More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
If I ever go missing I want my picture on a beer bottle instead of a milk carton. That way, my friends will know I’m missing.
“Things changed with the legalization of marijuana. The Mexican drug cartels saw their revenue stream fading, plowed their pot fields, and planted poppies. People didn’t think about that when they were lobbying to legalize marijuana. It never made the media.”
“You can get heroin now for less than a pack of cigarettes. It wasn’t just the legalization of marijuana. Researchers also trace the dramatic increase in addiction to a shift in health-care philosophy that started to emphasize treating a patient’s pain rather than treating the underlying ailments. That led to an increase in opioid use.”
drug companies introduced and aggressively marketed certain opioids, like oxycodone.”
“Addicts quickly figured out how to circumvent the time-release pain medication by crushing or dissolving the pill, then snorting or shooting it.”
When the addiction problem came to light, state legislatures passed laws making it more difficult to get opioids prescribed, and the manufacturer reformulated oxycodone so it couldn’t be crushed or dissolved. It seemed like two good responses, but both ignored the fact that you had a lot of addicted people who could either no longer get the drug or no longer afford it. That just paved the way for the Mexican drug cartels.” “They moved to heroin and had a ready market.”
does. Every social function I attend they put a big piece of fish on my plate. I end up giving it to my dates.” “Your dates must appreciate the extra piece.” The officer grinned. “They do,” she said. “Until they realize it’s the only piece they’ll be getting that night.”
an ability to put things in perspective, to find something—if not positive then at least optimistic.
the gift of an unwavering acceptance of God’s will.
“In time, though, you learn how to live with the pain. You learn how to live with all the memories, and you learn not to fear them. You learn to embrace them, to welcome them.”
crying is God’s way of helping us wash away the pain.
