Vox: Trump Vows to Cut Opioid Abuse by 1/3

[drusso]

Trump’s opioid crisis plan: more death penalty, fewer prescriptions, more treatment

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[Doctodd]

the guy is a hero....for this and all the bs attacks he has to endure.

 

[Ducttape]

thats a great joke!



fyi, how long before doctors will be sentenced to the death penalty for excessive opioid prescribing?

 

[244913]

drusso- please ask trump to spare your midlevels the death penalty..

 

[hyperalgesia]

the guy is a hero....for this and all the bs attacks he has to endure.

He has an uncanny ability to bring out the worst in people. Most reporters have completely sold out their profession. People with stellar reputations have done idiotic and unprofessional things. They can't help themselves around Trump for some reason. In other words, there are a lot of pretenders among us and Trump takes their masks off. It's cathartic.

 

[Doctodd]

thats a great joke!

fyi, how long before doctors will be sentenced to the death penalty for excessive opioid prescribing?

I’m sure CNN will cover it and call the prescribing docs racist. Or the patients will suffer, Trump will be called racist for cutting off opioids, and the patients can start a gofundme campaign.

 

[drusso]

I’m sure CNN will cover it and call the prescribing docs racist. Or the patients will suffer, Trump will be called racist for cutting off opioids, and the patients can start a gofundme campaign.

Trump's opioid plan to kill drug dealers is about vengeance (Opinion) - CNN

 

[hyperalgesia]

If you look at the actual policy, it is focused on education, training, treatment, etc. There's just the one blurb about seeking the death penalty "when appropriate under existing law". Entertainment media like CNN just want another chapter in their fictional novel.

 

[emd123]

The "death penalty for drug dealers" play, is simply about optics. And its very good optics. It's a persuasion play to stake the position as being the strongest on this particular policy, while knowing full well it'll likely never happen. These sentencing decisions are almost entirely made at the level of state law. They're not enacted by the executive branch (POTUS or Governors), would need legislatures to pass them and likely wouldn't survive court challenges. But to the average voter, it creates an impression the politician is taking the toughest stance possible on a problem.