POLITICS SCHMALITICS

[slothfacekilla]

20 minutes ago, Screwball said:

If you are old, like I am, you will hear the horror stories about health and old people (they go together). Getting hooked on opiates is not at all uncommon, and a concern for many my age. And they love to push the stuff. Cha-ching!

I am currently reading a book on the Sackler family called Empire of Pain and it is heavily reinforcing my desire to stay away from opiates.  Sad stuff.

[Screwball]

14 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

I am currently reading a book on the Sackler family called Empire of Pain and it is heavily reinforcing my desire to stay away from opiates.  Sad stuff.

There was a documentary on Netflix a few years ago called "The Pharmacist" that is a must watch.

[Tigerbomb13]

I used to have an edible daily, but haven’t touched the stuff in close to a year. I stopped without any issues

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, slothfacekilla said:

I am currently reading a book on the Sackler family called Empire of Pain and it is heavily reinforcing my desire to stay away from opiates.  Sad stuff.

When I had my left shoulder surgery in 2008, I was prescribed Oxycontin for pain. This was before I knew thing one about it. Tried one. Didn't help. Never took another. Lucky me.

[Sports_Freak]

30 minutes ago, chasfh said:

When I had my left shoulder surgery in 2008, I was prescribed Oxycontin for pain. This was before I knew thing one about it. Tried one. Didn't help. Never took another. Lucky me.

I had an rx for it for my torn rotator cuff. I took one, thinking I would get a good night sleep. It make me very, very sick. Sweating and shivering all night long. I flushed the rest of them and just used Motrin. That stuff is nasty and like you, I consider myself lucky. I put down an allergy to it on my medical records. Never again...

[LaceyLou]

Percocet had me praying to a porcelain god, and decided pain wasn't so bad, after all.

OxyContin had no effect on me whatsoever.

I count myself lucky. 

[Sports_Freak]

On 2/6/2026 at 2:54 PM, Mr.TaterSalad said:

 

Yes, because kids today and anyone who isn't a redneck under 65 want to hear Lee ****ing Greenwood. I'm no Bad Bunny fan. I don't listen to that type of music at all. But Lee Greenwood at the Superbowl halftime show . . . LOL!

No. Just no. Bad Bunny, apparently, has appeal to a younger generation. Me? I have never heard his music. And I don't care, one way or the other, if they had him play halftime. I simply didn't watch it. Now....when Tom Petty, Paul McCartney or Bruce Soringsteen played, I watched. That's the music I prefer. But to each his/her own. Pop music passed me by many, many years ago. I simply don't care for any of it. Typical boomer!! 😅😅

[Screwball]

When people don't have a means and/or can't afford pain meds, they turn to other things. Eventually this feeds the heroin problem. Black market, cheaper than doctors and proscription meds. Other drugs as well. It's all they have. Sad ****.