Code Orange: the Drug User You Didn't Notice
drugs, drug use, pain, suicide, stigma, abuse, abstinence, housing, work, medical profession, trucking, drug tests, pain clinic, fentanyl, drug poisoning, chronic pain, medical stigma Kelly Allard drugs, drug use, pain, suicide, stigma, abuse, abstinence, housing, work, medical profession, trucking, drug tests, pain clinic, fentanyl, drug poisoning, chronic pain, medical stigma Kelly Allard

Code Orange: the Drug User You Didn't Notice

Trigger Warning: This piece mentions chronic pain, long-term opioid use, overdose, drug poisoning, near-death experiences, medical stigma, and suicide. Many people think in order to get housing, people should be abstinent… It’s not about the drugs; it’s about the pain…You cannot expect anybody to reduce or stop their substance use until their pain is addressed.

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Code Orange: The Self-Referral Toll Highway to Hell
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Code Orange: The Self-Referral Toll Highway to Hell

The reality of the government's new plan to let people buy their own diagnostic scans without a doctor's referral is that the wealthy get a toll lane (with a possible reimbursement) to bypass a gridlocked highway. The rest of us are stuck in an even worse traffic jam. Meanwhile, taxpayers are footing the bill for the detours.

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