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The Violation of a Nation Part I

The Secret Government Study that Leveraged the Opioid Crisis

Heather S. Wargo
6 min readApr 13, 2019

Just about every patient I advocate for in the incurable painful disease patient community has asked me one question I was never able to answer.

Because it also danced in MY mind.

Why are they doing this to us? Why are they taking medicine away from people like us?

The data wasn’t supporting what all the pundits said on the news.

The media was desperately pushing a narrative.

But why?

The Plan

The United States Government, through the CDC, has implemented a massive society based clinical trial/population based study, largely executed through the creation of the Centers for Disease Control’s 2016 Guidelines for Opioid Prescribing for Treatment of Chronic Non Cancer Pain. This is real, it is true.

Not one Congressional or Senatorial office denied this research when confronted with the evidence.

Senator Gillibrand’s office pathetically tried to gaslight the whistleblower. While responding, the whistleblower says, “It is clear to me this is about liability, not the public’s health and livelihood.” Her staffer sneered, “Of course, it’s about liability!”

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Heather S. Wargo
Heather S. Wargo

Written by Heather S. Wargo

Italian American Writer in PA wilds. Gen X survivor attempting to climb shrinking narrow. Despite all my rage, still just a rat in a cage.

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Such an important issue you’re sharing here Heather.
Quite simply, people need to know.
Thank you for your research and insights in bringing this to the fore.

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As a patient whose been on WComp for the last 16 years, I’ve said repeatedly there was a huge shift of care in 2010.
Now I know why.
I started being forced off my meds in 2012 and have been court ordered by a WC law judge to do so.
While it’s great the…

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Why should I have to pay $5 to view such a important american tragedy. This story was monetized wasn’t it from the beginning. You give part 1 out free and then charge $5 for part 2. Shame on you.

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