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Old 09-18-2016, 02:02 PM
 
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Ohio Senator Rob Portman has mastered the political art of passing toothless, ineffective legislation. A favorite gambit is to require studies when often the problem is well known and requires legislation mandating "regulation," a bad word for Portman, Donald Trump, and most Republican politicians, unless the issue is restricting the availability of and access to abortions and even birth control, or providing economic benefits to special interests such as the sugar industry or ethanol fuel industry.

Reading this argument about political contributions from pain pill companies to politicians is another example of Portman's "excellence" at his craft, to the detriment of the public. E.g., individuals addicted to pain killers often graduate to cheap heroin, fueling that epidemic.

<<Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican from Cincinnati, comes in third with $211,865 between 2009 and mid-2015....

Advocates say Portman's treatment bill is not perfect, though.
It does not guarantee money for programs and there are no restrictions on painkillers or mandatory training for doctors who prescribe medication.>>


Ohio lawmakers rank among the top takers of money from pain pill lobbyists: Analysis | cleveland.com


Legislation definitely needs to restrict pain killer prescriptions to doctors trained to prescribe pills, according to well-crafted guidelines, with discipline for doctors who prescribe pain killers in violation of the guidelines.



It's interesting that the Cleveland Clinic advocates a chronic pain management protocol that does not include drugs.


http://my.clevelandclinic.org/ccf/me...nfographic.pdf


It reportedly is very effective.


https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2...t-medications/



Chronic Pain Management*| Cleveland Clinic


Did Painkiller Crackdown Cause Heroin Epidemic?
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Old 10-05-2016, 08:13 AM
 
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Why do we tolerate relative inaction by politicians on the opioid drug overdose problem in the U.S.? A key is preventing addiction to painkillers in the first place, which requires the legislation described in post 1.

http://www.healthy.ohio.gov/-/media/...INAL.pdf?la=en

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...1&noRedirect=1

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/us...roin.html?_r=0
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