JAMA Internal Medicine Publishes Study Concluding With Researchers' Suspicion That Availability Of Legalized Medical Marijuana In 13 States From 1999-2010 May Be Reason For Reduced Annual Opioid Overdose Deaths By 24.8%

       Sunday, 31 August 2014, PHILADELPHIA - U.S. News & World Report in the first article with link below this post cites a recent study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine concluding that the availability of legalized medical marijuana in 13 states from 1999-2010 is suspected of being responsible for a most significant drop in the the average annual rate of opioid overdose deaths by about 24.8% during that period in just those same states. That is a dramatic reduction in deaths of almost exactly one quarter.

       Researchers reporting the study's findings in JAMA Internal Medicine suspected that this steep reduction was based on the circumstance that in the states in which medical marijuana is legal opioid overdose deaths dropped greatly because patients' use of opioids as painkillers was believed to have been curtailed with some patients able to manage pain successfully by substituting marijuana which is not believed ever to have caused an overdose death.

       The link to the article is provided below for interested readers and is followed by links to two more U.S. News & World Report articles from last year with the first chronicling one man's struggle to recovery from addiction to prescription painkillers, cocaine, heroin and drinking and the second focused on his mother's perspective on his addiction.

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2014/08/27/health-buzz-does-pot-prevent-opioid-abuse?int=a3bb09 

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2013/07/24/one-mans-story-how-i-beat-addiction

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2013/07/24/a-mothers-perspective-on-her-sons-addiction

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Regarding Veteran's Administration "Scandals" Professor Paul Krugman Nobel Peace Prize Winner New York Times Columnist Cautions Readers Not Rush To Judgment Despite Media Hysteria

       Sunday, 22 June 2014, NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Nobel Peace Prize Winner New York Times (Uncompensated) Daily "The Conscience of a Liberal" Columnist Princeton University Economics Professor (and the Ninth Amendment Editorial Board is not sure exactly what else) Paul Krugman in a Thursday, 19 June 2014 column presented verbatim in its entirety as fair comment accessible by interested readers via the link below argues why more thoughtful persons may wish to exercise pause before rushing to judgment regarding information presented to them which facts on cursory examination may seem to be susceptible to but one "correct" interpretation but on further examination with more complete background context may not necessarily be exactly what it seems nor be presented in some cases solely for the necessarily "innocent" good-intentioned motives which readers might quite naturally be expected to impugn.
       In the following piece Professor Krugman raises the question whether the furiously fueled Veteran's Administration hypermedia scandal may be to some extent be instigated by the calculated manipulation of parties with agendas which some observers might not otherwise immediately expect as well as demonstrating to the Ninth Amendment's editorial board one of a great many persons such as Professor Krugman win a Nobel Peace Prize while members of the Ninth Amendment's editorial board and staff have not. The editorial board however does take this opportunity unambiguously to communicate that we in fact are available to accept the Nobel Peace Prize and the accompanying one million dollar "stipend" -- including any inflation or cost of living upward adjustments -- should duty call upon us to do so.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/opinion/the-hype-behind-the-health-care-scandal.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3As&_r=0  

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BREAKING NEWS MANHATTAN: U.S. Drone Reportedly Crashes In Manhattan (After Government Gas Runs Out) Picked Up By Curious Bystander Who Examines Photocard

