Drugs - your opinion?

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david starling said:
I wasn't making fun of internet addiction. It was the absurdity of attempting to combat it using the internet. That's the problem--so much communication involves the internet, it's impossible to just "unplug it", like you can a television. And, even then, t.v. is now on the internet as well. It doesn't have the physical dangers of drugs, but it can have a very deleterious effect on the mind.
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I don't think you have made fun of internet addiction. I meant to say many people may find my comparison of internet addiction and substance abuse bizzare. But the fact that children can't avoid virtual world is the very reason I find it so dangerous.
 
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david starling said:
We have both a pervasive drug culture, which includes all economic levels, but is used as a means of incarceration of the less economically advantaged; and, a culture of violence which has caused most to think using drones and bombs on civilians in foreign lands is not even newsworthy. The wild, wild, West. "I'm Going to Disneyland." "Hey Joe". The lyrics of violence.
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Repression on both sides, right :bandit:
 
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The Utah detective
who dragged away a screaming nurse for refusing to draw blood from an unconscious patient
has been fired.
Salt Lake City police chief Mike Brown said in a disciplinary letter
he was “deeply troubled” by Mr Payne’s conduct
which he described as “inappropriate, unreasonable, unwarranted, discourteous, disrespectful”
and said brought “significant disrepute” on the department.
Mr Payne had also been fired from a part-time job as a paramedic
after he was caught on camera saying he’d take transient patients to the University of Utah hospital
where Ms Wubbels worked and transport “good patients” elsewhere.
He had previously been disciplined in 2013 after internal affairs investigators
confirmed he sexually harassed a female co-worker in a “persistent and severe” way.
The officer’s supervisor, James Tracy, has been demoted
from his previous rank of Lieutenant
in the wake of the blood-draw incident.
Ms Wubbels, a former Winter Olympian
was not charged after her detention.
Her lawyer, Karra Porter
said they were pleased Mr Brown took action
and recognised the officers had made crucial mistakes.
She said she hoped the events would become a catalyst
to more public conversations about appropriate police behaviour :smile:
The case showed the vital importance of officers wearing body cameras
and making those videos available to the public, Ms Porter said.

“Without the body camera footage, it would have been a she-said, they-said.
Alex feels very strongly that her story would have never been told
if it weren’t for the body camera footage.”
Ms Porter said she expected to meet soon with city officials
to discuss next steps that could include settlement talks.
 
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"A joint investigation
by The Washington Post and CBS's "60 Minutes"
found that members of Congress alongside the pharmaceutical industry
helped fuel the opioid crisis.
Drug distributors
the three biggest of which are Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, and McKesson
are in charge of shipping drugs to pharmacies and hospitals around the US.
The joint investigation also found that top DEA officials often moved to the drug industry..." :smile:



For example, Linden Barber
who was an associate chief counsel in the DEA,
is now a senior vice president at Cardinal Health.

Barber, who left the DEA in 2011 to work at a law firm representing drug companies
was key in crafting the bill Marino ushered through Congress, The Post reported
and he testified in favor of the legislation.
Barber wasn't the only one to move from government to industry
a move that former colleagues say troubles them.

"Some of the best and the brightest former DEA attorneys
are now on the other side
and know all of the weak points,"
Jonathan Novak, a former DEA attorney told CBS.


"Their fingerprints are on memos and policy and emails going out
where you see this concoction
of what they might argue in the future."
In response to the investigation, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri
introduced a bill on Monday aiming to repeal the 2016 law.
updated to include that Rep. Tom Marino
has withdrawn his name from consideration for the drug czar position.
 
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