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By: Cedric McClester If not for the pills Doctors once prescribed The musician Prince Might still be alive Along with others who Sought similar relief Because their stories too Ended in grief If not for the greed On Big Pharma’s part The opioid epidemic Right from the start Might not have grown To epic proportions Because of ignorance And outright distortions If not for the relaxed Government regulations We might not now Be at our battle stations Trying to reverse What’s sweeping our nation Because opioids doesn’t Go on vacation If not for the prevalence Of the fentanyl drug And its purveyors Who are typically smug Then we might not have Gotten mugged In the way that we have By this deadly drug             Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2019.  All rights reserved.
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Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019 at 8:25 AM UTC
IF NOT FOR...
By: Cedric McClester If not for the pills Doctors once prescribed The musician Prince Might still be alive Along with others who Sought similar relief Because their stories too Ended in grief If not for the greed On Big Pharma’s part The opioid epidemic Right from the start Might not have grown To epic proportions Because of ignorance And outright distortions If not for the relaxed Government regulations We might not now Be at our battle stations Trying to reverse What’s sweeping our nation Because opioids doesn’t Go on vacation If not for the prevalence Of the fentanyl drug And its purveyors Who are typically smug Then we might not have Gotten mugged In the way that we have By this deadly drug             Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2019.  All rights reserved.
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Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019 at 8:25 AM UTC
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