RFK Jr. Is Headlining the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit. This Doesn’t Bode Well.
On April 21, the first day of the 14th annual Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, organizers announced a surprise presenter for the closing plenary on April 24: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., newly minted Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and vocal proponent of building labor camps for people who use drugs.
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What really happened to Dr. Jordan Peterson in 2018? In this video, I discuss his battle with benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction—a rare and debilitating condition often misunderstood and misrepresented by the media. Contrary to headlines labelling him “addicted,” Dr. Peterson’s experience highlights a severe side effect of benzodiazepine use. I explain the difference between addiction and dependence, shed light on how these injuries occur, and discuss the challenges faced by those with similar conditions.
Dr. Josef is responding to this video (timestamp 25:30) of Candace Owens vs. Mikhaila Peterson on Piers Morgan.
FDA Cracks Down on Animal Tranquilizer That Is Sometimes Mixed With Fentanyl
This is why fentanyl is used in black-market opioids in the first place. Users did not demand a substance that is 40 times more potent than heroin for recreational use; prohibitionist policies made it more challenging to procure pain medication, leading pain patients to seek out heroin. Heroin, however, is a crop drug, which makes it expensive to produce, ship, and buy. Fentanyl is synthetic, making it cheaper to produce, ship, and buy. When the law makes it harder to get legal pain pills, everybody adapts, and you get illegal fentanyl with no quality control.
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The new CDC guidelines aren’t much better.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 