Thread by @HappyWarriorP

w/ total respect @JackPosobiec
U are wrong,

for 1 thing this happened under encouragement & punishment by federal gov

For another chain pharmacies weren't pill-mills,
those ops are mostly independent,

which is why suits are being rolled back
reason.com/2021/11/24/sho…

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1464433034351067139

no way to measure illegitimate prescriptions from legit,

DEA admitted under oath they had no way to track which orders were unethical or illegal

Yes there was overprescribing, but it isn't the fault of Walmart & CVS, as our system is physican-based
happywarrior.substack.com/p/crime-of-the…

@JackPosobiec suits are being rolled back
like in Oklahoma & California

public nuisance lawsuits w/ no teeth & little hard evidence to say these pharmacies were doing anything but what they were regulated to do

Blame Sacklers, but it ain't Walmarts fault
reason.com/2021/11/10/okl…

@JackPosobiec honestly the media are lying through their teeth on the opioid crisis,

cost of which is little punishment for wrongdoers & innocent law-abiding cancer & pain patients being destroyed,

THE case of media malpractice at large
reason.com/2021/09/21/mos…

@JackPosobiec Just did a pod on this w/ @wil_da_beast630 & was on @DennisPrager & @newsmax talking about it

smart conservative position is defending patients & attacking where gains can be made & laws to do it

Incompetence sadly isn't always illegal
cutthebullpodcast.com/1759989/961836…

@JackPosobiec
Heres @DennisPrager spot,

As you well know there are costs to misreporting,

U are being pushed by the fake-news media into believing that it's solely a big pharma issue instead of a giant F-Up as much the Govs as anyone
dennisprager.com/video/opioid-c…

BTW @TPostMillennial knows that cuz we covered it while I worked w/ this great outlet

Many villains, including @JoeBiden
these pharmacies were doing what they had to under basic ethics & laws,

We can't attack them for breaking rules that didn't exist
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@JackPosobiec American medicine just wasn't set up to use pharmacists effectively to stop bad orders,

0 way to evaluate bad from good orders

system wasn't there yet, it is now, w/ horrific consequences as well as some good ones
foxnews.com/health/as-opio…

@JackPosobiec I know this crisis better than many in our line of work,

I'm a drug/disability/health reporter & myself a disabled patient w/ loved ones struggling w/ addiction

This is SO MUCH more complicated than our lazy media leads us to believe
thefederalist.com/2019/03/26/bla…

@JackPosobiec All efforts to stop the slaughter have failed

Dumb gov top-down approaches to stop individual level drug dealing, heavily influenced by illegal immigration, is ENTIRELY failing

law-abiding Americans suffer the consequences
nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope… #GOP @neontaster

@JackPosobiec what's happening in this opioid fentanyl overdose crisis is more horrific than can be imagined,

but we are being lied to, crisis provides so much evidence that prohibition & crazy gov solutions only lead to more pain, deaths, & misery
reason.com/2021/11/17/dop…

@JackPosobiec always feel free to read my stuff or hit me up for info anytime, U seem cool

If U wanna follow good reporting on the crisis I highly recommend @geraldposner & for a great examination of the other consequences follow @maiasz & @jacobsullum
player.fm/series/saving-…

@JackPosobiec I do mean w/ respect Jack
many have been told a convenient fiction

I think conservatives should be able to recognize that the media will lie to Ur face & that any thinking person should study the issue out for themselves

GL & God Speed! 🇺🇸
cutthebullpodcast.com/1759989/961836…

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