I’ve enjoyed reading this thread, and I have an answer to your question, Ruth. First of all, I appreciate this view about meds / I’ve been using exercise to wean off several of the meds I’ve been put on over the years - successfully.
Understanding the tobacco lobby helps us understand the pharmaceutical industry. Tobacco companies must co…
I’ve enjoyed reading this thread, and I have an answer to your question, Ruth. First of all, I appreciate this view about meds / I’ve been using exercise to wean off several of the meds I’ve been put on over the years - successfully.
Understanding the tobacco lobby helps us understand the pharmaceutical industry. Tobacco companies must continually recruit new customers because their product is the only product that, when used as directed, kills us. I’m sure you’re aware that’s why they had characters like Joe camel, etc. It fascinated children and they wanted to be cool like the ads. As for fentanyl, you must apply addict logic, in order to understand addict behavior. The denial mechanism is such that the addicted person truly believes, “it won’t happen to me...” and of course the addict wants to get as high as possible. So ultimately an overdose of a “brand” increases sales tremendously.
True, but as a dealer, you need live victims for as long as possible, and the fentanyl won't produce long term profit due to the dead. Your numbers won't replenish that quickly and you'd do better selling potent crack, meth or whatever, enabling the victims to live years longer. With cigarettes, it takes years to kill the victims, hence the great profits and recruitment efforts to effect a steady stream of newbies.
Agree there - I think we both exposed the saddest part of all of this. Live addicts in this country are quite easy to recruit with that model...Considering the amount of overdose deaths that we see every year despite Pharma’s best efforts at “harm reduction.” That’s been my beef with the way the treatment industry has gone; unless we help people modify their behaviors medicine won’t do a thing. I think that’s true with a lot of medication‘s as we’re learning here with the statin data!! I appreciate you.
I’ve enjoyed reading this thread, and I have an answer to your question, Ruth. First of all, I appreciate this view about meds / I’ve been using exercise to wean off several of the meds I’ve been put on over the years - successfully.
Understanding the tobacco lobby helps us understand the pharmaceutical industry. Tobacco companies must continually recruit new customers because their product is the only product that, when used as directed, kills us. I’m sure you’re aware that’s why they had characters like Joe camel, etc. It fascinated children and they wanted to be cool like the ads. As for fentanyl, you must apply addict logic, in order to understand addict behavior. The denial mechanism is such that the addicted person truly believes, “it won’t happen to me...” and of course the addict wants to get as high as possible. So ultimately an overdose of a “brand” increases sales tremendously.
True, but as a dealer, you need live victims for as long as possible, and the fentanyl won't produce long term profit due to the dead. Your numbers won't replenish that quickly and you'd do better selling potent crack, meth or whatever, enabling the victims to live years longer. With cigarettes, it takes years to kill the victims, hence the great profits and recruitment efforts to effect a steady stream of newbies.
Agree there - I think we both exposed the saddest part of all of this. Live addicts in this country are quite easy to recruit with that model...Considering the amount of overdose deaths that we see every year despite Pharma’s best efforts at “harm reduction.” That’s been my beef with the way the treatment industry has gone; unless we help people modify their behaviors medicine won’t do a thing. I think that’s true with a lot of medication‘s as we’re learning here with the statin data!! I appreciate you.