What You're Not Supposed to Know About the "Opioid Crisis"
If the real issue and motive for those in government is to rescue people from death brought on by the free distribution of and addiction to drugs... And if they feel like they gotta get much tougher on drug dealers and pushers, why aren't they fighting the epidemic of say nicotine addiction. Many say that nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs around.
While "officials" say that the "Opioid crisis" claims the lives of 90 to 170 people a day or 60 to 70 thousand people a year, cigarettes cost the lives of 480,000 people a year. That's over 1300 people a day. And 41,000 of those people are related to second hand smoke inhalation. I mean these innocent people didn't even smoke.
How about deaths brought on by alcohol? Multiple sources say that 88,000 people a year die from alcohol related deaths. Why doesn't the government feel like they have to do anything about that? That's 241 people every day. Doesn't the government care about those people?
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The number that’s harder to find is how many people die from drugs prescribed by their own doctors. I would surmise that the number is greater than the opioid, Tabacco and alcohol numbers combined.
As with everything, when you follow the money you can see the truth. The pharmaceutical industry and its influence is “too big to fail” which is probably why these numbers will not be published, and if they are the person publishing will be labeled a quack.
Heck...if you add the lives destroyed by prescription drugs there should be a war on big pharma instead of a war on drugs...it’s all misdirection..
Some studies have suggested that iatrogenic deaths (death by doctor) as being the third leading cause of death. This is when people die from doing exactly what the doctor prescribes. Google iatrogenic deaths and you will find some numbers, however this would be just the surface of it as many would be avoiding malpractice issues. The numbers are more than likely much higher.
& drs should be held accountable for every opiate prescription & unnecessary surgery they have ever profited from.
Interesting! This remind me of a concept Nassim Nicholas Taleb spoke about in his book ‘Antifragile’. Have you read it?
He said a lot of western medicine involves treatments and surgery that puts the patient at unecessary risk when compared to the possible benefit. He used the word iatrogenics which is when a treatment causes more harm than benefit. The root of the word means “caused by the healer.”
The author believes people who are more well off with better insurance often end up with worse health or dying sooner due to western medicine’s mind set of unecessary and sometimes unsubstantiated interventionist medicine.
He points out how docotors never really get rewarded for not performing a treatment or surgery that would have put the patient at risk. It’s harder to measure when a docotor is doing a good job at not doing iatrogenics because it’s not obvious to see.
Instead of fixing a crisis that’s obvious a doctor that practiced this less interventionist approach would simply be preventing a crisis (that by definition then wouldn’t occur) so no one might ever realize this and it’s difficult to track.
All of that’s to say I think the concept you brought up is very interesting!
I think it’s really important, I am a son to a dad with Alzheimer’s, & after he got sick I decided to become a surgical tech as this was the quickest way I could work & learn from the most esteemed drs I could find.
I quit after a few years, worked with many “hi ranked” surgeons who were mostly sociopaths cutting people up for profit imo. They may have believed that what they were doing was helping people, but it looked like willful ignorance to me. They are humans who went after an incredibly difficult job that pays a lot. Attracts a certain type of person imo.
I think there are huge risks from minor surgeries that are downplayed for obvious reasons. Would love to see a long term health study on people who have had surgery or multiple surgeries vs people who have not.
Anesthesia is not harmless. You are introducing drugs into your system that you have never experienced & aren’t even conscious to understand & speak out if there are ill effects. Their safety studies are far from comprehensive or without bias. They have a giant profit incentive to downplay the risks.
Antibiotics kill life. Surgeries are really dirty. They claim sterile, but nothing is sterile inside an operating room. Nothing is sterile. Surgically clean at best & drs rely heavily on heavy doses of antibiotics to prevent infections.
They will put any implant into a patient that will make them money, often times with plans of later taking the implant out only to put a new one. They have no idea how your body will react to these implants. What they do know is they have statistical evidence that allows them to make money off putting implants into people legally regardless of outcome.
That book sounds like something every American needs to read ASAP
WHERE DID THE OPIATE CRISIS COME FROM?????????
That so interesting! Good for you for taking it upon yourself to learn so much and questioning things!
I agree about surgeries. A few years ago my husband starting experiencing severe chronic back pain and upon digging into it, it seems like most of the quickly recommended surgeries offered for bulging discs and other chronic back pain issues don’t help a significant number of people cure their pain in the long run. And it’s especially sad because when someone is in that much constant pain they’re basically willing to try anything that might help them with less regard for risk because they just want a little hope their life isn’t effectively over.
