Comments on: Leon County Commission Approves Plan Related to Opioid Litigation

By: TONY

TONY — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 11:26:31 +0000

It’s not Big Pharma that you need to go after, THEY don’t prescribe it, Doctors do. I have FULL Bottles of Oxycontin and others in my Medicine Cabinet which I don’t take BECAUSE they are very addictive. Instead of prescribing me 5 or 6, I get 30 for that “Just In Case” I need it later for something else. Of ALL the Bottles I have, at most, only 1 or 2 will be missing.

By: Edward Lyle

Edward Lyle — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:51:43 +0000

@ Ann… I completely agree with your premise on personal responsibility. If only the left-wing nuts would apply that to their oft refrain of “gun” violence. Guns do not commit violence. As always, it is not the weapon in their hand, it’s the evil in their heart. That said… as it is not the federal governments’ job to “create jobs” – and they don’t, no matter what they falsely claim… it is their job to put forth policy and create the environment for job growth.

I do freely and willingly assign partial blame to the federal government (particularly the current Dementia Joe Biden Sadministration) for putting forth policy, and creating the environment that aides and abets the present rise in crime, drug use, OD’s, and infectious disease.

By: TG Brown

TG Brown — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:13:26 +0000

I don’t think this has anything to do with people’s poor choices and how it affects them personally. This is more about how much it costs taxpayers to pay for those poor choices. As much as many people don’t like socialism, including me, theres still a cost to society as a whole. Drug companies can’t just take in the cash and leave us holding the bill.

By: Ann Coates

Ann Coates — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:32:38 +0000

Ed,

Whither your personal responsibility ethos? This has always been a problem for the Patriots around here; this populace fueled the last crisis.

Could it be these people just have nothing better to do but get high? Why can’t they exercise their freedom and just not take these poisons? I thought everyone here had pride above and beyond the average American? Why do we care about this if they willingly made this choice? Isn’t it their personal responsibility?

Moreover, you of all people are blaming the federal government for people’s personal choices? And sticking up for people that will just not take care of themselves, and makes it everyone else’s problem unless the government steps in?

Sounds like personal responsibility is “rules for thee and not for me.”

The people, culture and the parenting here is the problem, it’s just too scary to admit.

By: POC

POC — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:51:51 +0000

We can go after Big Pharma legal drug pushers for the Opioid crisis but we must hold the experimental Death Jab Big Pharma drug pushers harmless and in fact treat them as holy and sacred entities not to be challenged?

By: Edward Lyle

Edward Lyle — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:27:11 +0000

I understand this angle… but Fentanyl has replaced Opioids as the smack of choice. And since every aspect of its manufacturing, distributing, and sales are aided and abetted by the current DC Sadministration’s policies and lack of action to protect our Nation and honor their sworn duty… when will they be held accountable for the countless of deaths they have caused?