Tucker Carlson on the Opioid Crisis & Corrupt Conservative Think Tanks Defending Big Pharma
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If you don’t grasp what righteous anger sounds like in a journalist, listen to his last comments.
They still have Ambien on the market and they KNOW it causes people to sleepwalk/sleepdrive/sleepdocrazythings.
“They are every bit as corrupt as you think they are.”
CongressCritters, Burrowcrats and Lifers on the public teat. And Corporations and Courts. And all “public servants.”
And Big Pharma.
Corrupt and deserving of our complete disdain.
Blame the gun, the knife, the drug.
Don’t you dare blame the person in control.
What bullshit.
When the gunmaker assures you that their product will keep you safe but instead it blows up in your face, you want to blame the victim. That’s loving conservativism.
With opioids, it’s one thing when you’re dealing with someone who was only in it for the high to begin with. But when decent human beings trying to deal with temporary, painful conditions are given drugs that are more addictive than advertised by drug companies whose profits increase greatly through the drug’s sales, I have learned to care more about the lives ruined than CEO’s bonuses and the value of the stock in my portfolio.
When was the last time a gun blew up in someone’s face? Utter nonsense!
Will power is what most folks lack. It’s easy to take a pill to feel better. Then maybe two or three times the daily dose is better still.
Sorry, but the person taking the pill is responsible for the addiction.
The profit motive has nothing to do with the person’s request to get a pain pill, so that’s a red herring.
You obviously understand the situation well beyond my ability.
SAO… The Big Pharma companies lied to everyone about how their new Oxycontin miracle, time release pill was not addictive like the old fashion opioids. They also paid doctors to over prescribe it. The victim’s (for the most part) were deceived. The vast majority of overdoses are from Chinese fentinyl, moved by Mex cartels with US help. Most people doing Prescription meds have to jump through very difficult hoops. Your doctor has to reauthorize it every month. No call in like every other type of prescription. You have to pick up the physical paper at the doctors office and hand deliver in person to the pharmacy. People that go through that aren’t looking to get some euphoria, they’re trying to hold the pain at bay.
Advertising is professional lying. If anyone doesn’t know that then they haven’t been paying attention. Whatever claim is made is always a half truth in all instances. Choosing to believe when advertising in the US is a multi billion dollar industry means you want to believe.
I think obese people will claim ice cream is addictive. Or maybe it’s burgers and fries or chocolate. Not everyone gets fat, not everyone gets hooked on a drug.
I truly believe that there should be no such thing as a prescription. All drugs from aspirin to heroin should be readily available over the counter for any adult. The doctor’s prescription pad is the source of much of the expense in the medical field; eliminate it and treat adults like adults.
Those that need powerful drugs should get access to them without a gate keeper. Those that abuse the drugs should suffer the consequences. It’s personal choice. No one is putting a gun to a persons head and forcing them to take the pills.
If the market were actually open, then people would opt for the drugs made by a US manufacturer, not purchased from some runny nosed junkie. It’s the law that causes the problem. Fix the law and the problem goes away.
The first advertiser was selling forbidden fruit. If you order within the next ten minutes, BOGO applies.
Life actually is black and white. Then we are added to the script.
SAR, you are correct, it has always been so. In my fairly long life I have required some serious pain medication and I know that had I not been observant of what was occurring in my body I could very easily have become addicted. It is always the person taking the meds who is ultimately responsible. Some doctors will attempt to wean you off meds if they think your condition should have improved and the meds no longer needed, some but not all.
sao i heard you were bipolar… sometimes make sense sometimes just typing words
you don’t know shit about these pills and that is obvious
just like tobacco companies learned what tripped those nicotine receptors and caused a human brain to want it nonstop, pharmaceutical companies did the same damn thing
and fuck it now tbp’s got me hooked too
dammit
Is there anyone who thinks anything associated with opium is not addictive?
I was prescribed a painkiller when I had a wisdom tooth extracted and took 1. The rest were disposed of because my pain was not that unbearable. People take them and like the feeling they get, I did not.
There are those people who really need pain meds, and opiods are generally most effective.
Demonizing a class of drugs will essentially remove them from those who really, truly need them. I have a neighbor who is in chronic, constant pain as a result of falling off a roof during a construction job. He is having a very hard time getting pain meds and he’s not looking to get high, just trying to make his pain bearable. I have another friend whose neighbor hung himself because the pain he suffered was unbearable and he was also having a very hard time getting pain meds.
