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hunter

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27. I'll not mince words, it's the cruel ignorant U.S. Americans and politicians they elect...

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 08:34 PM

Mar 2015

... who believe pain is some kind of gift or punishment from a capricious rat-bastard filthy god, and that addiction is a moral failure and not an accident of evolutionary biology just like cancer, deadly pathogens, and many other medical problems.

Before humans, that opium plant was simply frustrating the critters who were trying to eat it. Opium didn't evolve to give Rush Limbaugh a buzz, or comfort the soldier who'd just had his legs blown off. Same with cannabis. That these plants have some great medicinal value is a happy accident.

In a just universe all these believers in the hateful capricious rat bastard god would go to hell where they'd suffer the eternal attentions of demons with cholla cactus pricks.

Lucky for them, I don't believe in that sort of hell. I figure many of them will experience serious pain before they die, waiting patiently in their hospital beds for the button on the intravenous morphine drip to work again.

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Hey - let's give a shout-out to all the druggies out there! [View all] hedgehog Mar 2015 OP

you want me to give my weed back? snooper2 Mar 2015 #1

Hey - smoke 'em if you got them - just don't screw up my access to whatever pain meds I need! hedgehog Mar 2015 #4

I had to show my driver license safeinOhio Mar 2015 #2

The druggies aren't the problem. The drug laws & DEA are the problem. Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #3

Thank you. Scuba Mar 2015 #14

De nada. Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #17

It's probably on the schedule because it's physically addictive. bluedigger Mar 2015 #5

Did some acid and smoked a lot of weed but never took a pill for recreational purposes in my life CBGLuthier Mar 2015 #6

I can measure the increased drug use in my town by the sudden surge in pawnshops - hedgehog Mar 2015 #11

did a lot of acid and smoked a lotta weed in my life ghostsinthemachine Mar 2015 #23

You do make a point. Last time I was with a friend in the ER, there were two guys in there trying Hoyt Mar 2015 #7

Stigma inducing, dehumanizing language phil89 Mar 2015 #8

The druggies are their excuse fredamae Mar 2015 #9

Don't blame th druggies for oxycontin etc controls, blame big pharma and Congress. marble falls Mar 2015 #10

Let's give a shout out to all the drug prohibitionists out there instead. iscooterliberally Mar 2015 #12

I hear what you are saying Sivafae Mar 2015 #13

You're blaming the wrong people. Kurska Mar 2015 #15

It's soooo much fun! In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #16

You're welcome Capt. Obvious Mar 2015 #18

I blame the prohibitionists Taitertots Mar 2015 #19

hey, hedgehog, have you asked if your dr. will mail the scrip to your pharmacy? cali Mar 2015 #20

"Gimme drugs..... Gimme drugs...." Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2015 #21

The "druggies" didn't do that, the drug warriors did. hunter Mar 2015 #22

I notice a lot of people here blaming the government and/or (SHUDDER) hedgehog Mar 2015 #24

Yep, it's always the fault of someone other than the politicians Fumesucker Mar 2015 #25

I'll not mince words, it's the cruel ignorant U.S. Americans and politicians they elect... hunter Mar 2015 #27

Don't blame the dopers, blame the freaks trying to control everything Warpy Mar 2015 #26