Yes, Stephen Colbert is Right To Point To 'Big Pharma' For The 'Opiod Crisis' - But We All Have Responsibility Too.

in #health6 years ago (edited)

Opioids block pain and can cause euphoria - hence they can be involved with addictions.. Yet they are also used medicinally - Stephen Colbert's exposure of the (Purdue) Sackler family's involvement with causing the opioid epidemic is useful, but misses many points.

It is no secret to those who study the world of drug companies that they literally often operate like the WORST kind of 'illegal' drug dealers. In this case, it is being exposed that specific people have been involved in not only dominating the sales and production of certain kinds of numbing 'legal' drugs, but then also involved in profiting from the selling of methods to wean people off of the same drugs that are addicted!

There are SERIOUS ramifications for the use of any anesthetic and while I have no desire for people to suffer, at the same time it needs to be understood that all emotion and pain must be felt if we are to remain conscious beings. Every time we are numbed, we risk losing sensitivity permanently and this must be reversed if we are to reach our full potential. Anyone literally profiting from causing numbness is potentially someone who lacks integrity and balance - regardless of the 'medical justification'. Numbness and lack of empathy leads to a lack of power and an ease of being controlled.

Now, besides these controversial observations - we have a less controversial one, in the form of the obvious conflict of interests when a corporation/family produces addicting and dangerous drugs and then also sells treatments aimed at ending the addictions! It is a literally never ending cycle of profit for them.

This is no different to the arms manufacturers and their cronies who infect our world with ever new causes for violence so that they can profit.

Stephen Colbert is wrong about something very important though - he states that 'big pharma' is to blame for the opioid crisis. While this is partially true, he is reinforcing the 'learned helplessness' that infects the collective consciousness of this planet by denying that just about everyone can take charge of their own health and choose their own destiny with regards the drugs they use. It is not enough to just bow down to 'the voice of authority' when we are ill, we need to put in the time to research and learn about what is going on - without blindly trusting the egos in white coats who profit from sickness every day while getting patted on the back while their patients die from morphine overdoses in the name of 'being comfortable'.

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