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Addiction & Recovery

sandensea

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5. It's painful to even read that.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 28, 2017, 11:44 PM

Nov 2017

Makes one wonder how many of those overdoses are actually suicides brought on by all the economic desperation since Shrub crashed the economy in '08 (plus all the other things that motivate suicides as it is).

My advice these days to young people thinking of having children would be (if one could speak this frankly to anyone, though it's out of the question): unless you or your family are wealthy, just don't.

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Trump Is Continuing the War on Drugs That Kept Me Addicted [View all] Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 OP

The opium/opiate rackets make too many people too much money. sandensea Nov 2017 #1

Excellent point... Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 #2

What a tragedy. Worse than anything in the Cocaine Cowboy era, by far. sandensea Nov 2017 #3

I watched the 60 Minutes story on this, it truly is an epidemic Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 #4

It's painful to even read that. sandensea Nov 2017 #5

Addiction is that powerful, doing anything to obtain something you know could kill you Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 #6

I saw a post on this today, probably in either the latest news or discussion forum.. Stuart G Dec 2017 #7