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263943736··on American darknet vendor and Costa Rican pharmacist charged
Not being in crippling pain is usually considered a good thing. Sure, some things like a broken arm can probably get by with weed and yes some people respond exceptionally well to weed but there is a night and day difference between the two when it comes to treating most forms of severe pain such as what people with significant spinal trauma experience or what the elderly often (for any number of reasons ultimately relating to age) experience.
263943736··on American darknet vendor and Costa Rican pharmacist charged
Opioids are among the best medications for treating severe pain. If we're focusing on patients I'd much rather focus on rehabilitative strategies since the current degree of increased scrutiny is already making accessing adequate medication more difficult for groups like the elderly or people with chronic pain. Even more increased oversight is just going to escalate hesitation among doctors.
263943736··on Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels
Young people just make secret accounts and don't tell their parents. My younger brother is 15 and reports him and his peers are on both Snapchat and Instagram in addition to the usual suspects like Twitch, Tiktok, and Discord. The main reason I've heard for not using Facebook is largely that it's redundant when Instagram provides most of the same features in a slicker package. A lot of fb features like the event planning and facebook market aren't relevant to them yet.