A few days ago, my mind created a scenario as to why U.S. wages war in Afghanistan. Well, on the northern borders, there is the big red dragon, CHINA! And CHINA has opium:
–noun
1.the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
And it would be convenient to `smuggle` opium between these two bordering countries, right? Why? My mind `imagined` that opiates are produced to form morphine:
–noun Pharmacology.
a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C17H19NO3⋅H2O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
And morphine could be administered for those person who
(1) have incurable and irreversible condition that will result in his/her death withing a relatively short time,
(2) becomes unconscious and, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, he/she will not regain consciousness, or
(3) the likely risks and burdens of treatment would outweigh the expected benefits.
And with the recent passage of Obama’s health care insurance reform bill into law, that would speed up the end-of-life decisions, which may as well fall into the hands of the State, instead of the health care providers and others involved in the care of the useless bottom feeders, who depend on the government.
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