MustardSeed Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 ....have been outnumbered by opioid addiction related billboards, 2:1. This from Ogden to Springville. (No longer a single vaginal rejuvenation sign to be seen.) As I travel the country, I notice billboards, and I notice that every place is different. Vegas has its unique flavor. My home is saturated with 420. Rural Pennsylvania has its own. I do think billboards reflect an area’s culture, and values . JMO. 2
Calm Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) There is a big push in Utah for treating opioid overdoses/addiction. In the ER waiting room plastered with educational signs and tons of billboards on the roads. . Legislators had committee meetings on it. Patients taking them have to take drug tests to ensure they are using and not selling them. Appts were every six months, now every there months. Edited June 21, 2019 by Calm 1
Hamba Tuhan Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 32 minutes ago, MustardSeed said: My home is saturated with 420. Thank you for making me feel grateful, once again, for living in a place that has a blanket ban on billboards. 2
Bernard Gui Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, MustardSeed said: ....have been outnumbered by opioid addiction related billboards, 2:1. This from Ogden to Springville. (No longer a single vaginal rejuvenation sign to be seen.) As I travel the country, I notice billboards, and I notice that every place is different. Vegas has its unique flavor. My home is saturated with 420. Rural Pennsylvania has its own. I do think billboards reflect an area’s culture, and values . JMO. Lots and lots of marijuana billboards in Washington. I got one removed from a spot directly across the street from the main entrance of Federal Way High School. It was a map showing the nearest dispensaries, but of course had the warning “21 or over.” Yeah right. Edited June 21, 2019 by Bernard Gui 1
Bernard Gui Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 34 minutes ago, Hamba Tuhan said: Thank you for making me feel grateful, once again, for living in a place that has a blanket ban on billboards. Oh, how I wish......
CV75 Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 9 hours ago, MustardSeed said: ....have been outnumbered by opioid addiction related billboards, 2:1. This from Ogden to Springville. (No longer a single vaginal rejuvenation sign to be seen.) As I travel the country, I notice billboards, and I notice that every place is different. Vegas has its unique flavor. My home is saturated with 420. Rural Pennsylvania has its own. I do think billboards reflect an area’s culture, and values . JMO. I "wonder" if there is a connection between plastic surgery and opioid addiction... the billboard people are making $$$! Conspiring men afoot?
MustardSeed Posted June 21, 2019 Author Posted June 21, 2019 When ob*m* developed the new health care system he made a few major changes. One being coverage under parents for all young adults under 26, the other being drug treatment being covered by insurance. One unfortunate result was unethical entrepreneurs slapping up drug treatment centers everywhere with no true treatment. These were just money grabbers. Some even offered cash for potential patients to go get high so they could qualify for inpatient treatment. Many have been shut down. Its a shame that there is a wait list for folks who really are ready for help. I had a dream last night that my son was an addict. Must have been all the billboards. I’m still upset by the dream. My heart goes out to moms and dads who have been through it. one billboard read: “opioid addiction is not a moral issue.” anyone care to discuss this statement made in a heavily populated by religious folk- state? 2
Bob Crockett Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 9 hours ago, Bernard Gui said: Lots and lots of marijuana billboards in Washington. I got one removed from a spot dorctly across the street from the main entrance of Federal Way High School. It was a map of the nearest dispensaries, but of course had the warning “21or over.” Yeah right. Go Eagles. I'm a grad. 1
LoudmouthMormon Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 10 hours ago, MustardSeed said: [details about billboards] Well, there goes my third main reason for visiting Utah. Now I gotta rely on plain old friends and family? Hmph.
stemelbow Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 people look at billboards? I haven't seen a billboard in years. I thought the fools who were advertising on them were throwing their money away on the advice of poor marketers. Ah well...guess I was the one that was wrong.