       Thursday, 3 October 2013, MANHATTAN- CBS Television News reported that just over SEVENTEEN HOURS AGO, when mostly freshman United States Representatives and their idiot House loser leader Boehner along with lost Senate Republican freshman prodigy Ted Cruz (no known relation to the actor) cut of the money for all Americans' headwear just as flu season started, cut off the temporary funds to keep the government afloat with temporary money, and forced the entire United States to stop work and defer paying millions of its Federal employees sending most of them home with no pay for the coming weeks. The Congress is not believed to have chosen to do the same to itself. Meanwhile as we prepared for press reports began coming in from CBS-TV news in New York that a (nonexistent) drone has crashed on a busy street (are they not all) in Manhattan? No government gas.
       Except the really important adolescents who work for the National Security Agencies and those who pack lox lunches and dinners for the generally heavier old Republicans before they go home and pat themselves on the back, Senator Cruz reportedly was either delirious or under the influence of borderline "brain death". Not unlike his beloved protege lame duck Texas "Village Idiot" Rick "Payback" Perry had been at the now infamous Republican nationally televised "Perry brain freeze". Whatever the case Cruz is a Senator with high hopes in the Republican party for carrying the mantle of the "Tea Party Republicans" boldly into the fully forseeable budget disaster which awaits us all.
       Although frugal California Governor Jerry Brown has not ever even been known to set foot in his "California" limo or mothballed "mansion", Texas Brain Duck Governor George "little shrub" Perry could be seen to once again shed a crocodile tear as Bush gleefully loaded his laser-sighted six shooter with some extra bullets in his mouth for good luck. "Better bullets than bandaids" the really extremely  short Perry reportedly quipped as he accidentally clipped a tree beside his beloved Labrador and sent his bodyguards diving for cover from his errant bullets which could have bought vaccine for a whole clinic.
       As reported here some weeks ago the relatively tiny and shrinking number of Texas "Tea Party" dupes see Perry idiot protege Senator Steve Cruz as the flag bearer of the "Tea Party" mantle that confused ignorant hope for salvation, having squandered earlier money on nonexistent coyote problems and boldly living out the fantasy of the "Tea Party King". (Some of those American Republicans sure do like Kings, like George of England.) They know on which side their toast is dusted.
       So Senator Cruz finally last night had to be physically escorted from the House of Representatives reminded that he is a big Senator now but NOT also a Congressional Republican Representative who does NOT get to vote twice to dump our Nation's living and eating money as might have been expected by this latest disastrous Republican financial "hero of ruin".
       And just the most recent Republican to take the Country down the sewer drain amidst fear, stupidity and recrimination. The most memorable last financial disaster of a sick fear-mongering Republican, well that would of course be just another long-time dope addict's run taking the Country along on the road to financial ruin was Republican star Senator McCarthy. As Cruz quivered wondering what next Mengelian medical research hare-brained scheme Republicans (many of whom are too stupid to marticulate from an accredited United States Law School and in any case not be able to succeed on their medical boards without a good deal of  grease-fillled Republican hand-squeezing).
      At least Senator Cruz can take comfort that he is not the only one in over his had as clearly now after his SECOND totally failed chance to divert further compounding of Republican-created disasters in a totally bad faith disingenuous last minute call unbelievably AGAIN to meet with President Obama TWENTY MINUTES before they lock up the government BOEHNER a COUPLE YEARS LATER STILL WANTS TO BE PLAYING with dredging up decades of yet more new dead old issues in a desperate attempt to run down the clock. The United States does not just have to close up the public restroom here and say, phew! that was a close one.
       And they even try to make the Republicans look like someone's heroes? Who their mothers? Do the Republicans WHO CAN ALWAYS SEE THE DOCTOR WHENEVER THEY WANT really believe that for making sure that the Americans' long ago duly fully legally passed universal health care is further diverted while these Speaker Boehner and fellow turkey Republicans play cock-a-doodle-doo with the real hard-working Americns' need for life and death health care now is going to make them some kind of heroes for thinking up stupid old lies as fast they can to kill off the people who voted for them?
       Now that is over how about a litttle time to go out and get a little cash in the palms, eh eh? Heck, their voters can wait all day in the emergency room for basic medical care (paid for by the State not the Feds mind you readers) for a while longer just like always (and probably catch something far worse while they are waiting in that germ pit.)
       No dice for the hot shot Republicans until after they have gone round and gotten paid off by all their insurance company pals and the people THOSE REPUBLICANS REALLY REPRESENT. We know they will be going to see their doctors in the morning, getting paid their Congressional salaries and honorariums and a little of this and a little of that just a small gift oh just fine, and sitting down for a nice steak dinner for lunch before they go to sleep with a job well -- NOT done. But just that one last thing must be sure to collect the dues BEFORE the pressure is off, right?  Oh yes indeed it is business as usual in the Grand Old Party, just do not get stomped on (or worse) by that big old elephant. . . . . Because we will sure want to see you still when we need next need you.

