Here is feedback from a fellow physician who attended the first Clubhouse room “Ending the War on Drugs”, and my responses. Like he says, this is probably summarizing what a lot of people think.
1. I must say it I would think that a lot of people would feel this way. You billed this as a discussion about repealing the CSA but you never said anything expressly about how to do that. You gave a history of the Act. Anyway that’s my first impression.
Answer: That is correct. I started with the history of the CSA, how it was purely political and created for the disenfranchisement of minorities as part of the Jim Crow era. I feel like every person should first understand the reason behind the War on Drugs in order to form the opinion that it needs to be ended. I will be explaining the real cause at the next session.
2. I don’t see any recreational use of drugs. I can’t think of one right now that isn’t somewhat dangerous. I’m certainly not saying that they can’t be useful but when we alter the way we feel we’re managing our affect that is somewhat out of whack and we’re trying to put it back into whack. That should be done with care and with the goal of getting back to some normal. If your mind is clear and stable why do we need to alter that state?
Answer: When drugs are legal they can be used however a person wants to use them. Your basic premise here and in your following thoughts is that drugs, themselves, cause addiction. That is the premise I am going to try to change in people’s mind. No drug causes addiction. Making all drugs legal will make them free of adulterants, of known concentrations and purity. Why do people have a glass of wine? It relaxes them, physically and mentally. It is only when taken in excess that it is dangerous. And the cause of that addiction is the same as with any other addiction, only the drug of choice changes.
3. Especially speaking of cocaine as benign is, I think, wrong. Cocaine can kill you at any time so how can that be sanctioned recreationally? I’m not saying it should not be legal but I just don’t think it’s good for doctors saying that it’s OK.
Answer: Coca leaves are chewed in South America by the local population without the side effects you mention. Until 1903, cocaine was the active ingredient in Coca Cola. Workers on farms and in factories were given cocaine to help them be more productive. Dangerous side effects are caused by the concentration of the cocaine in the illegal product. One of the problems today is the propaganda against cocaine in the minds of law enforcement. A black man must be high on cocaine, and that gives him extraordinary strength and makes him dangerous. Ergo, the quick response with a weapon causing the death of the black man, often innocent of any crime. This propaganda needs to be ended. Legalization of drugs will eliminate the need to have high concentrations for illegal sale.
4. I did my Suboxone practice for 20 years. Yes it’s addicting but then we got to figure out what we mean by addicting. People certainly become dependent on it and have withdrawal symptoms usually for quite some time. This type of withdrawal seems to me purely physical just like if you withdrawal quickly from clonidine. Meaning they never seem to me that lifestyle such as diet did much good to hurry along the process of getting over withdrawals. It does seem that exercise helps with tapering, but it’s not magic.
Answer: All I can say here is that you have obviously not read any of my work on the subject, or watched any of my videos. So I’m glad you are coming to Clubhouse and hope you will continue to come so you can learn the cause of addiction, and what can cure it. And I mean CURE, not maintain.
5. Then to say that there is a solution by diet, exercise and lifestyle is fine and good but that has to come way after someone that is in the throes of addiction is stabilized. They come to you stating that they’re spending $1000 a week on pills or heroin. You need a quick fix. Suboxone is a godsend as you can get someone on their way in 24 hours and then you work on everything else. To diss Suboxone at all is criminal.
Answer: Like I said on Clubhouse, Suboxone is a maintaining drug, not a cure. And it is a drug of choice for a lot of addicts. It used to be the #1 drug of choice in prisons because it was brought in soaked on the paper of letters which were then cut into strips and sold at up to $200 each. That is why now all prisons—at least federal—copy all correspondence and the inmate doesn’t get the original. That is just an added expense now to the taxpayer that could be ended with the repeal of the CSA. But I do agree that addiction treatment centers should not require cold-turkey abstinence, especially since their treatment does not cure. Maintenance treatment should be allowed during treatment.
6. So, I have to say I think there’s a problem with anybody coming out and saying they know what the truth is about this stuff, about addiction, there is too much disagreement. You say that you might lose people when you start talking about it so why do it? We need to focus, as you say, on repealing the Controlled Substance Act . I don’t know what the best argument is but I don’t think it is trying to teach people what one theory of addiction is? As you know Addiction, at minimum, is multi factorial:
-Genetic
-Epigenetic
-Trauma passed down through generations through epigenetic changes
Answer: You have hit on some of the causes of addiction, but not the main cause. When I explain the real cause, the people I might lose are those entrenched in conventional guesswork about the cause of addiction—like the brain theory, etc. Possibly people like yourself. Some of the hardest to get on board the truth are those taught in conventional medicine. It’s hard to accept the fact that what you studied and learned over 7-10 years is wrong. But such is the case here. So I hope you stick around.
7. Anyway those are my thoughts and I’m sticking to them. Thanks so much for all your work. We’re all in this fight together and it’s the fight of a lifetime.
Answer: I understand where those thoughts are coming from. I just hope you can start with an open mind to learn. Remember history and all of the major changes in medicine were first ostracized and the bearer of the changes kicked out of medicine. Then a generation later, their work was recognized. I know it is standard protocol, but hopefully we can learn from history and not repeat it so lives can stop being ruined.
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Linda Cheek is a teacher and disenfranchised medical doctor, turned activist, author, and speaker. A victim of prosecutorial misconduct and outright law-breaking of the government agencies DEA, DHHS, and DOJ, she hopes to be a part of exonerating all doctors illegally attacked through the Controlled Substance Act. She holds the key to success, as she can offset the government propaganda that drugs cause addiction with the truth: The REAL Cause of Drug Abuse.
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