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The war on drugs is actually the war on addiction and mental and psychological issues.
 
What is/are the differences of addiction and dependancies?

Relationships can also be within these; addiction(s) and dependancies.


And of course, you're not really free if you are in an addiction(s) or dependenc(ies) relationship.
 
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And that is why there is joy. To receive joy from certain things and to be thankful for those joys.


Psalm 104:14-15 "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart."


He makes wine which gladdens the heart. And He makes bread which strengthens the heart of man.

Man became the provider to the woman.



What is/are the differences of addiction and dependancies?


Joy? Goodness? Chains? Slavery?
 
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crazyme said:
The war on drugs is actually the war on addiction and mental and psychological issues.
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No it isn't.

That's why governments spend billions incarcerating their citizens rather than treating them for addiction.
 
crazyme said:
The war on drugs is actually the war on addiction and mental and psychological issues.
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No, it is actually a war on constitutional governance. It is a war on the American people.

It is a boon to the many enforcement bureaucracies and their budgets.
 
I strongly recommend watching this episode of '60 Minutes' which aired yesterday (9/30) It's part of their series "Inside the Epidemic" of America's drug problems. This episode was extremely disturbing because it illustrates how many people that become addicted to drugs did so legally with a doctor's prescription.

Some of the statistics sited in this CBS episode about drugs focuses on physician Dr. Barry Schultz who is currently incarcerated in a Florida State prison until the day he dies. Users and abusers were flocking to Florida where controlled drugs such as Oxycodone were being dispensed from a walk-in 'pain' clinic. There were more pain clinics in the years 2010 and 2011 than they had McDonalds. Dr. Barry Schultz had 31 different pain clinics on one street in Broward County. Pain clinics in S. Florida were loosely regulated medical offices where 'patients' could pick up pills, usually for cash, no questions asked. A cellphone video shows a mob scene in 2009 inside a Florida pain clinic with dozens of people waiting for the pain pills.

In 2010, one patient of Dr. Schultz was prescribed nearly 17,000 Oxycodone, one of the highest potency pain pills, in a 7 month period. Another got more than 23,000 over 8 months, more than 100 pills a day. Dr. Barry Schultz even 'prescribed' 1,000 opioid pills to a pregnant woman. Dr. Schultz was making lots of $$$$$$$ legally. DEA records show that in 16 months, Dr. Barry Schultz dispensed more than 800,000 opioid pills right from his own pharmacy. Not only that, but major drug manufacturers such as Mallinkrodt can easily identify suspicious sales of controlled substances and report it to the DEA but they did not report 500 million pills to a geographic area the size of Florida and knowing there was a opioid crisis there.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jailed-doctor-who-made-over-6000-a-day-pushing-opioids-shows-no-remorse/
 
crazyme said:
The war on drugs is actually the war on addiction and mental and psychological issues.
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Yeah...one of the most cost effective ways to fight it is discouragement.
 
HumblePi said:
I strongly recommend watching this episode of '60 Minutes' which aired yesterday (9/30) It's part of their series "Inside the Epidemic" of America's drug problems. This episode was extremely disturbing because it illustrates how many people that become addicted to drugs did so legally with a doctor's prescription.

Some of the statistics sited in this CBS episode about drugs focuses on physician Dr. Barry Schultz who is currently incarcerated in a Florida State prison until the day he dies. Users and abusers were flocking to Florida where controlled drugs such as Oxycodone were being dispensed from a walk-in 'pain' clinic. There were more pain clinics in the years 2010 and 2011 than they had McDonalds. Dr. Barry Schultz had 31 different pain clinics on one street in Broward County. Pain clinics in S. Florida were loosely regulated medical offices where 'patients' could pick up pills, usually for cash, no questions asked. A cellphone video shows a mob scene in 2009 inside a Florida pain clinic with dozens of people waiting for the pain pills.

In 2010, one patient of Dr. Schultz was prescribed nearly 17,000 Oxycodone, one of the highest potency pain pills, in a 7 month period. Another got more than 23,000 over 8 months, more than 100 pills a day. Dr. Barry Schultz even 'prescribed' 1,000 opioid pills to a pregnant woman. Dr. Schultz was making lots of $$$$$$$ legally. DEA records show that in 16 months, Dr. Barry Schultz dispensed more than 800,000 opioid pills right from his own pharmacy. Not only that, but major drug manufacturers such as Mallinkrodt can easily identify suspicious sales of controlled substances and report it to the DEA but they did not report 500 million pills to a geographic area the size of Florida and knowing there was a opioid crisis there.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jailed-doctor-who-made-over-6000-a-day-pushing-opioids-shows-no-remorse/
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Last night's 60 Minutes update on the lawsuit against the manufacturers and suppliers was eye-opening. Likely there will be hell to pay for the defendants. The records are clear.
 
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