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NotaNonviolentNegro (OP) User ID: 63890435  United States11/04/2014 02:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | White alone, percent, 2013 (a) 95.2% Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) 1.2% Races Amongst Inmates Proportion of Population Black 9.5% [link to www.doc.state.vt.us] [link to quickfacts.census.gov] Not a Nonviolent Negro Thread: I called it! UPDATE-How can we let them get away with this SHIT! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 62683149 United States11/04/2014 02:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I feel for the people really needing the pain relief. Quoting: InTheHood Had ankle fusion surgery, triple, everything was fused, plus the in the bone IM rod, major...and I was only given 3 go arounds of the oxycodone w/tylenol 5/535. Then 3 go arounds of tramadol, for break through pain; then no more. Then 3 go arounds of valium, for foots/toe spasms, then no more. Even though foot/toes still having spasms. When I'm done with my 3nd go around (3rd prescription) which each prescription only covers 2-3 weeks, I will be weaned off the oxycodone/tylenol and go down to something else, can't remember name, probably tylenol w/codeine or something. They aren't giving people much time anymore on the opiates. And weaned off fast. I think you only get like 3 months worth now. And have to have scripts, and go get them, can't call them in. Real pain in the butt. I've never been addicted to any meds. so I'm not upset about my med schedule Dr. has set forth, but I feel for the people that are still hurting and can't get proper relief due to the abusers. I cut back on my own even before Dr. did, I went from 2 every 4 hours to 2 every 6 to 2 every 8, etc. on the oxycodone...didn't mess w/the tramadol or valium, wasn't so worried about it. I'm actually ok now, not in too much pain anymore, just stiff obviously :) I don't think I'll be in too much pain until start weight bearing on ankle again and learning how to walk again. So, man I get the fused pain for anyone up against this and feel for yeah, those first few weeks are horrible if you don't have good pain meds! I could NOT handle the pain without opiates, morphine didn't really do a lot cuz I kept throwing it up. I had almost the same experience. Fell and crushed my ankle. Had emergency surgery. Titanium plate, rods and 4 screws. The pain was terrible. I am just getting back to weight bearing but I have had to fight for any pain medicine. I have never abused drugs in my life and I am in a tremendous amount of pain and asking for help makes you feel like you are doing a drug deal on some seedy street corner. I hate being in pain and having to fight! I was in chronic pain for years, in and out of the emergency room, begging for pain medicine and getting treated like an addict for legitimate pain needs. Then I discovered and got referred to a pain management dr. The best thing I ever did. Your primary care physician can refer you to a pain dr. My MRI's and Xray's was proof enough I was suffering, and my pain mgmt dr. works with me to find the right balance of pain relief and holistic approaches to managing the pain with physical therapy, anti-inflammatory patches, TENS units, etc........ By far the best move I have made to improve my quality of life. Chronic pain is a big time bummer...... there is no quality of life...... without my medication, and I am on very minor doses of Vicodin, I am limited to not much activity. With it, I live a pretty full life, skiing, biking, hiking, all the activities I cannot do otherwise...... In order to avoid the tolerance issues, I go through periods where I cut back to half dosages, get my body back to needing less for the same pain relief. I do this every couple of months, to also assess my pain scale and see if other things I am doing to help, are working or not. Not everyone that uses pain medicine are irresponsible. And I was so tired of being treated like an addict from the regular dr''s. There are no games with the pain management physician. |
| KonspiracyKitty User ID: 23688748 United States11/04/2014 02:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I am a drug addict, but no longer do I live that lifestyle thank God! Drugs of choice were mainly opiates like Heroin & Oxy 30's. But I would also take Xanax like candy too. But see, here is the thing people have to understand. Telling kids drugs are bad and all this anti drug talk will only make it worse. If kids are curious, and they want to do it, trust me they will do it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 60336004 Every state has a drug problem, but prescription drugs are by far most popular. High School kids these days aren't just smoking weed. Now they are doing things like Adderall, Oxycodone, Xanax, to name a few. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Middle School kids were doing crap like that. I don't understand how they are acquiring those drugs. I need spinal fusion to fix my back and I have to go to a pain clinic to get pain meds. They don't Rx enough to properly manage my pain. I'm early 30s and they are very cautious in what they do prescribe. Basically I have a very difficult time acquiring drugs to manage pain. Who is prescribing the drugs? How can a person get that many pain pills and sell them on the street? Things must be very different than whats going on in my geographical area. From what I see, its the older medicare patients that are selling the drugs. Its basically impossible for a young person to acquire pain meds. Back when I was using, one of my suppliers was personally prescribed 120 30mg instant release oxycodone pills a month. That's equivalent to 360 Percocets a month. He had been in a car accident, was diagnosed with some kind of chronic back pain. By the way, he didn't get all that by doctor shopping. Those 120 pills were from a single prescription. Then again, that was like eight years ago. They've cracked down on prescription opiates since then a bit. Edit to add: Also, a lot of the people I bought from were either terminally ill with cancer, or had family who were terminally ill they were selling on behalf of. They got a LOT of drugs. Last Edited by KonspiracyKitty on 11/04/2014 02:32 AM |