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Americans' ACA Health, Welfare and Very Lives in Hands of Single Supreme Court Justice Kennedy? And He Smiles Like a Fool As He Figures Out What "Liberty" Means

       Saturday, 31 March 2012, WASHINGTON, D.C. - Readers routinely reminded not to READ FREE UNLIMITED NEW YORK TIMES' DIGITAL CONTENT SIMPLY BY SETTING FREE FIREFOX BROWSERS TO "PRIVATE BROWSING" by later that year on April Fool's Day that is tomorrow in fact the Times already fired at least one executive over the "gold-plated" tens of million dollar porous "paywall" when it if anyone should have known that for a few million dollars of $100 bills lowered on pallets from helicopters the Times simply could have called Dick "Pig Heart" Cheney on the scrambled Batphone and had his "Blackdeath" boys go door to door to crack some heads and get the message out.
       Speaking of April fools the Ninth Amendment moves on to the Justices haunting the once-hallowed halls of the Supreme Court where now Mr. Justice Thomas must be patted down for pornography or self-pleasure devices before entering the men's rooms out in the public area of the Court. Not to mention his lifetime bar from the women's rooms just like his Republican-expected extremely long lifetime appointment to the bench which he is giving up nohow since no one can make him do any work, and he hears from up there on the bench when he can understand what they are saying down there that it may be kind of hard to get another job in America these days.
       In stark contrast Justice Antonin "Broccoli" Scalia sliding his words and the underclass unfortunate enough to slide legs apart down his razor sharp mind that shared an epiphany long ago that life/death/law it is all just economics. Sure does miss those pals of a similar bent from the University of Chicago school and the Seventh Circuit up there. Too bad Bork could not make the cut in 1987 simply because in his case as well it is not necessary to turn to the opinion to know the result, just the parties and/or the causes. Legal realism, economic style. If you have not got the bucks your "justice" decision on the case is a foregone conclusion. As is Mr. Justice Scalia's here with this what who cares Act rich people can pay for their doctors so how dare the Government tell them how to spend their money and the poor already have emergency rooms dammit.
     The Ninth Amendment previously posted its prediction that the Court just because it found it essentially could ignore the United States Constitution (and that sure turned out to be a stellar idea) and in a day position a man for President  who was not even elected, never to cite THAT decision again, now could take on this one too where the American people already clearly have spoken and having done so may not be so tolerant once again this time to have their and their families and loved ones health, welfare, and lifespans profoundly affected by nine spooks in black robes hiding up behind a bench that really is not that high. We could and did reach right over it as children just to bang the Chief's gavel.

Ninth Amendment Comment Published in Digital New York Times Regarding Mr. Justice Kennedy

1.             (Verbatim with one editorial correction "menal" to "mental")

   • BigMartin
   • waronnothing

   Intellectually stimulating as it may or may not be to focus on the alleged jurisprudence of Mr. Justice Kennedy's apparent fascination with the concept of "liberty" (yes such as allows us to carry firearms in schoolzones) given the occasion of this most momentous week in this Court's history as it publicly considers the constitutionality of the ACA, perhaps we might just consider the shameful reality of the "Greatest Nation on Earth" not even providing basic healthcare for all. The Ninth Amendment log at www.waronnothing.blogspot.com observes that in the Federal Government every government worker gets health insurance from a list of about 100 plans which either play ball and provide reasonable healthcare or simply do not get to be on the list. We assume the Justices have at least similar benefits in addition to special attention wherever when needed. (If Mr. Justice Thomas is unwilling to use his provided mental healthcare but instead sit on the bench for decades manifesting some kind of semi-catatonic stupor, no doubt Mr. Justice Kennedy could find him at "liberty" to do so unless and until Thomas is removed under pertinent provisions of the US Constitution). So assuming the Justices are well aware of this excellent system already in place for millions, why agonize reinventing the wheel over the distracting din of obscenely well-financed biased filthy rich opponents who obviously care of nothing but their bottom line while Americans continue to suffer and die for no reason?

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The Worst Medical Doctors You Think You Never Met In Your Life

