Dear Atty Gen Sessions: the main gateway drug to opioid use is NOT marijuana,but rather pharmaceuticals given to unsuspecting patients (& their parents) who were told by medical doctors that they should take them. Big Pharma is the biggest drug dealer in America and they know it

Jan 5, 2018 · 5:48 PM UTC

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Addiction isn't about a substance. Easier to blame a substance though than to fix the tattered fabric of our society. Please stop with your lies about prescription medicine though. This false narrative is killing people who are already suffering so much. painnewsnetwork.org/stories/…

10 Myths About the Opioid Crisis — Pain News Network

By Roger Chriss, Columnist There is no shortage of false statements being made about opioids. As the overdose crisis worsens, old and debunked claims reappear, while new claims rise up alongside...

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We need to get this right. No more of this opioid hysteria. Addiction is a complex psycho-social-physical. Very few have a true genetic predisposition to become addicted. youtube.com/watch?v=ao8L-0nS…
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Yes and physicians are not properly trained in prescribing opiods and are often unknowingly creating addiction .
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I’ve been a pot head but the one thing I was actually addicted to and had withdrawals is painkillers. I had a small jug of liquid Percocet one month and then was given Vicodin the next month for my wisdom teeth being pulled.
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Exactly. A blog that highlights how most of it occurred. thecompassionateworld.com/20…
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Want conspiracies & organized mafias... look at Big Pharma; gangsters in pin-striped suits wth some of th most pwrful lobbies th politicos serve. Really disgusting. Both Canada & Mexico do better, & th world laughs at U.S. when we don't take care of people, instead export wars.
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None of which has anything to do with the fact that Congress has made the distribution and use of marijuana illegal. AG Sessions did not do that. Congress did that.
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Wrong, it's sugar!
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Sessions knows it, too but Rs have to keep their donors happy! The health and well-being of Americans is secondary
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So true! Opioid addiction via prescription drug abuse is killing our kids! So let’s go backwards and continue to criminalize marijuana to keep more people in jail. Help big pharma AND private prison donors that have the Politicians in their pocket at the same time!
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