The war on medicine
Already crippled by government regulations, healthcare practitioners may soon be subjected to more. Rep. Mary Bono Mack (D-CA) is co-sponsoring H.R. 2119 The Ryan Creedon Act which will require all practitioners to have additional mandatory drug abuse / addiction training and certification at the expense of taxpayers through the office of the U.S. attorney general. At a time when "undertreatment" is the catchphrase in healthcare, the outcome of this bill will make it more difficult for patients with chronic medical disorders to access controlled substance medications they need. A more appropriate bill would have provided medical and pharmacology education for citizens... (read more)
According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), during the last decade, more people became disabled because practitioners found it easier to sign a person onto disability than to put their signature on the triplicate form so a patient can get the medication they need to function and remain gainfully employed. This bill is a departure from the war on drugs policy in the U.S. in that it is the impetus of the government educating practitioners how to treat patient disorders as a method of drug use reduction. Meanwhile, the U.S. Government has been maintaining the government has no Constitutional responsibility for providing the public with the knowledge and discipline skills that bring about trust and responsibility. The War on Medicine is bound to create a boon for the illicit drug trade as it becomes another reason for Drug Use Education.
Seven Steps to Stop Drug Abuse
United States Drug Policy Reform and Healthcare Reform are in dire need of at least one ingredient: Common citizens with medical and pharmacology education. Mention this to any healthcare provider to determine just how good they are. Providers who agree, have nothing to hide and are earnestly supportive of their patients. They would rather that their patients have as much knowledge as they do so they can communicate better with their patients. These are the good doctors. Those who disagree, hesitate in the slightest, display a show of arrogance, or raise an issue, question, or concern... are probably not good doctors. They are more likely to use their position to control or manipulate patients, rather than treat their disorders.
Good practitioners will never scold their patients who reveal illicit drug use, alcohol use, tobacco use or other substance use. Instead, they will The good practitioner will be grateful that the patient was honest and theT Obviously, this was enough for Barack Obama to captivate Americans when he delivered the Smart on Drugs Speech during the Democratic Primary. In the forthcoming election, the president is going to have to stop reminding the public about his former drug habits and focus on addressing why he spent four years punishing voters. This is America. He is our public servant. Will I cast my vote for him again? Absolutely not. Like crime there is a way to stop drug abuse, and the foremost approach to achieve this goal is to stop teaching it to the public, namely K12 students draining taxpayer dollars in Drug Abuse Education classes. Beyond that, there are six other steps that should be considered in order to strengthen the process . If the U.S. Government tries any one of these steps within the next 30 years, there will be a great surprise that shows just how well I do my homework.
1. PRECISELY REDEFINE TERMINOLOGY, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, PROVIDE MATHEMATICAL QUANTITATIVELY DEFINED TERMINOLOGY. You are probably suspecting that my intention is to change the definition of the term drug abuse to something that will be easy to control. But that is not the case here. Unless "drug abuse" shares a common definition, there is no assurance that we are talking about the same behavior. By providing a definition in mathematics, it becomes universal without language barriers. Consider the difference between "recreational" drug use and medical drug use. These terms are mathematically quantifiable in that the difference between the two terms is a disordered state. Medical drug use must always begin with a disordered state (-d) and a solution (+d) that gets added to produce a normal state of "0". In "recreational" drug use, we surmise that we always begin in the normal, "0", state. and we add to it a drug (+d) that produces an abnormal state which is any value except for zero. Thus,
0 + d = D is the definition of "recreational" drug use;
-d + d = 0 defines fundamental medical drug use.
The mathematically quantifiable representation for "drug abuse".is:
X x consequences x (+d)
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Note: Drug abuse always produces an abnormal state, which means the end value can be any number (or non-number) except for "0".
2. UNDERSTAND AND EMBRACE MEDICAL BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS AND DESIGN SAFER METHODS OF DELIVERY. Americans have great difficulty understanding and accepting that there is a medical benefit caused by an intoxicating encounter. There is growth whenever brain chemistry is exercised. It is a positive experience. What needs work are safer methods of delivery. There are 3 approaches.
- Dispensing Technology uses packaging to bundle ready made dose of medication, disposable intravenous injection devices that contain premixed medication. It also uses computer system software to dispense only the amount of drug necessary from a portable lock box, or through a sprawling international network that functions like an ATM Machine but with greater restrictions on access. The Personal Healthcare Decision Support System (PHDSS) I proposed at the 20007 International Conference on Drug Policy Reform in New Orleans, LA, USA, is today a computer program that can be integrated into an iPhone or other smart phone and provide drug user information, obtain vitals, alert user when to take the next dose and alert the user about drug interactions and adversities.
- Chemical Technology in the quest to introduce pharmacotherapies that are safe, effective and treat the neuropsychological anomalies better than the drugs we have today..