Sorry to hear about addicts doing themselves in, however, they could have gotten help with addiction and didn’t. I don’t like drug companies and the scams they pull but far worse here is the eventuality of making pain relief for those dying of terminal cancer or those in chronic pain from accidents or rheumatoid arthritis or a host of other causes impossible to find is wrong, very wrong and it’s happening now.
Unfortunately, the pendulum swings from one extreme to the other. If the pharmaceutical companies had been up front about the side effects in the first place and put patients over profits we would all be much better off. With fewer needlessly addicted to the drugs, and the drugs available to those who really need them.
I have had some major pain over the years and taken pain meds when it became unbearable. I did so reluctantly and carefully and stopped once the pain regressed. I am an adult and I am ultimately responsible for my actions. I also realize that companies are there to sell products and I never ever accept anything at face value.
People who become addicts generally do so because they are either lazy and not willing to do research or else they like the effect. It is past time for individuals to bear responsibility for their actions and not have the Nanny state control every aspect of life from cradle to grave.
I used to smoke cigarettes and I knew long before any tobacco trials or Surgeon Generals Warnings that it was bad for me. I quit cold turkey but it took several attempts before I succeeded. I had to take responsibility for my actions and didn’t place blame on anyone or anything for my addiction,
I did it to myself and I quit on my own. Mea culpa.
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The law treats adults like children to enrich doctors. Get rid of the concept of a prescription and medical costs are reduced significantly by reduced office visits to get a permission slip that costs money.
Make all drugs (aspirin, heroin, cocaine, etc) over the counter and let adults be adults.
The law is at fault for the entire drug / opioid problem. Fix the law and the problem solves itself.
It’s why I’ve always hated Repos more than Dummos, hence ‘conservatives’ like George Will and Bill Krystal more than Chris Hedges and Phil Donahue. Will and Krystal serve their corporate masters. Both Hedges and Donahue lost their high prestige jobs due to a principled position against the iraq war.
Tucker, at times, pisses me off with his cheap shots at libertarians but his is the only show on tv I faithfully watch and enjoy. And he has a major league set of gonads.
And bless FOX for not musseling him.
This story is getting huge play as it should.
Yes, otherwise he might have clammed up.
Fox is Controlled Opposition. I like Tucker, but he IS muzzled. He knows or should know the topics covered here, but doesn’t bring them up. He doesn’t get into any conspiracy theory stuff because the (((controllers))) won’t let him. As long as he stays within the allowed box of acceptable subject matter, he can hammer it. There’s a name for that box, but I forget what it is.
says 22
I agree with that assessment. Tucker goes about as far as anyone on air can. To get to the brutal truth you need sources like TBP. We’re at the tip of the spear.
does it have anything with that picture from 1910 mags asked you to explain
Huuuuuuh the liberals care?
Oh ya, we need more fucking “AWARENESS”. Fucking please. You wanna do drugs do you’re fucking drugs man. Heck, I’ve enjoyed an oxie and a six pack. Freedom my friends.
BOTH worthless parties support the fascist/crony capitalist power structure we suffer under. The ONLY difference is which cartel(s) benefit from which worthless party’s policies. To be clear, ALL OF US, suffer as the result of the policies of BOTH.
Weird, I made it 56 years without eating 1 oxy pain pill.
Life is full of choices…
I was given oxycontin one time in the hospital and it was a good thing I was unable to get up without assistance because with my sensitivity to opiates, that “time-release” pill made me want to get up and dance with all the other people in the room.
It was worse than the morphine as far as the hallucinations go.
People respond to different drugs in different ways. What works for you might not work for me and vice versa so it would seem logical that what side effect you have may not happen to me. Too many people still think doctors are some kind of god. They are busy people and in most cases don’t know very much about the drugs they prescribe. Pharmacists know more than doctors do. When dentists routinely hand out opioids (I don’t think they are anymore but for many years they were) you know there is a problem.
I was routinely prescribed some kind of opioid after my mastectomy and subsequent reconstruction surgeries. I knew they were addictive and tried to avoid taking them. I rarely needed them after the initial mastectomy. I never noticed any kind of “high” and they are pretty effective in deadening massive pain. We have to be our own advocates. But you already know this. Many people don’t.
And you had a RIGHT to put into your body what you felt would relieve the pain you were experiencing. NOBODY had the right to tell you otherwise. YOU OWN YOU.
People have the right to be pain free if there is something that can provide relief. But as everything is controlled by a government-protected cartel, no information, truth, alternative education, etc. is ALLOWED. The war on opiates is also a war on those in REAL pain. FREEDOM is a far better solution.