Oops...I’m sorry...the “you” was a generic “you.” I was “asking” all the folks along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and in the states that are the centers of the apparent overuse. (I say “apparent” because, since I get twelve 30-day Rxs per year, I must be moving the needle on behalf of 11 other folks who aren’t using opioids.)
Some will blame it on poverty. As in in Angela's Ashes people claimed there was some relief from poverty in smoking and there might be something to that seeing as how it's the justification for alcoholism. etc. I suppose numbing oneself with pain medications is not so hard to imagine. It works with alcohol, right? So I do understand now that the "you" was generic. I still stand by my theory that most politicians don't give a shit about poor people, they just pretend they do. Poverty is/was a big factor in Trump's ride to the White House. This area lost a lot of manufacturing jobs that left a lot of people suffering. Desparate people cling to any shred of hope that Trump will bring back jobs. They feel betrayed by both parties. It doesn't matter to them that he lied, just that he challenged The Swamp. I kind of understand how they feel while reminding (a generic) you that doesn't mean I agree.
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