JAHS Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 19 minutes ago, stemelbow said: people look at billboards? I haven't seen a billboard in years. I thought the fools who were advertising on them were throwing their money away on the advice of poor marketers. Ah well...guess I was the one that was wrong. It's kind of like those "Vote for XYZ" posters and billboards. Like I am really going to decide who to vote for because I read that on a billboard. 🙄 1
Bernard Gui Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 1 hour ago, MustardSeed said: When ob*m* developed the new health care system he made a few major changes. One being coverage under parents for all young adults under 26, the other being drug treatment being covered by insurance. One unfortunate result was unethical entrepreneurs slapping up drug treatment centers everywhere with no true treatment. These were just money grabbers. Some even offered cash for potential patients to go get high so they could qualify for inpatient treatment. Many have been shut down. Its a shame that there is a wait list for folks who really are ready for help. I had a dream last night that my son was an addict. Must have been all the billboards. I’m still upset by the dream. My heart goes out to moms and dads who have been through it. one billboard read: “opioid addiction is not a moral issue.” anyone care to discuss this statement made in a heavily populated by religious folk- state? I think it refers to those in addiction....they are suffering from a disease, not a lack of moral strength. 4
MustardSeed Posted June 21, 2019 Author Posted June 21, 2019 33 minutes ago, Bernard Gui said: I think it refers to those in addiction....they are suffering from a disease, not a lack of moral strength. My intellect fully agrees. My inner sunbeam says “you are a druggie. You’re bad!”
strappinglad Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 Anyone here old enough to remember the little signs along the highway that gave a little ditty and ended in " Burma Shave" ? Always fun to read them from the back seat of the family car. 1
MiserereNobis Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 18 minutes ago, strappinglad said: Anyone here old enough to remember the little signs along the highway that gave a little ditty and ended in " Burma Shave" ? Always fun to read them from the back seat of the family car. “Does your husband misbehave? Grunt and grumble, rant and rave? If so, shoot that brute some Burma Shave!” 4
Bernard Gui Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 5 hours ago, MustardSeed said: My intellect fully agrees. My inner sunbeam says “you are a druggie. You’re bad!” That’s the worst thing for a person in addiction and those who love him/her to hear. No healing will happen if that is believed. 4
MustardSeed Posted June 21, 2019 Author Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Bernard Gui said: That’s the worst thing for a person in addiction and those who love him/her to hear. No healing will happen if that is believed. I totally agree. There are many things I believed as a child that I no longer think the same way about. I have to sometimes remind my gut reaction what the truth is. Edited June 21, 2019 by MustardSeed 2
Tacenda Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 36 minutes ago, Bernard Gui said: That’s the worst thing for a person in addiction and those who love him/her to hear. No healing will happen if that is believed. Not to veer off, but the minute you said this I thought of what President Oaks recently said to a group in Hawaii about the LGBTQ's. Gave me the same reaction you had. I'll repeat your comment with one change: "That’s the worst thing for a person in the LGBTQ crowd and those who love him/her to hear. No healing will happen if that is believed." https://devotional.byuh.edu/node/1788 "Along with these challenges—and caused by them—we are confronted by a culture of evil and personal wickedness in the world. This includes: Dishonesty Pornography Perversions The diminishing of marriage and childbearing The increasing frequency and power of the culture and phenomenon of lesbian, gay, and transgender lifestyles and values"
The Nehor Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, MustardSeed said: When ob*m* developed the new health care system he made a few major changes. One being coverage under parents for all young adults under 26, the other being drug treatment being covered by insurance. One unfortunate result was unethical entrepreneurs slapping up drug treatment centers everywhere with no true treatment. These were just money grabbers. Some even offered cash for potential patients to go get high so they could qualify for inpatient treatment. Many have been shut down. Its a shame that there is a wait list for folks who really are ready for help. I had a dream last night that my son was an addict. Must have been all the billboards. I’m still upset by the dream. My heart goes out to moms and dads who have been through it. one billboard read: “opioid addiction is not a moral issue.” anyone care to discuss this statement made in a heavily populated by religious folk- state? Yeah, I could open a clinic that treats opioid addiction with rose therapy and it would be legal. It involves smelling roses. Buy my new book! 11 hours ago, stemelbow said: people look at billboards? I haven't seen a billboard in years. I thought the fools who were advertising on them were throwing their money away on the advice of poor marketers. Ah well...guess I was the one that was wrong. Marketing works. Edited June 22, 2019 by The Nehor
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