ROGER DODGER
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2012-11-02 05:23 PM |
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@561 Maybe it's because I don't believe addiction is a disease. I was in AA for 17 years but I never deep down believed addiction was a disease I have always believed it to be a choice.. I had a friend that overdosed and died while seeing Dr. Diaz he did drugs when he was younger it was his choice to do them as an adult. That is the way I believe. Different strokes for different folks everyone is different in this world. He might be guilty but in my opinion it aien't murder. There is alot more to this story that meets the eye. Don't worry if you hate me it's cool I don't mind many people hate me.. I expect one of these days I'll be walking up the street and someone will hit the gas instead of the brake and splatter me all over Milpas street. Then the police will give the driver the Extra Step award for stepping on the gas instead of the brake it will probably be someone in the program. Maybe it will be one of my neighbors they might be headed there anyway.
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COMMENT 338561
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2012-11-02 04:39 PM |
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@Rodger, you're missing a crucial point, though....people are definitely responsible for their actions but if they go to a doctor they shouldn't be able to get drugs they don't need or worse, are already addicted to. There's really no way to rationalize your defence of this guy. Saying other people do the same thing makes no sense....that's like saying why arrest this guy for battery when lots of people do the same thing but don't get arrested. Wake up, this guy is bad, sorry to say. ;(
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COMMENT 338542
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2012-11-02 03:55 PM |
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It all about big drug companies making money.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-11-02 12:50 PM |
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I begged Dr. Julio for Oxy because of my physical pain from arthritis. He gave me one prescription for a low dosage and told me that he would not refill it. I never took them a friend of mine told me how they affected them and I don't want that. Just want the pain to go away. As far as the wacko meds Atavin is the only thing I'll take it was suggested I take xanax but I refused that did not come from Dr. Diaz either. I realized I could have probley scored acouple grand for the meds I was on but I am no dope dealer either I just look like one...
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COMMENT 338384P
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2012-11-02 10:42 AM |
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Dr. Julio is different from a liquor store dealer because he has a special license to prescribe certain drugs which are far more controlled than liquor. Perhaps liquor should be controlled just as much, but at present all you need to get it is to be the right age. Prescription drugs require a compelling medical need as determined by a licensed physician. He was abusing his license. This doesn't mean that he wasn't able to be a good physician to some patients (Roger) too. 966, this is not an example of persecuting a drug addict. Dr. Julio isn't a user, he's a supplier/pusher, allegedly. That being said, I'm amazed that they all don't get arrested. I had post-partum depression followed by insomnia and anxiety problems, and every doctor I saw for "help" just wanted to give me addictive, psychoactive drugs for which the side-effects were as scary as my symptoms. And when I found a drug, Xanax, that actually worked at a very low dosage with no side effects, they refused to give me more because I might get addicted. (I guess I should have seen Dr. Julio.) Yet all their SSRIs are addictive, too, with much worse risks, yet they insist and insist on these. Never again. Even when I had an almost psychotic episode on Zoloft, they just wanted to "change my dosage." Is there such a thing as a little less psycho? And I was caring for an infant at the time. Eventually I decided western medicine has nothing to say about these problems, and I've fallen back on my hippy dippy Berkeley upbringing for the homeo/home/herbal/grandma remedies that have helped me enormously. Oh, and Benadryl :-)
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-11-02 07:07 AM |
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He was my doctor for 6 years..I personally think that people have choices in this life and need to take personal responsblity for their actions. While I don't think Julio is completely innocent I think he was railroaded to a degree not just by the feds, but also by some members of his family, who might have more to do with this then they were discovered with.I think he was intimadated somewhat by them. I have compassion for people who are forced into things. The way this case seems to be going is proving what I have heard from others to be right. I also KNOW that there are other people in the medical profession here in Santa Barbara that prescribe much more drugs, some of them also indulge. Why are their heads not on the chopping block? You could be disapointed if you like in me I just know alittle more I guess.
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S.B.RON
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2012-11-02 06:59 AM |
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There are quite a few folks on MediCal and Medicare get drugs from guys like Diaz (he's far from being alone as a Candyman). We pay for this with our taxes - sometimes to the tune of 300k per year for such an addict. Some addicts sell surplus drugs on the street for profit. Some of the drugs (like fentanyl) are expensive drugs and you and I end up paying for it all. One of the many reasons the Medicaid and Medicare programs are so messed up.
