#Opiate Epidemic

[metanoiamindpodcast]

Metanoia Memoir : From Fentanyl to Freedom - Final Draft

Metanoia Memoir : From Fentanyl to Freedom - Final Draft

Preview in new tab The Metanoia Memoir : From Fentanyl to Freedom A Story of Addiction, Recovery and Deliverance For over a decade I struggled with drug addiction staring death in the face on multiple occasions, only to be revived by emergency first responders after suffering from a heroin overdose. It took me many years to identify the root causes of my addiction. Through numerous in-patient…

[creekfiend]

I used to get an arguments on facebook and it bit me in the ass enormously because it turns out that when you get an arguments on facebook habitually, you'll be interacting with a lot of other people who get an arguments on facebook habitually, and most of these people are deeply unpleasant and they will be super mean to you in really fucked up ways. so for a couple of years I just sort of dropped off ever interacting with anyone who said things that I did not agree with. I would just scroll past stuff or I would get upset about it privately and move on. I did not ever engage. and the last couple of weeks I've started being able to say things in response to things I don't agree with in ways that I feel lay out what my perspective is but do not get overly invested in "winning" or "proving" anything -- I will say my piece generally for the benefit of other people who might be reading the conversation and need to hear what I have to say. and then I will turn notifications off and go do something else.

anyway. wow. y'all heard about this? pretty cool shit.

[bigguccisossa300]

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The Case for Legalizing and Safely Producing All Drugs

A farmer gathers his crop’s production The argument for legalizing and safely producing all drugs is gaining traction, driven by a mix of public health and economic concerns. The current approach to drug policy has failed to stem the tide of overdose deaths, with over 600,000 people having lost their lives to acute drug overdoses. To put that in perspective, this is more than the combined combat…

[caffeinatedopossum]

I love the book scythe because I also fantasize about having a world where I could just casually kill myself as stress relief

[saint-logan-makes-art]

“Harm Reduction Kitty”

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[pregnant-and-addicted]

I screwed up and didn't make it to the Methadone clinic on Saturday, which means I didn't have a take home dose for today, Sunday, because they're closed... Which means I had no choice but to spend $50 bucks on a sack of Fentanyl to get me through the weekend because going into withdrawal is said to either cause fetal demise or pre-term labor and all my doctors have advised against cold turkey withdrawal as the absolute worst thing and most damaging thing that an addicted mom can do... Ironic, isn't it? It's the first time I've ever encountered medical professionals telling me not to get clean... I certainly doubt that it's something that too many people in the public are familiar with and likely wouldn't be able to wrap their heads around because on first thought it seems to defy all sense of basic logic and common sense but alas, it is the current accepted medical opinion in the USA regarding pregnant women with opioid tolerance, opioid dependence and opioid addiction... I still feel guilty about the situation though even though it wasn't exactly entirely my fault that I missed the clinic. It's a hard thing to stick with and have perfect attendance though with no exceptions for illness or family emergencies or anything else though. I will absolutely NOT miss getting there tomorrow, Monday, and me and the baby's dad will do everything in our power to not miss any days this coming week!

*fingers crossed*

[survivalstory]

I am so excited to say I hosted my first Na meeting today that’s a huge deal To me coming from we’re I came from but I made a promise to my self that if I survive this I am going to be of service to anyone that needs my help or hit rock bottom and any who will listen

[ausetkmt]

Hitler’s New Shower: Opiates Made ’Clear’

Hitler’s New Shower: Opiates Made ’Clear’

Meet Judah, a National Science Foundation Award-winning research-writer who claims he traveled to Mexico for an overnight 'cure' to opiate addiction which has topped the DEA's chart of illegal drugs for decades!

His own dark path which led to this remarkable discovery, combined with his technical-writing background, lends Judah a unique perspective through which he shares his story and research with the world.

