# Political responses to opioid abuse

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-responses-to-opioid-abuse/783317>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 29, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-responses-to-opioid-abuse/783317 "2017-03-29T23:44:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-responses-to-opioid-abuse/783317/5 "2017-03-30T00:44:23Z")

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> [@mikecurtis](#):
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> its tricky. i think the bill is not intended to replace the doctors judgement, but rather to force them to reevaluate the need sooner. alot of doctors already do this. as far as i can tell, its not just 5 or 7 days worth of pills total, but 5 or 7 days at a time. the idea is to reduce the number of unused pills lying around in addition to weaning the patient off the course of meds in a timely fashion.
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> mc

Sorry, I know this is a bit of a mini-hijack but could I request that you capitalize when it’s needed? I don’t understand this, it seems like you have to go out of your way and intentionally _not_ capitalize. My computer automatically capitalizes the first word in each sentence. I’d have to make an effort to un-capitalize. It’s annoying and it detracts from whatever point you’re trying to make, simply because it makes it harder to read.

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