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COMMENT 338210
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2012-11-01 08:55 PM |
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People will take drugs and od on them no matter if you pass laws that give the death penalty for using/selling them. I wish we could just accept these people and try and get to the root of why they are using. It usually a problem in their life that they don't know how to deal with properly. Locking them up and giving them felony's which makes them almost never able to find a job after is a horrible solution. We are a species of addicts be it sex,money,cars,video games,drugs. I wish we could solve this without a dam WAR on the people.
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COMMENT 338175P
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2012-11-01 07:34 PM |
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It's interesting how you can have, at the same time, one part of the population that can't live without their meds and another part of the population (Christian Scientist) that live their whole lives without any meds.
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COMMENT 338561
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2012-11-01 06:45 PM |
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Rodger, why are you defending someone who used his license to hurt people for his own financial gain. Jumping out of a car and suing GM isn't even in the same realm as a doctor's responsibility to keep patients safe and ethically prescribe meds to actual patients when needed. I'm disappointed you'd defend this kind of criminal.
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COMMENT 338155
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2012-11-01 06:28 PM |
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He broke the law! Just like If liquor store operator or the gun shop salesman and gets caught,they get arrested. Duh
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COMMENT 338055
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2012-11-01 03:51 PM |
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Agree with 027.
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COMMENT 338041
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2012-11-01 03:28 PM |
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Well said 027.
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COMMENT 338027
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2012-11-01 03:05 PM |
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To assert that this Dr. is a serial killer is to be ingorant of what the word context means. Also, Dr. Diaz is no more responsible for the deaths of anyone than is the local liquor store operater, bar tender, fast food purveyor, or myriad other dispensers of vice. The local and federal authorities responsible for such prosecutions [as those of Dr. Diaz] are only doing so to protect their livelihoods--not the public safety of our communities--their ostensible mission. If you don't believe that, your head is firmly esconced in deep sand. Please learn to read.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-11-01 02:57 PM |
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I never had sex with him for drugs..I think you have a choice if you want to overdose you do it if not don't. It aien't the doctors fault..I think I'll jump out in front of a car if I live I'll sue GM, or Toyota, or Nissan, I guess if he was really a serial killer he would not be living in his own home out on bail with this case falling apart....It sounds to me like he is more of a "Fall Guy." There are many doctors in town that prescribe way more drugs than Dr. Diaz and they are still working.
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COMMENT 338016
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2012-11-01 02:47 PM |
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Disgusting to think this man has the luxury of his home.
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COMMENT 338013
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2012-11-01 02:42 PM |
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Cottage had been complaining about Dr Diaz and his overprescribing practices for over 8 years and contributes him to over 10 overdoses that resulted in death. He would exchange sex for drugs and was know as "The Candyman" by prescription drug abusers. I know this because my step son is an addict (Currently in his 3 rehab program). He is a serial killer, my opinion. We have a HUGE prescription drug problem in this country. There is too much profit in it, so nothing will be done to change it.
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COMMENT 338210
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2012-11-01 01:24 PM |
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People have been using drugs for centuries. Do you really think laws that are less than 100 years old are going to change the way we behave. End the drug wars now!!!
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-11-01 01:12 PM |
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Maybe he knew he was going to jail so he wanted to make sure we had enough while he was there...Thanks Julio!
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COMMENT 338155
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2012-11-01 01:03 PM |
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He didn't force them to take drugs,he just made sure they had way more than they should.
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COMMENT 338055
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2012-11-01 11:42 AM |
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He didn't force them to take the drugs...
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-11-01 11:18 AM |
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Na he's no serial killer..I can't get more than 2 dollars for these old prescriptions he signed on E- Bay!
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COMMENT 338561
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2012-11-01 11:11 AM |
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He's a serial killer if people actually died of overdoses based on the drugs that over-prescribed. Absolutely. Maybe not a methodical one, but by default.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-11-01 10:33 AM |
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Huh? I really did not think he was that bad of a guy nor a serial killer. Maybe the people that called him one are Serial killers some of them might as well be. (They know whom they are.)
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