It or not. In my field of addiction medicine, politics is why some tragically die so young, why some get preventable infections like HIV or HCV or not. Political decisions about harm reduction or treatment funding DO show up in my office, as preventable abscesses, as ODs…
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I won’t give extra clicks to the piece titled “Keep Politics out of the Doctor’s Office” in WSJ. But anyone who’s been a clinician practicing in midst of a mass disabling + deadly Covid pandemic the past 2 years knows how politics IS already in our offices whether you recognize /
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Glad there’s a generation of social medicine folks - especially students!!—doing the work, leading the way with both excellent evidence based care and upstream policies. Working on legislation, giving testimony, advocating always for better conditions and care for our pts. 🙏
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Full uk cannabis legalisation is needed right now to many people on opoids and many other pharmaceutical lifetime addictions . The proof is out. Cannabis is an alternative medicine for many illnesses. If the government cares for its people it should legalise for the majority uk
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