Opioid Crisis in OK; Who’s to Blame?

[rlongnt]

If you’ve got the genes for it it is literally beyond your control. QUOTE]

^^^ Someone who gets it 100%

People who don't will NEVER understand just how true that statement is... Sadly people judge based on their own perspective..

 

[ignerntbend]

This thread is about to run it's course. Again, attack the topic, not the person posting about it. Thank you.

I like the way you handled that squabble.

 

[Defcon Shooter]

Can you imagine how much drug prices will have to increase to cover this loss? Too bad the whole public will have to pay because some folks became addicted to this stuff. I suspect insulin will take another dramatic price increase along with beta blockers and anti depressants to keep these stocks viable

 

[donner]

The bolded part. That's the thing.

Long term use of opioids basically "rewires parts of the brain" for lack of a better description. If one stops using it reverts back, but it takes years and it may not even go to a complete normal. It doesn't take years to be altered. This knowledge isn't new. Basically everyone knows this now and those that try to blame it on the pharmas and doctors are full of denial or just flat lying.

Sorry, i don't believe the story was specific to opioid use per se. The main takeaway was that addiction isn't strictly a matter of will, but that things in our brain can basically malfunction. For a normal person, drugs/alcohol/etc turns on the pleasure center and then it turns off (like a light switch). But for others, the switch remains 'on' and being stuck in that position drives people to need more. With help, the switch can be reset to function as it does for others in society.

It's a very interesting story, and one i highly recommend.

 

[donner]

Can you imagine how much drug prices will have to increase to cover this loss? Too bad the whole public will have to pay because some folks became addicted to this stuff. I suspect insulin will take another dramatic price increase along with beta blockers and anti depressants to keep these stocks viable

Seems like you’re talking more about the shortcomings of a system that would rather (literally) kill people than take a financial loss since the same logic could be applied to any attempts at penalizing a pharmaceutical company. Whether you view this lawsuit as valid or invalid, I’d think we’d all agree that the threats of higher drug prices shouldn’t be used as a way to avoid punishments.

 

[CHenry]

Can you imagine how much drug prices will have to increase to cover this loss? Too bad the whole public will have to pay because some folks became addicted to this stuff. I suspect insulin will take another dramatic price increase along with beta blockers and anti depressants to keep these stocks viable

Their stocks went up 5% after the ruling was handed down

 

[Defcon Shooter]

Their stocks went up 5% after the ruling was handed down

Yeah market knows they will be able to raise prices now and not be seen as price gouging following the big loss in court. They will probably come out of this Ok. Just another wealth redistribution to attorneys scheme like the tobacco settlement

 

[CHenry]

Seems like you’re talking more about the shortcomings of a system that would rather (literally) kill people than take a financial loss since the same logic could be applied to any attempts at penalizing a pharmaceutical company. Whether you view this lawsuit as valid or invalid, I’d think we’d all agree that the threats of higher drug prices shouldn’t be used as a way to avoid punishments.

Well said

 

[CHenry]

Yeah market knows they will be able to raise prices now and not be seen as price gouging following the big loss in court. They will probably come out of this Ok. Just another wealth redistribution to attorneys scheme like the tobacco settlement

I'll bet you a Franklin that wont happen.
And I'll tell you why it won't if you'd like.

 

[druryj]

Well, we all would probably agree that no lawyers will go hungry from this action.


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