BETTER OFF DEAD THAN ADDICTED?

The DEA seems to believe that YOU ARE BETTER OFF DEAD THAN IN PAIN. The DEA threatened doctors to make them stop prescribing Oxycontin. So people in pain turned to heroin. Now 100 people are dead because they were sold fentanyl instead of heroin.

REMEMBER THAT LESS THAN 5% of the population are ADDICTS. The 5% includes addicts to alcohol, heroin, prescription medication, and marijuana. (Yes, I know marijuana is NOT addictive. I do not keep these statistics, which are probably WAY skewed to make addiction rates as high as possible.)

In the 1800s, morphine was used to cure opium addiction. Then, when that was a complete failure, heroin was discovered and used to treat morphine addiction. We would probably be better off returning to opium, which is a 5000 year old pain medication.

The main thing in favor of addiction to prescription medication is that an accidental overdose is much less likely. (Except for medication which contain acetaminophen, which damages the liver.)

I have no intention of using heroin. But there have been many days, when I counted the few pain pills I had left, that I REALLY UNDERSTOOD how one could just purchase street drugs to dull the overwhelming physical pain.

Those countries that have chosen to treat addiction, rather than imprison addicts, have had amazing success.

And I strongly believe that I SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE AS PAIN FREE AS POSSIBLE. I should not have to fear going to a movie, because it might cause me so much pain that I can not sleep.

ONE MORE TIME, just because you tell someone to stop doing something, does not mean that they will actually stop doing that something. If the only person that I might hurt is me, than I get to make the choice for me.