     Saturday, 15 October 2011, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - The Ninth Amendment reminds readers to avoid READING FREE UNLIMITED DIGITAL NEW YORK TIMES CONTENT SIMPLY BY USING FREE FIREFOX BROWSERS SET TO "PRIVATE BROWSING".  The Ninth Amendment for some time has been compiling verified factual materials and accounts based entirely on our personally experienced and/or observed close family members' mistreatment by doctors.
     Medical doctors make idiot mistakes, engage in completely unnecessary lucrative medical procedures, and literally "practice" medicine with aptitude and ability resulting frequently in frightening circumstances or consequences for readers and others (unreported whenever possible) forced into doctors' "care" by injuries, illnesses, EMT drivers, and hospitals that have verified they have good insurance.
     The fact for the day is that doctors and pharmacists never make errors. For evidence doctors in the United States may point to the new reality but do not that they now "may" enjoy assistance under the scrutiny of health insurers, pharmaceutical companies, the DEA, FDA, and state medical boards who "direct" their practice of medicine and help maximize U.S. medical doctors' profits which are the highest of any doctors in the world, with orthopedic surgeons topping the list.                         
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     The hidden fact for the day is that doctors also are "assisted" through the benevolent medical expertise of armies of lawyers and telephone operators at health insurance companies, pharmaceutical company lobbyists who convince the FDA that "clinical trials" performed on about six people for which the companies themselves both pay to perform and to have reviewed by the U.S. government agencies, and not to forget young usually women in short skirts who bring doctors' staffs free gourmet sandwiches and experimental drug samples at lunchtime, and from time to time comp doctors and their significant others to rigorous "educational" weeklong junkets to places such as Tahitian resorts.
     A vast multitude of law enforcement and other officials whose work porn filters prevent them from spending their entire shifts on the internet watching anatomically informational programming carefully monitor doctors' practices with the benefit of untold paid hours spent re-taking their law enforcement G.E.D.s after getting jobs provisionally through relatives to keep an eye on doctors and others who trespass on their "drug turf".
     Shrewd doctors spend the majority of their work time denying patients any medications that might make patients actually feel better should the doctors risk a dime in penalties or censure for "overdoing" it with "feelgood mills" but instead cash in on their legal status as licensed "prescription pushers" sparingly giving out prescriptions to patients who face horrible wrath and even "firing" as patients should they ever lose or have prescriptions stolen more than once a quarter century.
     These physicians "go with the flow" by compelling patients to make a new unnecessary appointment for each totally routine prescription often for highly dangerous medications such as are now sold over-the-counter as many doctors neglect to tell their patients who are not aware of the latest developments with things such as ibuprofen and "heart-healthy" aspirin which hardly been been tested at all except for use by millions of people for over a hundred years.
     Such prescription renewals generally do not really absolutely require monthly blood panels, x-rays, CAT scans, MRIs, and PET scans often ordered by doctors who own the testing facilities in whole or in part where patients are ordered to have the tests performed and then frequently lost by the doctors' testing facilities or simply taken of wrong parts of the body repeatedly with the extra benefit of assessing patients' capacity for withstanding lifelong accumulations of unnecessary radiation loads and assisting physicians in paying off their pricey testing machines (usually made by General Electric which "brings good things to life" such as polluting the Hudson River through PCB outfalls rendering the river essentially dead for about the last century).
     Is many cases these modern miracles of medicine have been as mentioned above witnessed or experienced by Ninth Amendment editorial staff and global bureau contributors who literally have had to save parents' and/or other family members' lives by insisting their parents, for example, not be removed from the ICU to a "semi-private" room when their blood pressure is rising and falling like a roller coaster every five minutes, or by families forbidding their bedridden members from being administered medications that clearly are counter-indicated or plain cautioned against as "deadly" in some physical conditions listed in such obscure publications as the Physician's Desk Reference or computer accessible monographs which physicians are unable to decipher due to their extensive and often exclusive training in the use of handwritten secret doctor code.
     Most recently in the past week one editorial staff member's father was denied the fairly newly available stroke medicine that can reverse stroke effects if  administered quickly and sometimes within three hours by emergency medical personnel per doctors' orders. In this case although brain scans showed no damage the family was immediately called to inform them that their father's (unidentified) stroke could not be treated with the medicine despite quick delivery to a hospital because he "had high blood pressure" (a condition presumably found quite rarely in stroke patients).
      When the family physician arrived after learning the family was told over the phone that the chances were negligible that the father would EVER recover from totally unspecified physical and mental brain damage, the family physician performed a modern medical miracle by yelling at the hospital physicians and removing the patient to another hospital from which he today was released walking and talking with no sign whatsoever of having had any medical problem when admitted to the first hospital a few days ago with dire warnings.
     Family members who love family members do all they can NOT to let their family members go to or stay overnight at hospitals alone or with a bodyguard regardless of what they are told the "rules" may be, as nighttime is the time when today's hospital corporations are most tempted so as to turn a "modest profit" by really allowing the most "challenged" caregivers on their staffs to care for patients between emptying medical waste and sleeping and self-testing medications in closets.

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