Another one down!
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This is a great point... without CBS News and the Washington Post this crook would have been Drug Czar! Shameful, glad the media is doing its job!
If only there wasn't more investigative journalism concerning Trump. Everyone was afraid of the rape allegations, his mafia mob ties, his long history of dealing with Russian oligarchs in the real estate industry (clearly clearly CLEARLY some money-laundering shenanigans), his association with Felix Sater, Roger Stone, etc, etc.
Or maybe there was just so much stink on Trump that -- as Fareed Zakaria rightly pointed out -- the stench was overpowering.
America seems to have gotten used to the stench and begun to accept criminality. Saturation causes that sometimes.
I do think there is something to the theory of saturation. There is sooo much stink from Trump that you could throw a hundred random darts in Trump's direction, and every one of them would hit a scandal or potential scandal that would bring down any other president/politician. It's sick stuff.
n Alabama, doctors are now required to check the prescription drug database for some patients before prescribing opioids. But the focus on prescriptions is hurting pain patients without reducing overdose deaths, said Dr. Stefan Kertesz, an addiction specialist at UAB and Birmingham VA.
The number of opioid overdose deaths nationwide hit 33,000 in 2015 - an average of 90 people per day, according to the CDC. That total includes deaths caused by heroin, fentanyl and prescription drugs.
While prescriptions dropped between 2010 and 2015 - overdose deaths rose sharply. Many were caused by heroin and fentanyl, which have overtaken prescription drugs as a cause of overdose death in Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. Between 2015 and 2016, the number of overdose deaths caused by fentanyl more than doubled, and the number of total overdose deaths rose from 221 to 248.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/07/pain_pill_prescriptions_drop_y.html
Doctors across the country, including Alabama, have moved or closed down in response to investigations into prescribing practices. Kertesz said he is concerned about patients who are stable on high doses of prescription painkillers, who may suffer withdrawal and even become suicidal if they lose access to opioid drugs.
The number of opioid overdose deaths nationwide hit 33,000 in 2015 - an average of 90 people per day, according to the CDC. That total includes deaths caused by heroin, fentanyl and prescription drugs.
While prescriptions dropped between 2010 and 2015 - overdose deaths rose sharply. Many were caused by heroin and fentanyl, which have overtaken prescription drugs as a cause of overdose death in Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. Between 2015 and 2016, the number of overdose deaths caused by fentanyl more than doubled, and the number of total overdose deaths rose from 221 to 248.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/07/pain_pill_prescriptions_drop_y.html
Doctors across the country, including Alabama, have moved or closed down in response to investigations into prescribing practices. Kertesz said he is concerned about patients who are stable on high doses of prescription painkillers, who may suffer withdrawal and even become suicidal if they lose access to opioid drugs.
Darth Omar
Russian asset
Holy smokes!!
and it would not have made you father any safer from overdosing. 4 days supply is still enough to kill anyone.
It's a mindless response-and it leads to more heroin deaths as well
I agree, and an overdose would have been a relief at a point.
Airstrip One
Completely Effed
Does this mean more drugs?
Actually, it means less harmful drugs, more responsible use of prescription drugs
Airstrip One
Completely Effed
Sorry, I can never resist a drug joke. Not sure if I'd be any less obnoxious if my career didn't demand that I not indulge. But, I think most Americans view appointments like this as fairly apolitical.