Opioid crisis reveals the real crisis beneath it: the medical – pharmaceutical – industrial complex is the biggest drug dealer in America.

Sep 2, 2017 · 3:30 PM UTC

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More money made on exacerbating the problem than on fixing it, at least by the people who created it. Only public awareness will fix this.
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Plus some other things. Not an easy one.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
War against drugs filled prisons with the wrong dealers.
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Yep. The small timers get jailed, the big timers get rich.
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So very true. Another crisis it reveals is how we haven't yet learnt a more integrative and nurturing way of managing and transcending pain
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Yes we have. But what we've learned isn't backed by -- in some cases is even thwarted by -- institutional forces w/in govt/corporate matrix
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We need to look at how other countries are successfully working to heal this issue. It's mental/spiritual crisis not criminal
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Yes. Drug crisis should be seen as a public health issue, not a criminal issue. And the spiritual component should not be underestimated.
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As a criminL defense lawyer who does advocacy, I see people getting hooked on prescribed mess first and then, eventually, heroin.
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