When It Comes To The Opioid Crisis, The U.S. Government Is The Ultimate Hypocrite
The War on Drugs has been ongoing for nearly 47 years, it has cost taxpayers more than $1 trillion, and it has yet to stop the ongoing opioid crisis that has taken the lives of thousands of Americans. But not to worry, Trump announced during his first State of the Union address that he is going to fix everything.
“We must get much tougher on drug dealers and pushers if we are going to succeed in stopping this scourge,” Trump said.
By drug dealers, he clearly means major pharmaceutical companies that intentionally lie to the public about the dangers of their products, and by drug pushers, he means the doctors and physicians who prescribe opioids like candy... Oh, wait. He’s talking about the other drug dealers...
It is no secret that opioid addiction has become a serious problem in the United States, and Trump was spot on when he said, “In 2016, we lost 64,000 Americans to drug overdoses: 174 deaths per day. Seven per hour.”
But the way to cut down on opioid addiction and the deaths that result from it is not to go after drug dealers—that’s what the U.S. government claims it has been doing for nearly 47 years, and it clearly has not worked.
What has worked has come in the form of natural medicines that the government is adamantly against.
The first of these is cannabis. A study published last year showed that the CBD found in cannabis actually blocks the opioid receptor in the brain, helping to treat patients who are addicted.
"When administered alone, this dose of cannabidiol was void of rewarding and aversive properties. The finding that cannabidiol blocks opioid reward suggests that this compound may be useful in addiction treatment settings."
The government is also pushing to ban kratom, a natural plant that has provided an alternative for and has arguably saved the lives of, many who are addicted to opioids.
The fight against kratom is currently led by the commissioner of the FDA, Scott Gottlieb, who is actually a member of the board for a pharmaceutical company that has a patent on one of Kratom’s alkaloids. He was also formerly the director of a pharmaceutical company that was charged with bribing doctors to push dangerous drugs.
If the government actually put a stop to the opioid crisis, they would end the failed War on Drugs, they would start calling out the real drug dealers, and they would stop demonizing the natural plants that have been proven to provide treatment for the people who find themselves in the snares of opioid addiction, and that something everyone should be talking about.
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He's talking about all the "unlicensed" drug dealers that don't pay into the coffers of the state/federal governments, but he might as well put them in one category. LOL! Trump isn't going to fix a damn thing!
What I find absolutely appalling is that Obama, who himself smoked pot and advertised himself as a die-hard liberal, didn't issue an executive order on the first day of his presidency to decriminalize cannabis.
He fucking had 8 years and couldn't be bothered to do it! That is Obama's unforgivable sin!
Obama is a fraud. No reason to believe anything he says.
I have seen his released birth certificate and it is HIGHLY edited. Different fonts everywhere! Any person that knows about PDF software can tell it was edited.
They are all frauds. If you think otherwise then you have had too much education.
Great video and for telling it like it is, you have a new follower!!💪🏼🤩🇺🇸
Thanks for this piece of information!
Very interesting article!!!
The fact that the state wants to add drugs like katom to their "war" is obsurd. They can't keep drugs out of prisons where they have almost total controle. They'll never be able to keep them off of the streets. End the failed war on drugs NOW!!!
Exactly! That's a good point.
Thank you. I've been using kratom recreationaly for almost 2 years & I like it a lot. My wife began using it (kratom) for pain & she is off of ALL perscriptions. I like the energy & mental focus I get from it. It does have very mild withdrawls when you stop taking it for a while but it's no worse than what I experiance when I run out of coffie. The state is about persecution not soulution.
End it by not being part of it. Not buying pharmaceutical. Not paying for it indirectly such as taxes or donation to so called charities that funnel back to big pharmacy or test. Get out of the USSA regime.
Thank you @rachelblevins new follower and upvote from me :D
Thank you!!
The war (on some) drugs is an absolute fraud. Organized crime has a say in all aspects of government activity.
Mike Adams from NaturalNews.com call doctors as nothing more than legalized drug dealers because all they push are addictive pharmaceutical meds.
Here is a good video that explains Big Pharma and the collusion with FDA.
Thank you for this article @rachelblevins.
The drug war is a failed and racist policy and must be ended. I just wrote a similar steemit post today about how this toxic kind of thinking is invading libertarian circles. I do hope you will read it and see how I point out the nasty PR techniques that these "think tanks" use to push their agendas...
Which is part of our battle. Identifying where sophism is used to control the population, and call it out for what it is.
Thank you! I will check it out!
The only thing you need to understand that when laws are passed it means exactly the opposite.
Watch this video by Mike Adams.
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Thank you!!