We’re talking about injured workers here, Agent. Many were put on opioids by their treating physician, and if you bothered to read the article, needed to be “weaned off” them later. I for one would not want to find myself headed for addiction as a result of having been treated for bodily injury I suffered in the course of my employment.
And that is of course is your uneducated, unsubstantiated opinion.
The article, and the issue at hand, is about getting people off opioids, my short-sighted friend. Are you somehow against that?
“The weaning process typically involved a gradual decrease in opioid prescriptions combined with a mix of alternative non-drug treatments and non-narcotic drugs. While there were no clear patterns of non-drug treatments for injured workers who were weaned off of opioids, the usage of non-opioid pain medications declined significantly less than that of opioids and other drugs.”
Marijuana isn’t specifically mentioned in the above quote, and even if it had been, doesn’t that appear to be an improvement over opioids?
Try to add some value as opposed to the usual tripe.
California can just wean them off Opioid use and on to Marijuana. Then, they can treat Scromiting from the mush brain addicts.
Misanthropic post of the day, folks.
We’re talking about injured workers here, Agent. Many were put on opioids by their treating physician, and if you bothered to read the article, needed to be “weaned off” them later. I for one would not want to find myself headed for addiction as a result of having been treated for bodily injury I suffered in the course of my employment.
Your callous, dehumanizing remark adds nothing.
Treatment of WC injuries by using Marijuana will just turn the workers into stoners who will not be worth anything in the workplace.
And that is of course is your uneducated, unsubstantiated opinion.
The article, and the issue at hand, is about getting people off opioids, my short-sighted friend. Are you somehow against that?
“The weaning process typically involved a gradual decrease in opioid prescriptions combined with a mix of alternative non-drug treatments and non-narcotic drugs. While there were no clear patterns of non-drug treatments for injured workers who were weaned off of opioids, the usage of non-opioid pain medications declined significantly less than that of opioids and other drugs.”
Marijuana isn’t specifically mentioned in the above quote, and even if it had been, doesn’t that appear to be an improvement over opioids?
Try to add some value as opposed to the usual tripe.