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SergeStorms

(19,379 posts)
7. It's the pain clinic thing.
Reply to 5X (Reply #6)
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 07:51 PM
Feb 2020

As long as I go there for my back and cervical spinal problems I have to adhere to their rules. They're controlled by the federal government, so as long as marijuana is considered a schedule 1 "narcotic" (thanks, Nixon!) it's verboten. I have urine tests done once a month. That, along with the present opioid "crisis", is the reason I'm a basket case right now. The pain clinic cut my pain meds by 2/3. I used to be able to lead somewhat of a "normal" life (walking, going places, cleaning my own house etc.). Now, forget it. I spend most of my time flat on my back. But some junkie in West Virginia has a harder time getting opioids now. He still gets them, but he has to pay more and look a little harder. Either that or he becomes a fentanyl addict for a few weeks before he dies from an overdose. It's a snotted-up ball of shit they created here with the war on opioids.

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