temporarily blocked a lowe court ruling that would have restricted the availability of mifepristone, one of two drugs used to induce a medicatio abortion, which is the mos common method of abortion in the united states. that means at least for th time being, mifepristone wil remain legal, and will be made available, according to curren fda regulations, where abortio is still legal it could be sent and receive through the mail, prescribed t patients by medica professionals over telehealt consultations, and can be used up to the tenth week o pregnancy. this is the first time that th supreme court has weighed in o the issue of abortion since th conservative majority decide to overturn roe v. wade less than a year ago. as is typical when the supreme court makes a ruling on an emergency appeal, the majority did not provide an opinion t explain that ruling. not to be know exactly how eac justice voted, except fo justices samuel alito an clarence thomas, spoke of whom noted in the o
it and in all five cases people voted to preserve them. , then we sought this election in wisconsin, which was also seemingly decided on the issue of abortion. so, when we re trying to decid this is about the people s ability to make decisions, that s not in keeping with wha these decisions look like. i think you hit the nail on the head look, some things also have to be left to experts the fda is not infallible, but it did evaluate dozens o studies. it has been for decades, safet profile for this drug. it is safer than tylenol the american medical association says a medicatio abortion has a lower risk righ that getting your wisdom teeth out, then a colonoscopy. so, i think the question is one, yes. states where abortion is legal and states that have had these referendums have shown overwhelmingly, for th democratic prophesy, tha justice alito says he wants to lead us to in the dobbs opinion, that they want abortion to b legal.
it out. that s our goal is to get them out and to live healthy again. we ve really in our own way created this mess that we re in now. anthony: in downtown greenfield, the people s pint, an eco-conscious, local pub that brews its own beer, uses only farm fresh ingredients and composts its leftovers. it s where i meet up with dr. poti for dinner. anthony: i guess my first question is who is doing dope? dr. poti: everybody starts with pills. there s nobody anthony: everybody. dr. poti: everybody starts with pills. there s nobody that goes from marijuana to heroin. there s an in between step. always pills, it s pills that people get from their doctor. from me. particularly the young people. had an injury, a sports-related injury, had their wisdom teeth out, and they felt awesome on the drug, and they were like how can i get more of that? after three to six months of looking for more, they couldn t find it, and then they jumped. anthony: is it the big pharmaceuticals whose
we ve really in our own way created this mess that we re in now. anthony: in downtown greenfield, the people s pint, an eco-conscious, local pub that brews its own beer, uses only farm fresh ingredients and composts its leftovers. it s where i meet up with dr. poti for dinner. anthony: i guess my first question is who is doing dope? dr. poti: everybody starts with pills. there s nobody anthony: everybody. dr. poti: everybody starts with pills. there s nobody that goes from marijuana to heroin. there s an in between step. always pills, it s pills that people get from their doctor. from me. particularly the young people. had an injury, a sports-related injury, had their wisdom teeth out, and they felt awesome on the drug, and they were like how can i get more of that? after three to six months of looking for more, they couldn t find it, and then they jumped. anthony: is it the big pharmaceuticals whose fault is it? is it doctors fault? who made a mistake here?
there s nobody anthony: everybody. dr. poti: everybody starts with pills. there s nobody that goes from marijuana to heroin. there s an in between step. always pills, it s pills that people get from their doctor. from me. particularly the young people. had an injury, a sports-related injury, had their wisdom teeth out, and they felt awesome on the drug, and they were like how can i get more of that? after three to six months of looking for more, they couldn t find it, and then they jumped. anthony: is it the big pharmaceuticals whose fault is it? is it doctors fault? who made a mistake here? dr. poti: i m going to say it s complicated. i m not going to say there s one entity here that s responsible, but there was a lot of money to be made by promoting the treatment of pain to the highest level. big pharma made a lot of money on this. and i was taught in residency you give people as much pain medicine as they need. you get them out of pain. we will judge your hospital. we will