Ken Padgett

  The War on Drugs is a ravenous, destructive machine that is laying waste to freedom, justice and fairness in America.  Our government shows advanced symptoms of being addicted to its own War on Drugs. Like hopeless addicts, our leaders refuse to admit the destructive consequences of their behavior and they habitually increase their drug war dosage with copious injections of cash. They are always looking for a stronger fix, but they can't pay for it so they run-up the nation's debt. Drug enforcement agents often act as judge, jury and executioner, and the media reinforces their negative behavior while they live in ...

Chronic pain patients are not drug addicts! Imagine that you are taking opiates for chronic pain. After a relatively short period of time you will develop a dependency. And if your supply of pills is interrupted for any reason, you will suffer withdrawals, the same as if you were an addict who has been taking opiates for fun. T he withdraw als wi ll certainly increase the extreme pain you'll be experiencing because you don't have opiates to keep yo ur chronic pain in check. This scenario is experienced every day in America by thousands of people who suffer from chronic pain and who are dependent on opiates to lead a normal life. I'm not talking about acute pain, which is short-term. This is about chronic pain. And I'm not talking about opiate abuse or addiction.   People often con fuse opiate dependence w ith addic tion. It happe ns so o ften with medical professionals these days that it seems intenti onal. Tak ing opi ates for chronic pain will result ...