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This girl I work with believes the war in Afghanistan was a conspiracy to unleash the opioid epidemic

posted 4 years ago by MovieBuff224 (5053)
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I’m not a fan of most conspiracy theories in general but this one was particularly stupid. So we launched a full scale invasion of a country harboring the group who had just attacked us on our soil but only to harvest their opium poppy plants to cause a drug epidemic in our own country? It’s strange because she’s otherwise pretty level headed, I didn’t even bother arguing with her I just pretended to be blown away and was like “oh wow I never thought about that!!”

[–] Knish (1721) 4 years ago

Have you ever been properly diagnosed?

[–] MovieBuff224 (5053) 4 years ago

Huh

[–] AndyKing1967 (33845) 4 years ago

Pah! That’s nothing.
https://youtu.be/_PPMyXoH1pE

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71750) 4 years ago

Now that's what I call an earworm...I'll be whistling that shit all day, thank you very much 'Nice' guy Andy 😆

[–] AndyKing1967 (33845) 4 years ago

Yw my friend. Kirsty MacColl was a very underrated songwriter who died tragically whilst on holiday, saving her son from being struck by a speedboat back in 2000.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71750) 4 years ago

Jeez!
I had no idea
It's a good little ditty, I was playing the silly smartass as per usual

RIP !

[–] AndyKing1967 (33845) 4 years ago

No, you’re quite right. Most of the stuff she wrote was very catchy.

[–] abigolcwock (517) 4 years ago

He's quit now, but I had this guy at work who didn't believe that man-made climate change was a thing. Weird thing is that that was the only thing really strange about him, it was just this climate change thing that once you got him started on it he didn't shut up about it. Quite the character.

[–] Sandman3 (1450) 4 years ago

I'm with that guy. There is no man made global warming. All it is, is a way to expand government over the people and empower progressive elites.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71750) 4 years ago

I'm not convinced of that stuff either
We will be fine

[–] Sandman3 (1450) 4 years ago

Tell her Elvis is still alive and living in Canada and that we never landed on the moon. The pictures were from a desert.

[–] L1 (1316) 4 years ago

There are people in this world so evil they would rob children of their innocence!

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12299) 4 years ago

Funny, considering it started in the 1990s (long before 9/11) with greedy pharmaceutical companies and doctors without scruples here in America. You don't need crappy, backwater Afghanistan to get poppy plants.

[–] MovieBuff224 (5053) 4 years ago

Yup, OxyContin.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

A Canadian company makes that stuff. I drive by it everyday. They have paid out millions in settlements but somehow manage to stay in business.

[–] BuckSwope (3511) 4 years ago

They stay in business because they are still turning a profit even with the fines. If this weren't the case they would file bankruptcy.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

big money in the pain meds business.

[–] BuckSwope (3511) 4 years ago

Biggest cartel there is. And it's legal.

[–] Forky (1739) 4 years ago

Whatever you do... do not go to her hotel room.

[–] MovieBuff224 (5053) 4 years ago

Haha I already did, and she had a bunch of opium!

[–] Forky (1739) 4 years ago

OH NO!

[–] MovieBuff224 (5053) 4 years ago

It’s ok I have stamina, I smoked a bunch of it

[–] Forky (1739) 4 years ago

NICE!

[–] BuckSwope (3511) 4 years ago

The opioid epidemic was unleashed by big pharma and doctors writing the prescriptions. Most heroin addicts became addicted to oxycodone/hydrocodone first then switched to heroin because they couldn't get a prescription and on the black market heroin is cheaper than pills.

[–] MovieBuff224 (5053) 4 years ago

I don’t think it accounts for most heroin addicts but a sizable portion, the creation and forceful marketing practices of Perdue and OxyContin were one of the biggest medical crimes of the 20th century.

[–] BuckSwope (3511) 4 years ago

Very sizable portion. Probably about 50/50. I've worked in/around treatment facilities(lab tech) and the people you see in there would shock you. Soccer moms that shoot dope before driving their kids to school. Those people, almost 100%, started with legal prescriptions.

[–] MovieBuff224 (5053) 4 years ago

Oh yeah, and docs are still overprescribing pain meds. It’s ridiculous.

[–] BuckSwope (3511) 4 years ago

In the U.S. it is much harder to get prescriptions than it used to be. They have a nat'l database to keep track of it and they can flag you if a doctor thinks you are "pill shopping". If you get on the naughty list you are not going to get much of anything from doctors.

[–] MovieBuff224 (5053) 4 years ago

Yeah definitely. My dad is an OBGYN and he said even when it first came around he was cautious and still rarely prescribed opiates, there are so many other options unless they’re dying in pain.

[–] BuckSwope (3511) 4 years ago

I remember a few years back I was looking at a pill identifier book and it had a list of most prescribed drugs. #1 was hydrocodone/apap which is generic for Vicodin. Funny thing is that drug is hydrocodone and acetaminophen(Tylenol) which can be as dangerous if not more so because of the harm it can cause the liver in high doses.