June 24, 2016
Dear Dr Frieden
Fear and prejudice are
everywhere including Athens. Many Athenians are fearful and avoidant of dogs.
Gus-a kind, well behaved
creature who weighs 120 pounds-received much hostile attention near Acropolis
where at an ancient theater, the Greek National Symphony Orchestra was playing
the magnificent ninth Symphony.
Magic was in the air. Gus was at
awe of his surroundings and mute. We were some 200 yards away from the theater.
Nothing mattered. Some people made noise. We left.
I thought of home and how many
societal ills have been blamed on opiates and people with psychiatric
disabilities. Of course one third of the country suffer from chronic pain,
addiction and psychiatric problems. And by declaring war on opiates, doctors
and people with mental illness we have now created a suicide epidemic which we
are afraid to acknowledge.
Dr Frieden, how come CDC has
warned the public about the heroin but not the suicide epidemic ? The word epidemic has never been used about our tragic
losses of some 40,000 humans. The epidemics are connected. The underlying cause
is our irrational and unscientific war against psychiatrists and pain doctors.
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