How politics, not data, is driving policy on painkillers — and hurting patients Ep. 219

Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

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🗓️ 27 April 2018

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Today, we are joined by Dr. Stefan Kertesz, a professor in the division of preventive medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Dr. Kertesz joins us to discuss his concerns about government's totally unscientific approach to cutting off pain medicine. In a wide-ranging conversation, we delve deep into the drug overdose crisis, what really causes it, the most recent trends, and how the lack of proper science and data is driving the government to make things worse. In fact, most of the problems with overdoses have nothing to do with pain patients and doctors who write legitimate prescriptions, yet most of the public policy solutions are targeting them while ignoring the bigger problem. This issue is too important to misdiagnose and is an opportunity for people of all political persuasions to come together to seek the truth. Show notes My latest on government misfiring on opioid crisis Dr. Kertesz’s articles: Pill limits are not a smart way to fight the opioid crisis Strict limits on opioid prescriptions risk inhumane treatment of pain patients The danger of overcorrecting on prescription opioids Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Conservative Conscience.
0:04.0	In Washington, politicians are full of half-trudes in hot air.
0:08.0	The Conservative Conscience is here to help you cut through the rhetoric and noise and explore the politically right way to think about the issues.
0:14.0	You'll dive into one of the most insightful conservative minds in America.
0:18.0	Conservative Reviews Senior Editor, Daniel Horowitz.
0:21.0	Using pure common sense and ignoring the groupthink,
0:24.0	Daniel breaks down the major issues in Washington.
0:27.0	You are now entering the Conservative Conscience.
0:31.0	And welcome back to the Conservative Conscience.
0:33.0	Here at CR's Northern Command on the Westwood One Podcast Network,
0:38.0	it is April 26th, late Thursday, but for you guys you'll be hearing this on Friday.
0:44.0	And yes, it's already late enough in April that even on a cold year I'm finally feeling the terrible symptoms of allergies.
0:51.0	Oh gosh, you know, I can't even breathe.
0:53.0	So if I start just sneezing all over the place, you'll know where it's coming from.
0:56.0	All day today we have House Committee Hearing on Diamond and Silk.
1:02.0	And the Facebook censorship and suddenly conservatives think it's conservative to start treating them like a public utility.
1:09.0	I don't get it.
1:11.0	Let me tell you this folks.
1:12.0	As we spoke about on our last episode,
1:14.0	gosh, that was yesterday, feels like a week.
1:17.0	Courts, immigration, borders, national security, and health care.
1:23.0	Those are the civilization issues of our time.
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