| NotaNonviolentNegro (OP) User ID: 63890435 United States11/04/2014 02:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A new study indicates that Vermont has the second highest number of black people in prison per capita in the nation. The Sentencing Project found that blacks are sentenced to prison in Vermont at 12-and-a-half times the rate for whites. Experts say the numbers are somewhat misleading because Vermont has so few African-Americans just a little over one-half of one percent of the total population. Valerio is director of Vermont's public defender program that provides lawyers for low-income defendants charged with felonies. Valerio has no specific evidence of racial bias in the system, but he does have questions. "I think that our system as a whole, just as society as a whole, has a racial bias or a racial element in it," said Valerio. "I think the thing you really have to look at is, is the proportional increase warranted? I don't think we have the answer to that question," he added. Neither the corrections commissioner nor the defender general are putting too much stock in the raw data. Those figures indicate that for every one hundred thousand black people, Vermont would lock up 3,800 of them. But the state only has about 3,700 black residents total. Both indicated small samples like Vermont can produce deceptive statistical findings. [link to www.wcax.com] Not a Nonviolent Negro Thread: I called it! UPDATE-How can we let them get away with this SHIT! |
| NotaNonviolentNegro (OP) User ID: 63890435 United States11/04/2014 02:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I feel for the people really needing the pain relief. Quoting: InTheHood Had ankle fusion surgery, triple, everything was fused, plus the in the bone IM rod, major...and I was only given 3 go arounds of the oxycodone w/tylenol 5/535. Then 3 go arounds of tramadol, for break through pain; then no more. Then 3 go arounds of valium, for foots/toe spasms, then no more. Even though foot/toes still having spasms. When I'm done with my 3nd go around (3rd prescription) which each prescription only covers 2-3 weeks, I will be weaned off the oxycodone/tylenol and go down to something else, can't remember name, probably tylenol w/codeine or something. They aren't giving people much time anymore on the opiates. And weaned off fast. I think you only get like 3 months worth now. And have to have scripts, and go get them, can't call them in. Real pain in the butt. I've never been addicted to any meds. so I'm not upset about my med schedule Dr. has set forth, but I feel for the people that are still hurting and can't get proper relief due to the abusers. I cut back on my own even before Dr. did, I went from 2 every 4 hours to 2 every 6 to 2 every 8, etc. on the oxycodone...didn't mess w/the tramadol or valium, wasn't so worried about it. I'm actually ok now, not in too much pain anymore, just stiff obviously :) I don't think I'll be in too much pain until start weight bearing on ankle again and learning how to walk again. So, man I get the fused pain for anyone up against this and feel for yeah, those first few weeks are horrible if you don't have good pain meds! I could NOT handle the pain without opiates, morphine didn't really do a lot cuz I kept throwing it up. I had almost the same experience. Fell and crushed my ankle. Had emergency surgery. Titanium plate, rods and 4 screws. The pain was terrible. I am just getting back to weight bearing but I have had to fight for any pain medicine. I have never abused drugs in my life and I am in a tremendous amount of pain and asking for help makes you feel like you are doing a drug deal on some seedy street corner. I hate being in pain and having to fight! I was in chronic pain for years, in and out of the emergency room, begging for pain medicine and getting treated like an addict for legitimate pain needs. Then I discovered and got referred to a pain management dr. The best thing I ever did. Your primary care physician can refer you to a pain dr. My MRI's and Xray's was proof enough I was suffering, and my pain mgmt dr. works with me to find the right balance of pain relief and holistic approaches to managing the pain with physical therapy, anti-inflammatory patches, TENS units, etc........ By far the best move I have made to improve my quality of life. Chronic pain is a big time bummer...... there is no quality of life...... without my medication, and I am on very minor doses of Vicodin, I am limited to not much activity. With it, I live a pretty full life, skiing, biking, hiking, all the activities I cannot do otherwise...... In order to avoid the tolerance issues, I go through periods where I cut back to half dosages, get my body back to needing less for the same pain relief. I do this every couple of months, to also assess my pain scale and see if other things I am doing to help, are working or not. Not everyone that uses pain medicine are irresponsible. And I was so tired of being treated like an addict from the regular dr''s. There are no games with the pain management physician. pain management here is sorry I know 3 people with pain but over weight they prescribe ultram and want to burn your nerves with physical therapy. But they say the waiting room is always full with old white guys that they bet get their meds. Not a Nonviolent Negro Thread: I called it! UPDATE-How can we let them get away with this SHIT! |
