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This makes me mad enough to spit nails. More than 50,000 Americans died from opioids last year.
These racist ignorant assholes are going to kill us all! ...................
Kellyanne Conway Turns Trumps Opioid Commission Into Border Wall Propaganda Panel
https://trofire.com/2018/02/10/kellyanne-conway-turns-trumps-opioid-commission-border-wall-propaganda-panel/
Kellyanne Conway believes that the only way to fight the opioid crisis in the United States is to construct a border wall between the US and Mexico. Not only does she not understand where opioids come from, but her dangerous lack of knowledge on this issue is contributing to the opioid death toll that is rising by the day. Ring of Fires Farron Cousins explains why Kellyanne needs to be kicked off this commission immediately.
According to a recent report in Politico, Kellyanne Conway who is a Counselor to Donald Trump, and also the appointed head of his opioid commission, for some reason, has been using her position as head of that opioid commission to not only ignore the opioid problem, but to use that power to push for Donald Trumps border wall. The Politico report says that Kellyanne Conway is completely ignoring the experts on this issue, and she is not allowing experts in drug abuse to attend the commissions meetings and give their take on the problem and the solutions that are necessary. And instead, is focusing on using this position to again push for Donald Trumps border wall, as if that is somehow going to stop opioids from coming into the United States.
Kellyanne Conway, when she was appointed to this position, everyone who understands who this woman is, realized at that moment that Donald Trump doesnt give a damn about the opioid crisis here in the United States. Politico points out that the death rate from it is 175 people every single day, other reports have that number down to about 115, but at least we know more than 100 people are dying in this country every single day from opioid overdoses. And apparently, Kellyanne Conway thinks that the best thing we can do is to build a border wall? Thats not where opioids are coming from!
Opioids are coming from drug manufacturers. Theyre coming from guys in suits. Theyre coming from shareholders and board members. These arent drug dealers, theyre not drug hustlers standing on the corner in big trench coats with pockets of drugs in them. These are guys shipping them out in clearly marked trucks, handing them over to pharmacies in towns that have population of a few thousand, where theyre getting more than 2 million pills delivered. That is something that has happened as part of this epidemic. But Kellyanne Conway thinks if we build that border wall, there goes the opioids, and the best way, according to Kellyanne, to not get addicted to opioids is to just never start.
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Docreed2003
(16,880 posts)They only care for their damn wall. They have zero concern about the cause of the opioid crisis, they have no care for the fact people are dying daily, all they care about is ramming Dear Leaders square peg of a wall plan into a round hole.
JI7
(89,278 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)dchill
(38,557 posts)ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Walgreens. Opioid use is prescribed. Abuse comes from A pharmacy. What happens is the user finds themselves without meds, then they buy Heroin etc off the street, which is unsafe. The best thing about the Affordable Care Act, was some of the people were going to get their meds legally, instead of off the street.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)Opioids aren't an immigration issue. Prescriptions! Imports from China -in the mail.
But this is what we get when all they care about is their stupid racist viewpoints.
And their "base" is far more affected by this crisis probably-- Kentucky, Ohio, WVA!= than people who voted against Trump.
I hesitate to say it, but really, West Va? This is what the voters there wanted? Filthy streams and no help with treatment centers?