A friend of ours is an x ray tech and she said a similar thing as you about the surgeons she worked with. I couldn’t say how true this is but she said a lot of the surgeons would casually talk about accepting patients for back surgeries knowing they’d be back in in six months with the same or worse pain. It’s sickening to think about.
Also, I had my wisdom teeth removed at the urging of my dentist (I did get several opinions and they all said it was necessary, but I guess I’ll never really know for sure) and I ended up with an infection that came back twice even though I’m very healthy and followed the guidelines exactly.
It was a terrible situation to be in. I ended up being in almost two moths of problems over it. Before this surgery I hadn’t taken antibiotics since I was a young child because I believe in the importance of the gut and our microbiome and have been able to keep myself healthy without antibiotics for all of my teen years and adult life. But obviously I had to take several very strong courses of antibiotics because of this situation. It was a nightmare and it makes me want to do a lot of research ahead of time if I ever have the option of surgery in the future.
It’s funny because the book isn’t even specifically about health. It’s more about risk management and “black swan” occurances in life and in financial markets but the author has really informed perspectives on a lot of things because he’s so logical and good at breaking down data. He uses many interesting illustrations like the iatrogenics one. I definitely recommend it!
People think I’m crazy, but seems every person I talk to has stories like yours. I will check out the book & practice preventative health. Thanks for the recommendation
& your friend is absolutely correct
Thank you to both of you for your wisdom, knowledge and inspiration for me to go ahead and check out the recommendations about checking into everything and to check out that book!
dirtykarma12, it's a great book : )
People need to be accountable for their actions too. No one is forcing them to take these drugs; they need to learn to walk away and try other forms of pain therapy. If their doctor does nothing but push pills and nothing else, then find another doctor who is open to other things.
These drugs are needed but only for a temporary solution. Big Pharma is a evil cunt as well, as they do nothing but make the problem worse.
“Big pharma is a cunt as well” 😂😂😂 so true.
Great reply. People are accountable for their actions. Who else would be accountable? lol
When you think about it you realise how disgustingly clever the system is. They dont care about your health, but will probably keep 'hard drugs' illegal because they fear their workforce of taxpayers dropping out and not paying for their existence.
Hemp is another example, but has been kept out of circulation I suspect because of its many varied uses that can't be patented due to it being 'natural'.
The governments and corporations work hand in glove to keep taxpayers noses against the grindstone. Work for them, buy products from them, pay sales tax and payroll tax, take orders from them and fund corporations to be able to pay off government to make sure they can continue to pay your low wages, whilst making billions in revenue.
About 20 years ago I knew someone who worked for a cigarette manufacturer. He explained they had already made a run of cannabis cigarettes in expectation of laws being relaxed. Obviously they did not get the laws they wanted then and had to destroy the batch, but you can just bet that as smoking decreases, they will continue to push for them being the only 'trusted source' of distribution and all of a sudden, like the switch being flicked, for no apparent reason they will become legal (and have a nice tax on them no doubt).
Thanks for the info of drugs
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I've seen some amazing things happening with opiod addicts & kratom. Lots of folks putting down the scripts for good. The fact they want to add kratom to their "drug war" is abserd. They can't keep drugs out of prisons where they have almost total controle of people. They'll never be able to keep them off of the streets. Bad policy is a shameful understatement.
That’s interesting, I’ve heard some stuff about kratom but hadn’t heard about it helping with opioid addiction. That’s awesome and also makes them trying out make it illegal make so much more sense ha.
Yup, but we know that "government" is always about persecution...not soultion.
https://www.facebook.com/april.reyes78/posts/10211277685638412
SO true
This is a wordy artical but my friend @fountainoftruth shared it & it address the heroin use case.
Cool! I'll check it out : )
Following...great painting B.T W.
Drug dealers and pushers = government agencies and pharmaceutical corporations...
Taliban's main source of income? No, CIA source of black income, yes.
Corrupt drs & surgeons need to share a lot of the blame. They are happy to pass it to big pharma but there is a lot of profit taking & willful ignorance going on there part.
"And 41,000 of those people are related to second hand smoke inhalation. I mean these innocent people didn't even smoke."
Please tell me the above isn't through, so basically no one is save. I don't smoke but why should I bear the consequence of those who do? I remember the Nigerian Government few years back banning smoking of cigarettes in Public spaces. Good policy if you ask me, but implementation has been poor. They still smoke everywhere, it's even on the rise.
Maybe you could ask those people not to smoke in your presence, works faster than waiting for the government. Is also a lot nicer.
A lot is also hyped.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/study-finds-no-clear-link-between-lung-cancer-and-second-hand-smoke-9004077.html
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