phone. No contact with the outside world. Considering the fact that I am very much a city gal, I would probably be eaten by a bear, die of starvation or shot by Ted Nugent for writing this post.
Have a good day everyone!
sorry the last post was so long. i am avoiding having to write a very boring, very dry Motion for Summary Judgment. I promise shorter posts in the future.
RE: What's your opinion? - Charon - 07-27-2017
Nonetheless, it is an excellent post. Have some caffeine in coffee. Then draft that Motion for Summary Judgment.
Thank u for sharing.
RE: What's your opinion? - Muzicatty - 07-27-2017
Thanks, Charon. Sorry I got off topic and made so many cringe-worthy typos. No sleep does that to me. I better have somebody proof that Motion before submitting it. If not, who knows what kind of trouble I could get myself into.
Hope your day is going well.
M.
RE: What's your opinion? - Charon - 07-27-2017
Honestly, those of us whom became attorneys are perfectionists. (I stopped all that nonsense once i was deemed disabled no hope of recovery. I accept my challenges.)
If you see words that really bother you, PM me with desired corrections. I shall do it. You only have ten minutes to edit.
But we really are not the spelling police. Too many of us are chronically ill and spelling goes the way of the wind.
PM me if you want anything changed.
RE: What's your opinion? - bwitherite - 11-16-2017
There is a huge difference between Methadone/suboxone therapy and street use. Methadone treatment, when followed correctly, can lead someone to have a productive life, they will not get high off either of the above drugs. I have been on both but prefer Methadone as it is a better pain reliever than suboxone. People that continue drug use while on methadone will not be helped by it.
RE: What's your opinion? - G.Elias - 11-17-2017
I know a lot of people who were on methadone for years and it kept them from using street stuff, but these new private companies that the nhs has out sourced its drug rehab treatments to are just cutting everyones scripts off, quite a few have gone back to using since having their scripts cut, its all about targets and tables now, the human beings are not it seems counted any longer, if your lucky you get a supply of anti depressants and a leaflet on self help services, its a failure but they dont want to know as long as they can cut the numbers down and make it look they have cured someones addiction problems, most of the people working for these companies dont have a clue what being an addict is like, not a damn clue.
RE: What's your opinion? - barq2 - 11-17-2017
There is the big pharma issue. We know profit comes before people e.g. any medicine people have to take for long periods of time (or ideally the rest of their lives) has loads of well funded research, but compare to something like antibiotics that are usually used for a week and so less incentive to invest in R&D, and so we are heading for an antibiotics crisis. So that's a market failure, and in my view an area where governments might try and do something helpful for once!
Going back to the original question, there is a different way of looking at it. So does the substitution route offer people a higher level of functioning than if they continue with drugs/alcohol? So it doesn't cure, but in some cases might offer better management. GElias has given us his account, and suspicion he'd be dead otherwise.
I'm not for one second defending big pharma, bit if substitution minimises the negative consequences of addiction, then is it worthwhile (despite not actually curing the addiction)? Is this a lesser of two evils issue?
RE: What's your opinion? - TeknoFunk - 11-18-2017
There are a few different ways to look at this, but in the end it's always big pharma that want's to cash in on a particular substance in the chemical game. MaryJ now legal in many states, the people wanted it, now the state can benefit from it. Eventually Big Pharma will come in to play somewhere. As of now it hasn't as much as I thought, so that is the only substance out of everything that the People have spoken out about, got their way and small mom and pop places are making money off the ruling. Every other time, big pharma swoops it up. We will see what happens the next few years with this one.
Sodium Oxybate is always one of my favorites to mention in this debate. Class one felony at the end of it's line as a free market item. Known as Renutrient at first for body builders, then it's name became GHB party drug, then it's name became GHB date rape drug, then in 2001 the Samantha Reid act passed and it was made a class one felony after 15 years of free market use. The year it was made a class one felony, big pharma stepped in with Jazz Pharmaceuticals took the Class One felony, went to the FDA and all of a sudden with the right paperwork and money, Jazz got the class one to stick for anyone using for personal use, but not as it was studied in making a drug for narcolepsy. Now the FDA had a drug on the list for the first time in history that was a class 1 and class 3 at the same time. Made zero sense, except, BIG PHARMA was about to capitalize on the substance and got it out of peoples hands. Huge raids all over the country grabbing everyone that had their own, putting people in jail and scaring the public into mercy and no one purchased it. What once WAS $14 DOLLARS! to make 16 oz, now BIG PHARMA charges quote " The cost for Xyrem oral liquid (500 mg/mL) is around $4,219 for a supply of 180 milliliters, depending on the pharmacy you visit. Prices are for cash paying customers only and are not valid with insurance plans." That isn't even 16 oz, so this is insane at what they've done to this chemical and the price they expect people to pay. It is touted as a wonder drug for narcolepsy with cataplexy, yet you will charge these prices when for a fact it cost pennies to your dollars. Unbelievable. The entire way it went down has always shown me how big pharma like something, big pharma get something.
Kratom is the next one on their list.... same story as above... re-entroduced to the public at 100x the cost as before. Sad that it happens, but I see it will always happen like this unless there are big changes in how people and government view what type of rights people have to their own health and wellbeing. As soon as you pay for insurance, you are apart of the machine.
RE: What's your opinion? - Linville - 09-30-2018
I am watching the news
And something just looks off
Wrong about that lady who testified
She has WAY OVERSIZED glasses
Check it out
I mean really they look like a movie prop
And he dad and grad dad I do believe was on the C I A
In the business of mind control
She oversees classes for c I a interns
At Stanford
Gosh
So much drama
Behind the scenes