September, 2017
When the grandson started school this year, his teacher told the class on the first day that they would start the day with yoga exercises. The grandson told the teacher on the first day that he did not do yoga. So, he was told to walk laps around the desk/table while the others did their yoga.
There are now 3 other kids walking. Not doing yoga.
I say, “Way to go!”
Your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave, not so fondly remembering those elementary school teachers.
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Remember Jimi Hendrix, back in the 60s? Believe it or not, he was a contributor on the anti drug album “First Vibrations, Speed Kills” in 1969. Apparently, he didn’t learn much from that ’cause he died from a drug overdose a year or so later.
Then there was Janis. She died of a heroin OD in 1970.
Canned Heat sang Amphetamine Annie (Speed Kills) in 1970. Bob Hite died of a heroine/cocaine binge in front of his band mates. (An interesting jam session read.)(1)
And John Belushi. He died of a speedball. Speedballs are a concoction of heroine and some type of amphetamine shot into a vein.
Public outcry after Belushi’s death essentially pushed the speedballs and amphetamines off the map.
For awhile.
Well, speedballs are back.
You know what history teaches us?
It teaches us that people don’t learn a damn thing from history.
Your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave.
The Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, is out to get me. Well, maybe not me specifically, but anybody and everybody that is complying with the law in regards to drug prescribing and distribution. What I just said is not paranoid hyperbole.
Sessions has designated 12 federal prosecutors to go to cities that have a high impact from the “opiod epidemic”. These prosecutors are to seek and destroy anyone deemed to be prescribing opiod narcotics, and profiting from the process. Their targets include doctors and other health care practitioners, pharmacists, hospitals, clinics and just about anybody or anything that is legally involved in the drug trade.
In his own words in a speech to the Columbus Police Academy in Ohio, he stated, “If you are a doctor illegally prescribing opioid drugs for profit or a pharmacist letting these pills walk out the door… we are coming after you,” Sessions declared. The Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit, as Sessions referred to the 12 attorneys, will … work in conjunction with the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and Health and Human Services to identify and arrest the violators.(2)
Now, why is that? There have been drug crises ongoing in this country and most of the developed world in one form or another, forever. Why would the government decide that the opioid epidemic is worthy of it’s attention, as opposed to, say, methamphetamine, peyote, heroine or marijuana?
Because of the Willie Sutton Syndrome. The bank robber that replied that he robbed banks because that was where the money was.
You see, all of the aforementioned entities are regulated, licensed and insured out the wazoo. Which means that they can be further regulated with licenses, permits, fines and the like. To a point that money may actually be collected.
So, do you think the War on Drugs has produced anything of substance, yet? No. In fact, the only thing the War on Drugs has produced has been a dependent culture and extreme expense to the taxpayers for detention and incarceration, rehabilitation (failed and otherwise), dependent support, medical expenses and on and on.
But, are these legal entities actually responsible for the “opioid epidemic”? Even the liberal New York Times doesn’t think so. “… opioid addiction, now made more deadly by an influx of illicitly manufactured fentanyl and similar drugs.” (1) Overwhelmingly, these drugs are obtained illegally. They may be stolen, purchased on the street from nefarious sources or obtained by malingering (presenting false symptoms for the express purpose of obtaining these drugs).
It doesn’t matter, the government has finally realized that they are more likely to collect their fines from someone making a 6 figure income and dependent on said government for the “right ” to practice their vocation than someone that is on welfare.
One drug dealer’s opinion from your grumpy-drug-dealing Uncle/Brother Dave.
1. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/05/upshot/opioid-epidemic-drug-overdose-deaths-are-rising-faster-than-ever.html
2. http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/jeff-sessions-targeting-doctors-profiting-off-opioid-epidemic-w495603
July 21, 2014
Way back when, before there were ER trained doctors, an old timer told me once, ” 90% of the patients in the ER are full of shit. Those that aren’t full of shit, are full of shit.”
Musings from your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave.
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5/10/14
In some African cultures, scarification is a means of beautifying the body, kind of like tattoos. There are other theories about the reasons it is done. As a tribal custom, a young individual of either sex cuts themselves or someone cuts them to cause a scar after healing. The cuts are small in length, but are deep enough to cause a scar. To the layman, that means that they are deep enough to be felt as a stab wound. They are laid in a pattern that may be simple or elaborate. Tonight’s patient had about 500 scars over the face to resemble a classical drama/comedy mask, if it were solid.
In the American culture, cutting oneself might get you 96 hours on a lock down psychiatric ward.
More urgent news from your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave.
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