Originally scripted as a documentary film, Judah's new exposé news piece reads more like a feature action movie that will 'numb your mind.' On this adventure, you will:

Chase down the Presidential bloodline which has been dealing opiates for centuries;

Learn how war and opiates have historically worked hand-in-glove to subjugate indigenous peoples and submit nations;

Meet the 'pharmaceutical managing director' of an American-seized Nazi supply company, who went on to form the privately held company which devastated America with the OxyContin Dynasty;

Learn what OxyContin really is, which is shocking and shockingly-simple to understand;

Meet the Twelve Congressmen who, after their investigation of this cabal of deadly profiteers, attempted to foil a bigger plot to chemically-enslave the entire world;

In order, enjoy every eye-popping discovery which led to Judah's Amazon Bestselling Book Series: Sacred Scroll of Seven Seals; trace Judah's steps back down a trail which when studying the villains behind the Opiate Crisisled to a dark secret society, on Yale University, who refer to themselves as,the Order of Skull and Bones...

Join Judah, as he opens 'the curtains' to a mountain of evidence which will finally make the Opiate Crisis perfectly 'clear,' to any American, of almost any age!

[doggogills-but-worse]

the opiate epidemic was a statistical error. the average person takes 0 opiates each year. Gregory House, who works at PPTH and takes 5 Vicodin per hour is an outlier and should not have been counted.

[metanoiamindpodcast]

Metanoia Memoir : From Fentanyl to Freedom - Final Draft

Preview in new tab The Metanoia Memoir : From Fentanyl to Freedom A Story of Addiction, Recovery and Deliverance For over a decade I struggled with drug addiction staring death in the face on multiple occasions, only to be revived by emergency first responders after suffering from a heroin overdose. It took me many years to identify the root causes of my addiction. Through numerous in-patient…

[deramin2]

People often treat The Killers as a meme for their bombastic pop songs with weird premises, and panned Sam's Town when it came out. But the older they get the more they focus on how the boredom of small towns crushes ambitions and drives people to substance abuse and hurting each other. Pressure Machine (2022) is one of the most beautiful and soul crushing depictions of the opiate epidemic told through interviews and songs. The longer they stand in the bright lights of big cities that feed on people, the more they look to the people who see that light across the desert like Gatsby driven mad by the green light across the water.

[georgiapeach30513]

RE: Red One.

It’s funny how critics and people online continue to want to keep this film down, but I think it’s continuing to exceed expectations which is a good sign.

I had a feeling for a long while it was going to surprise people, given how many were complaining nonstop about Chris’s involvement.

Also, the discourse about his career choices… 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

It’s one thing if he were to sit there and complain to the media about not being able to find more serious roles or prestige movies to do.

But to my knowledge he’s never done that? I can only think of him saying years ago that his good films he feels nobody watches (true, or at least not ENOUGH people watch) but even then it wasn’t so much a complaint as a response to a question.

It seems like he is having fun and just picking what he wants to do. I’ve never heard him say “I only did this because I couldn’t get that.” He’s thrown out there he did Red One because he’s always wanted a Christmas film and there was a part for someone like him in it. Makes sense to me. And he just did three smaller scale lower profile projects with directors that are still establishing themselves. Without his and Anya’s involvement, don’t know that sacrifice would have been able to get made. I wish critics who aren’t up to date with his career move at least stop talking and wait for developments over a “hot take” for hits.

I saw a ridiculous tweet once again undermining Red One and his choices. Here’s the thing…red one was an orignal IP. It was a new story that wasn’t from an existing franchise, show, book, or sequel. Lots of people worked on that film and Amazon giving it a theatrical release also helps those who worked on the film that aren’t DJ or the rest of the cast. People who are seeing it in theaters are helping to create box office return and if films like this did well and were received well, maybe there would be more studios willing to take a chance on an original take over an existing IP.

Just because it’s a popcorn movie with silliness does not mean it’s trash and only films like Oppenheimer can be considered art.

I really despise that take and how some cinephiles look down on these films yet solely up lift Oscar bait films.

It bothers me immensely as a creative myself because in my opinion, movies are entertainment and they’re supposed to entertain you. If you and others have fun with the content and enjoy, have a good laugh, a smile, a cry, then I think the creators have done their job. Not all films need to be awards worthy, and art is subjective.

Ahh, the discourse on Chris' career is a tale as old as time at this moment. According to some he will never be good enough or rise to his potential. According to some he is a washed up has been, and yet they can't seem to quit him. I think that makes him a bit more powerful than they want him to be. But alas, we're all free to spend our time how we see fit.

