Drug giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to stop selling opioid drugs in the United States following a $230 million settlement with the state of New York. J&J is also now barred from lobbying the products at the federal, state or local level.

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I smoked opium a couple times when I was a kid. I found it to be quite "useful".

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I'll have to take your word for it. By "useful" do you mean as a pain reliever? Have you ever taking prescription versions of opoids? If so, how did it compare as far a pain relief goes?

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Sorry, I don't know. I was young and had no pain to relieve. As far as prescription versions go, do Percocet and Vicodin count? Because the high from this stuff was much more enjoyable.

...Well, what do you know? I guess I never really smoked opium after all. The stuff I smoked was called Red Rock Opium. I just looked it up and apparently it doesn't actually contain any opiates. That's interesting because the friend that brought it around became a heroin addict not long after that.

Nice! I'm slightly less degenerate than I thought.

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I'm slightly less degenerate than I thought.

Glad to hear it!

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