- Electrical Neurological Stimulation Technology in 2009 captured the interest of Dr. Barbara Smith at the UCSD Medical Center in San Diego. Dr. Smith indicated that direct stimulation of the brain would eliminate the harmful effects of chemicals on the liver and other organs of the body.
It is, of course, vital for the science of neuropsychiatry to evolve rapidly as already far too much time has been wasted skirting around it over the last 40 years just to entertain the war on drugs. Had it not been for U.S. drug policy, it is very likely that science would have propelled us far beyond the sophomoric realities of today.
3. INSTANT RECOVERY SOLUTIONS. IIn my 2010 research paper, "Recovery", that I provided for a Pharmacology class at San Diego City College, I suggested that recovery from drugs should not be the lengthy process it is today. What exists today is not recovery or rehabilitation, but rather prolonged detention and the indoctrination of government principles. Recovery from chemical substances should be as easy as recovering from a physical workout. It is for those who routinely work at it. The failure is among those who have no comprehension of dose, frequency, duration or biotechnological engineering. By eating a nutritional food bar or drinking a protein shake along with the detoxification and mineral replenishment built into the product, all that one should have to do to control dependency or recover from any drug is to follow the instructions on the packaging of instant recovery products. These solutions are likely to challenge urinalysis as they will most likely absorb or alter trace chemicals in the body. In other words, these products will be true detoxifying products and not the vitamin-enhanced sugar powder that we have today product will be to or other product will be able to eliminate, and therefore, erase the drug completely from a person's body, leaving them undetectable. For those who wish to contend with me on this subject, I leave you with the test that continues to stump even the experts in recovery: Using the Internet or other reliable source, conduct two searches. The first search is the word DESOXYN. The second search is the word METHAMPHETAMINE. Desoxyn is exactly the same as methamphetamine. Although there are many confusing protocols for methamphetamine recovery, there are no approaches for recovery from Desoxyn because it is impossible to become dependent upon methamphetamine. The only reason why people use meth so frequently is because it produces medical and other non-medical benefits.
I4. PROVIDE MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGY EDUCATION TO K12 STUDENTS AND ADULTS Drug abuse is learned in today's K12 classrooms where Drug Abuse Education is mandatory to the student curriculum. As long as citizens are willing to tolerate drug policy that is based on fear, ignorance and shame, drug abuse will continue to be be the carrot on a string that propels students to abuse drugs. Students don't need to know what drugs are abused, how they are abused, what those drugs look like, and furthermore, students do not need to be redirected onto a completely different activity. All students need medical and pharmacology training to know when drugs should be administered, how they should be administered correctly, and the expected outcome. Of all seven steps, this one is the most critical to apply in stopping drug abuse. . Education is the key to the future of a meticulously constructed and effective drug policy. The sooner that society begins to to teach the right way to use drugs for medical purposes, then the sooner that drug abuse can be transformed into an insignificant aspect of drug administration. Drug Use Education provides K12 students and adults with the knowledge and discipline skills that develop trust. This is not an empty ideology but rather an evidence-based approach that has been demonstrated since our ancestors first learned how to communicate. Specifically regarding drugs, this approach has been demonstrated in other nations and in the U.S. during the 1940s and 1950s when the public was first provided with fundamental training in the use of certain drugs.
Drug Abuse Education taught in today's K12 classrooms is like giving students Drowning Lessons and expecting them to survive in deep water when all they know how to do is drown.
Drug Use Education offers K12 students and adults the medical and pharmacology training that is essential to survival in a nation where the provider-patient partnership no longer exists for many of us who have lost our faith in the medical community.
5. LICENSE ALL DRUG USERS AND REGISTER ALL DRUGS. By maintaining the same type of licensure that has been applied to motor vehicles and firearms, drug abuse would occur only among those who do not have a valid medical disorder. As such, there would be fewer negative prospects. At the same time, there will still be room for the DEA and other law enforcement who will still be required to maintain order and organization, but to introduce the type of hysteria that exists today.
6. CUT THE DEMAND FOR ILLICIT DRUGS IN HALF. As challenging as this might seem, it only requires the U.S. Government to reduce regulating practitioners, allowing them to do their jobs and treat patient disorders. Once patients have the medication they need, at least half of all illicit drug sales will be precluded. With that accomplished, the prices of illicit drugs will increase and "recreational" drug users will begin to peel away. The demand will reduce again; the prices will rise again. Eventually, the demand will be too small and the prices too high. With an insubstantial market left to serve, the drug cartels will collapse. The illicit drug trade is unnecessary. If there is a "recreational" drug market, a political leader may, at any time, wish to come forward and announce legal, safe, drugs for entertainment or other purposes.
7. PREVENT SOCIAL DRUG USE THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DRUG ABUSE. Whether friends are entertaining in their home, perched on a barstool, or gathered in some seedy hideaway, our society is not conducive to social drug use. Medical drug use is a private and personal matter. Although arguable, medicine is not consumed by multiple people socializing.
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