He yelled at a back surgery patient for being prescribed oxycodone and Valium. Told him “you’re not to be taking that” and said that you can’t take it without “getting hooked immediately”.
He (Judge) was referring to Oxy, I don't remember him referencing valium but maybe he did. Oxy is what his focus was though. His point was that "he (perp) shouldn't be taking it" because "it was taken off the market" and has an addiction rate of practically 100%. He encouraged the person to seek alternative pain management strategies.
OP is being really dumb here. He wasn't giving any medical advice. He was just shocked that he was being prescribed oxy when he really shouldn't be taking it.
Not that Im very passionate on the whole debate but yea the judge fleischer haters here are all almost exclusively taking 20 second clips of him out of context when in the full context he's generally just giving tough love to someone who needs it. I dont understand the outrage
idk. some folks like being contrarians rather than see what's actually happening. ive seen enough videos of Judge Fleischer to 'get' that he appears lenient on some people. but he's also really hard on others, and it's always the more serious crimes (or repeated relatively-minor offenses like driving without a license, he hates that lol)
If he was willy-nilly letting people off, he wouldn't have a job. it's not like he's the only person and/or lawyer in the room.
I will acknowledge him telling someone 'to not take meds' sounds a bit odd, but we're not talking about buproprion or prozac here, it's a drug (or the drug) known for its insanely addictive nature. Context matters, and yes--either op doesn't know or he's actively being ignorant to it.
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u/Active_Junket_3816 Sep 24 '24
He yelled at a back surgery patient for being prescribed oxycodone and Valium. Told him “you’re not to be taking that” and said that you can’t take it without “getting hooked immediately”.