It's funny because I don't think some people realize the roles that he was considered for, the roles he turned down, the roles that he was wanted for. Back when Running Man was in talks, he was top of the list as the lead, and we see that he wanted Sacrifice instead. I think that was a better choice, because quite frankly I'm getting fatigued at all the remakes, but some people want to make their career out of remakes. To each their own.

Unfortunately Chris outside of the MCU has never been quite as a box office draw. A lot of his movies, well most, are on a smaller scale. I think people are looking at his last three movies; Ghosted, Pain Hustlers, and Red One, and immediately jumping on a hate bandwagon. Let's break this down, Ghosted was a small movie, and judging by the synopsis I think we got what we were promised. I think that Dex, Chris, and Ana all were making different movies.

Pain Hustlers will mostly be forgotten. It was part of the opiate epidemic movies that became oversaturated. It didn't have any promotion, and compared to the other projects in the opiate crisis genre, it wasn't that great. I still will die on the hill that his performance was solid, and the best in the movie. Emily was oddly terrible.

Red One I think surprised a lot of people. Nobody expected it to be as fun or as good as it ended up being. Due to the strike, Chris didn't get to really film last year, minus the Deadpool movie. Had R1 not be released a year late, he would have only had Deadpool for this year. Starting next year we're going to have another surge of his projects, and they all seem different, so maybe people should just be patient.

The average movie goer wants to be entertained. That's why popcorn flicks make more money than the award movies. now sometimes you can have both. But anyways.

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The Case for Legalizing and Safely Producing All Drugs

A farmer gathers his crop’s production The argument for legalizing and safely producing all drugs is gaining traction, driven by a mix of public health and economic concerns. The current approach to drug policy has failed to stem the tide of overdose deaths, with over 600,000 people having lost their lives to acute drug overdoses. To put that in perspective, this is more than the combined combat…

[mezmer]

Actually would be easy to end the opioid epidemic if opium was normalized. I'm just like why do people even suffer. What's the point of a highly concentrated opiate when God made it perfect already

[sarahdogoc80]

Part 1. History That is Important for Understanding Modern Addictions.

My biggest problem with blaming the addicts themselves is because of how corporation has infected the American and many other medical establishments for decades. The farthest back case I can for 100 percent of a higher body getting a country addicted knowingly for their own ends. Was The U.K doing it to China in the 1800's. This is to provide this has been happening for a long time and has a trail. But moving over to America specifically. The Opiate Tragedy wasn't the first of it's kind. But was probably the worst one. The other two substances that have a suspiciously similar history were the Tobacco industry and the Diet Pill epidemic that caused cocaine and crack to explode in popularity or their invention.

The problem with linking weed to these two is Weed has been something America has been trying to get rid of since the 1800 due to lobbing. Not because of it's actually health hazard. Marijuana was lobbied against by oil and lumber corporations around that time because the part of the plant you can't smoke can be very useful. And they were threatened by it. At the time weed was just a regular crop so it would be like a modern day corporation trying to ban sunflowers. The part you can't smoke can be turned into paper, oil based for paints. Etc.

Some early propaganda against weed was Reefer Madness which came out in the 30's. This is something anyone who has been around stoners can see is comically exaggerated.

Another interesting fact is weed started being associated with Mexicans in the 1950's. And "people" (who where totally not feds) started pushing this narrative that smoking the weeds turned Mexicans into rapist, lazy, made them violet, etc. These very degrading stereotypes are still forced on these people. Fun fact when they started cracking down on weed they made up the gateway theory (which has been debunked by people way smarter then me and access to labs go read their reports) because it was something they were already against and was a connection they could make against their enemies. Because a lot of people smoked. Sometimes weed and LSD was all young people had in the way of mental health treatment because it was the 1960's. Weed is something alot of people participated in so it was easier to justify arresting people protesting because they probably had weed on them. This became helpful later when the cops had to harass black people and Mexicans for existing. I know a certain someone who most people hate on this website. He grew up hearing this propaganda. And just kinda tweaked it for modern sensibility and just replaced the word weed with drugs. So original just like his 2016 slogan.

