There are an estimated 106 million chronic pain pts and untold number of family members and healthcare professionals that are being adversely affected by the fabricated opiate epidemic. The total number could be 150 -200 million… a MAJORITY of the USA population.
The DEA has 21 district offices plus HQ sending out press releases weekly https://www.dea.gov/pr/news.shtml and have been since 2002. One or more times a week they will fill the IN-BOX of most/all the media outlets of their actions towards this fabricated opiate epidemic and their fighting of the war on drugs.
Each of us has two Federal Senators, One Federal Representative, One state Representative and Senator and four major television channels. That is NINE contacts to let those who influence what is done in Washington, your state capital and/or your local/regional TV station news.
You don’t have to write something… there are things posted on various Face Book and other internet media. How hard is it to cut/paste these articles and send them to your legislators or media outlets. We heard about Prince’s death for weeks… how many people heard about the 90 something husband – in FL – that killed his wife because she was in unrelenting pain and couldn’t get her pain medication ? How many people heard about the gentleman in Montana that took a gun to his head because no doctor would treat his chronic pain ? How many other suicides because of lack of pain management has there been that has just FADED from our conscious existence without it being pointed out in the media.
And don’t think that just sending letters to your legislators is going to change their minds.. unless they are in the millions… but preface those million of contacts with unless you start talking about/addressing those who are being denied chronic pain care… Tell them .. IF I DON’T GET APPROPRIATE CHRONIC PAIN THERAPY BECAUSE OF FED/STATE POLICIES… YOU WON’T GET MY VOTE !
If you are not registered to vote… get registered… you should be able to do it by mail… if you can’t get out to vote… you can vote by mail… If you think that speaking up will put a target on your back and cause you to loose your medications… just look at who the DEA is targeting.. prescribers that have THOUSANDS of chronic pain pts.. they are throwing THOUSANDS into the street at a time.. it is happening over and over again throughout the country… and when your prescriber is raided by the DEA… you will have a RED “A” on your forehead and in your medical records. No other practice will touch you.
Congress has a single digit approval rating and yet 90% will get re-elected. If you were them… would you change anything of what you are doing ? The “powers to be” have been convinced that prescription opiates are the gateway drugs to use/abuse/death of substance abusers and with that mindset they will continue to work towards less and less opiate prescribing… even though it peaked in 2012 and has been declining every since even though use/abuse/deaths of opiate abuse is still increasing. Never mind that opiates are pouring thru out borders from Mexico, China and a recent report that Hezbollah is selling these drugs to fund terrorism.
There is no “george” that is going to come save your ass… there is no “white knight” that is coming either. You DO NOTHING… you will end up GETTING NOTHING.
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I write to my politicians daily and I will continue until I cannot no longer
GREAT, STEVE. THANK YOU!
The more the merryier,,,,,however,,,as 1 individual who has done ALLL u have asked,and more,,,,forwarding every terrible act of torture onto the ,medically ill w/painful medical condition to my senators,,,,jmo,our government is outright refusing to hear us…period,,it ,”;looks good,” to thee other half if the get ,”tough,,on what the public views as ,”drugs,,,not medicines,,,,,thanks to government propaganda,,,jmo,,,a f—ing lawsuit is what is needed,,,a lawsuit against the United States Government for willfull torture and genocide onto the medically ill,,,,,Pitcarins,,sued the government and won,,,,,and sooo could we,,,we have more then enough proof,,,to sue their ass’s,,,but no money to do it,,,jmo,,until a lawsuit is brought,,which would be followed by the press,,thus getting our forced suffering, torture,and genocide out to the public,,,,a lawsuit,,,is thee only option ,,other then revolution,,but a lawsuit will bring all this out in the open,,,,and show the public thee willful abuse of ,”just powers,” our elected official’s have committed,,,mary
do not lose faith. it is hard and I tell you I am the one who did not fight the system for nothing I will keep fighting no matter if we think they do not listen. we gotta put this outta our head and just remember there are so many who cannot speak for their pain is that bad. I know quite a few who’s diseases/disorders are keeping them bed ridden. I am hoping you will not see it or if you are then we need to fight for you as well.
We al lgotta remember we are being affected by the sheer ignorance of the [politicians who think they know what it’s
like to be addicted. They do not know the ones who need these meds for life sustaining help to get us to do what we do. The addicts are victims as well. They were for much longer than we have been. We gotta fight for equal help.