I've been pondering (a thread): There used to be many more people who spoke truth to power, there used to be more of those who exposed authoritarian agendas, there once was a reliable, honorable Fourth Estate, there was a time when true virtue existed in our leaders. .... (cont)
.... History is full of people who stood in opposition refusing to be silent right up till they hung from the end of a role or were gunned down by a firing squad. Now, however, it seems that the bar for getting people to get in line "lock step" behind prevailing ...... (cont)
Jun 14, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
I am a Prisoner of War, my govt declared War on Drugs and Chronic Pain Patients have been deeply wounded, govt imprisons those who would offer us Medical Treatment. This is a violation of Human Rights Treaties that the US has signed. @hrw@ACLU@UNHumanRights#GenevaConvention
... This War was started a Century ago and is clearly unwinnable, as was clearly demonstrated by Alcohol Prohibition. It was started by Moral Zealots, Opportunists, & Profiteers and is continued by the same adding more as people devised new ways to make money from the misery...
Jan 25, 2022 • 17 tweets • 14 min read
@samquinones7@MrJDWalsh@NYMag Man, how can people who have covered the same topic for so long still miss Soo much ? Purdue isn't and wasn't the big problem - sure, like every other corporation patenting a new product, they touted it as the "greatest thing since sliced bread" but Doctors aren't stupid...(cont)
@samquinones7@MrJDWalsh@NYMag ... and most reg people knew opioid pain killers were addictive, they've been used for 3500 years and the physical "addiction" rate has largely remained constant in the lowest single digits. 75% of American adults have been prescribed opioids at some point. What we have .. (cont)
