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BANNING OPIOIDS b/c SOME ABUSE THEM IS LIKE BANNING CARS b/c SOME DRIVE DRUNK ''New Policy Would Feed Assisted Suicide '' Life IssuesLife Issues

SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEGIT CHRONIC PAIN CONDITIONS & USE PAIN MEDS RESPONSIBLY

'"This would be absolutely devastating for patients. Allow me to share my own personal experience. Chronic spine pain had driven me to the point of hopelessness and desperation by the time I found a competent and empathetic pain specialist. My breakthrough came with the prescription of adequate pain medications. Over time, supplementing them with deep tissue massage and acupuncture (not covered by insurance), enabled the elimination of the heavy-duty pain meds but required an ongoing prescription of a lower-level medicine to make things tolerable. But the reality is most patients don't
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