Dr. Andrew Kolodny: Opioid crisis ‘not an abuse crisis, it’s an addiction epidemic’
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Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University says that the crisis of opioid addiction was originally “misframed” as a problem that only affected drug abusers. He calls it an “addiction epidemic” and notes that for the vast majority of people, opioids are not safe and effective treatments dealing with chronic pain.
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Johns Hopkins did a revised study in 2013 of 12,000 chronic pain patients w/ no history of substance abuse & had been taking opioids daily for at least a year. Out of those 12,000, ONLY 4 developed addiction! FOUR!! Yet if you listen to kolodny & his prop worms BS, you would think that if you take 1 pill, you will become a full blown addict!!!
As someone that has worked in the field of addiction for over 20yrs & has suffered chronic pain for 45 years; I can tell you for a FACT that this so called “expert” is CLUELESS!! Not only has he publicly admitted that he knows very little about chronic pain; he also has very little understanding of addiction & does more harm than good to those suffering!!
Just take a gander at the fail rates of phoenix house & how awful they are being run & staffed! Several have or are being investigated and/or shut down due to abuse, mistreatment, ignorance, falsified records, missing money, etc…. Yet he is the go to “expert” for all the “facts” on opioids!! He & his soulless PROPaganda needs to be exposed & stopped so the real facts can be known! Then, & only then will ALL those suffering from 2 very different, very complex, life changing, painful, stigmatized, & ignored chronic illnesses will be helped!!
I really appreciate seeing your comment and so agree. Somehow I think the “opioid crisis” is the work of Kolodney and others invested in rehabs who had to expand thier sometimes unwilling client base to get the billions the ACA has earmarked for addiction treatment. I think treatment is important and should be accessible to people but this level of fraud and deceit and hurting people with intractable pain is without conscious, greedy and inexcusable. He is no expert he is a criminal!
This man does not know what he is talking about, There are millions of chronic pain patients who have been taking opioids for chronic nonmaligant pain for years and years without having to increase their dose. They have managed to continue working to take care of their families. I should know as I am one of these people. For twenty five years, I never had to increase dose. YES- opioids most certainly do work long term for chronic pain. My job was to “review medical records.” I am one of millions. I imagine there is MONEY somewhere in this man’s story! There will be more Social Security disability claims when people are cut off from their medications.
Vic,,,Andy KLonodyn owns a lot of rehabs,,,,,there your $$$$$$,,,,maryw
I am willing to bet u 1000 bucks,,,that thee research done by University Of WISCONSIN,, 2013,,,listed under Pain and Policy,,,,will totally blow klonodyns bullshit research,,,addiction theory,,,,right out of the water,,,,This guy has not 1 clue what he is talking about,,for all he cares about is the tortureing to death,literally,,,all chronic physical pain due to medical conditions via denial of access to effective medical care to lessen severe physical pain,,,So he can prove his sick theory,,,”a thought can stop physical pain,,” and has proven,,,he is more then WILLING to kill,us, to prove his thery,,Not to mention brutally torture 10,000’s,,,opf medically ill human being in physical pain,,,,for he has already done/doing that,,,,,jmo,,,sicko psychopath he is,,,in a position of power.thus abused that power,,,,jmo,,maryw
How does he know “opioids are not safe ,effective treatments dealing with chronic pain”? There are supposedly no studies, has he even worked with pain patients, treated them etc? I doubt it.
Check out ,”Pain and Policy,U.W of Wisconsin,” they have PROVEN thee medicine opiates work effectively at reducing physical pain from non cancerous pain,,,klonodyn is a liar,,,plane and simple,,and doesn’t care who he kills to make $$$$$$$,,,I mean the last person who though he had the right to tortutre and kill a group of humans beings was Adolf Hitler,,,,,maryrw