Thread by @MakeThisLookAwe

A #Thread

Let's look at some common-sense q's on #PAIN & #ChronicPain

1) If pain is so benign (not harmful), why is it used in torture?

2) If chronic pain is something people can get used to, why is it outlawed in the Geneva Conventions? (Rule 90)

3) Is addiction so terrible that it's worse than a terminal disease?

3a) If is is worse, why do we imprison addicts & not send to hospice?

3b) If addiction isn't worse than a terminal disease, why don't we treat end-of-life chronic pain?

jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-…

4) If punishing drug use works, why doesn't prison cure addiction?

4a) Why do we have treatment centers?

4b) Why not just use prison?

5) If just using opioids *causes^ addiction, why isn't everyone who's ever had surgery an addict?

6) If prohibition (forbidding something by law) works, why did we end alcohol prohibition in 1933?

(#18A, 18th Amendment)

7) If drug prohibition works & we just need tighter police controls, why did the USSR have an addiction problem?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_poli…

8) If we are able to withstand pain without opiates, if opiates are "ineffective," why are they used in surgery?
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https://twitter.com/ardrugczar/status/1359500505538564103

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9) We treat all manner of deadly diseases. Why is treating pain different?

10) Why don't we treat #chronicpain even though we know it causes #braindamage & organ damage?

lifehack.org/450898/chronic…

11) Why are we spending $8 MILLION per day to wage a #WarOnDrugs & nothing on #chronicpain?

12)... [Add your common-sense question here.]

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