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The Problem With Being Called ‘Strong’ For Not Expressing Your Pain

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https://themighty.com/2016/09/why-its-ok-to-talk-about-your-pain-and-sadness/ Memo From Lisa: This is for every stupid, ignorant person who looks at me and thinks I am perfectly healthy and can do the things they want me to do with ease. It angers the hell out of me that you cannot see what I contain on the inside; that you don't even bother … Continue reading The Problem With Being Called ‘Strong’ For Not Expressing Your Pain

DEA Feels Backlash From Plans To Ban Kratom Plant

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http://www.pressherald.com/2016/09/15/dea-feels-backlash-from-plans-to-ban-plant/ I don't think the DEA thought this through. Their statistics keep changing and quite frankly, are low by most people's standards. There are people DYING from various forms of chronic pain because pain management clinics are taking away their medicine and doctors are afraid to prescribe the medicine they've responsibly taken from day one. … Continue reading DEA Feels Backlash From Plans To Ban Kratom Plant

Surgeon General Launches Anti-Opioid Campaign

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http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/8/25/surgeon-general-launches-anti-opioid-campaign When someone (a doctor, or someone who works for one) gets gravely injured or is killed because of this type of thought process, I will NOT be surprised. You're telling pain patients that our quality of life does not matter. If that's the case, then you have to factor in how in-human this is. … Continue reading Surgeon General Launches Anti-Opioid Campaign