{"id":13499,"date":"2017-06-05T12:29:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T16:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=13499"},"modified":"2017-06-05T12:29:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T16:29:04","slug":"this-drug-is-cheaper-and-more-powerful-than-heroin-and-may-be-killing-way-more-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/this-drug-is-cheaper-and-more-powerful-than-heroin-and-may-be-killing-way-more-people\/","title":{"rendered":"This Drug Is Cheaper And More Powerful Than Heroin \u2014 And May Be Killing Way More People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.buzzfeed.com\/buzzfeed-static\/static\/2017-06\/2\/14\/asset\/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane-02\/sub-buzz-12090-1496428617-3.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Big Pharma kills more people every year than illegal drugs. It&#8217;s a fact. But, they get a free pass because they do &#8220;so much good&#8221; with their cures and pain potions&#8230;which have more addictive power and risk of death than most street drugs. Meanwhile, they conspire with lawmakers to keep us from growing a garden full of remedies and relievers, so they can keep us on THEIR concoctions instead&#8230;at exorbitant prices. I&#8217;m not saying we should all be growing poppies and making our own heroin&#8230;just that the government should look out for The People, actual citizens with kids and dogs and lives, not just the big, faceless corporations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bzfd.it\/2qY7Ift\">http:\/\/bzfd.it\/2qY7Ift<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Pharma kills more people every year than illegal drugs. It&#8217;s a fact. But, they get a free pass because they do &#8220;so much good&#8221; with their cures and pain potions&#8230;which have more addictive power and risk of death than most street drugs. Meanwhile, they conspire with lawmakers to keep us from growing a garden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-13499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14760,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/your-voice-what-concerns-do-you-have-on-the-legalization-of-marijuana\/","url_meta":{"origin":13499,"position":0},"title":"Your Voice: What concerns do you have on the legalization of marijuana?","date":"November 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"One concern: That it won't happen soon enough. 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