I bring this up because weed has been an enemy of the government for a while. So weed can't be lumped in with tobacco, alcohol, or percriptions drugs. In this respect. Because it wasn't being pushed on the people. Complete opposite really. A problem is weed is lest harmful especially because you don't have to smoke it which was it's major actual downside. Plus alot of people who have experienced befits of weed are still alive. Alcohol, tobacco, and most drugs will eventually kill their users. Weed can have negative effects but it is so minimal that it really just depends on the person if it's a threat. If you lived an unhealthy life or just got a bad draw in the gene pull. Then a lot of things will tip the scale. So yes while weed especially if being smoked could push someone medical condition over the edge.

I have to ask. How healthy were they thought life, were there genetics at play, were they older. These questions matter because at some point you have to let people make these choices. My grandma is 69 and has been smoking for a long time. But because of her high blood pressure and bad heart (high blood pressure is due to genes and weight. Her dad died at 43 due to a stroke because he had a high stress job and had a family history of high blood pressure and hypertension. And the reason my grandma has a bad heart is because of cocaine. Remember this is will be important later). She still smokes weed which is a risk to her health but she knows the risks and doesn't want to have to be forced to live the rest of her days in pain. And she doesn't want pain medicine because she doesn't want to deal with 2024 horrible pain management system. She can barley move and I'm the only one helping her. She can't do those random drug test, the pill count, the doctor appointments every month, etc. When she does eventually die I know what kind of life she lived. Even if weed is the final straw it wasn't what caused her bad health. We need to let people do what they want to an extent. The problem comes in when we throw corporations into it. Can you guess what the other three have in common that weed doesn't? It wasn't being peddled to younger people or variable people. Well just people in general.

History time. I think we are all aware of the ad companies big tobacco has run. And how they targeted children. So I won't go into detail about that. But I do need to talk about big pharma doing this with diet pills in the 1940-till the early 1970. When registration started being rolled out. And the Oxycotin and Opeits problem. Wouldn't it be weird if these highly addictive substance with documentation of how bad were being pushed on people and ran ads.... It would be funny wouldn't it. Here is note pads, pens, and junk with the Oxycotin branding on them

My mom specifically got a note pad and pen with her free samples of fucking Oxycotin. Hmmm yep totally okay. This isn't predatory at all. By the way because I like being a little shit. Lily Orchard guess who helped refine modern Adderall and building blocks for Oxycotin. They also reported negative effects of this proto Adderall.... the nazis. Oh boy looks like you gotta stop taking those two substances otherwise your surpoting their work. But I know you won't because you can't even follow your own messed up morals and you like those two drugs. So just remember you have those because of the hard work the Nazis put in. Note to normal people you aren't a bad person if you have to take these substances. Just because something was made by bad people doesn't mean what they made was evil it's self.

Now that I've set frame work. My next post will be about them pushing it on women. And specifically how they were targeted for both diet pills and oxycodine. I also have to touch on the 2008 recession because it played a huge roll. But I don't want to make an obnoxious large post. So I have to break it up.

Any questions feel free to ask. I will answer to the best of my ability. I'm reporting from my own view of watching this go down and being the weird autistic person who wanted to know why this had to happen. So I'm only an advocate for better pain management and to get the truth out there. I refuse to help go along to our government's propaganda so they can wash their hands of these people. These events where a tragedy. Please be respectful of those who lost Children, Parents, Siblings, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Partners, Friends, whatever to our government's greed. Your family and friends where/ are more then statistics, they were more then worthless junkies, they didn't deserve to die for a corporation or doctor, or government's paycheck. They were people too remember that, remember they were victims as much as you are. If your still struggling with either a loss or an addiction remember it can get better but you need professional help. Don't let it consume you. If you were specifically a victim of Oxycotin I know you where lied to. You were told it was less addictive because it was extended release. Your not stupid because you believed your doctor. They were paying them to push it. While they saw you as a target, a paycheck, you are more then that. Your not crazy, you were lied to and they KNEW what they were doing they just thought they wouldn't get caught. Don't let people called you a junkie when you try and speak on their injustice. Make sure people know their government and doctors are willing to sell them up shore and to always research any medicine they try and give you. I wish everyone effected by the Crisis of the the past, present or future you get better. You matter.