He didn't say hurts specifically, we can probably assume he did not have a St. Georges but heres the tweet when he was here in 2017. There's also a News Leader article about it too.

Well decriminalizing heroin would probably reduce opioid prescriptions somewhat!

Congrats on the sobriety! My partner has been sober for 7 years now. Springfield has a really robust AA community and that was a great help to her especially during the difficult times. I obviously don't know your personal situation, but you never have to be alone in recovery unless you choose to be. Sobriety gets easier the longer you stick with it, so much easier.

Local churches are a good way to get closer to God and find community at the same time. Always my recommendation. I could go to a church event every night of the week if I liked getting out of the house

I heard that there have already been 26 pot related accidents and 12 deaths in Springfield since weed was legalized at midnight. It’s been a bloodbath.

Word is that Glenstone, Battlefield, Chestnut, and National have been shut down until police can get things back to normal.

People are gonna do drugs regardless it's just a sad world

Leongs is not good, just the first to serve springfield cashew chicken

I work there.

Look, I don't add milk till half way through a bowl of cereal...

I’m an originalist.

New Oriental has the best cashew chicken (and Crab Rangoons) in town!

Hy-Vee has a small, but tasty selection

Wtf… the one on kearney is superior, in food quality and dining experience

Didn't oregon or Washington decriminalize most or all drugs? How's that going? Honestly wish we'd do something besides punishing people that are already suffering. Im 2 weeks without alcohol today :)

CANTON INN ALWAYS

This study notes that they saw this trend of fewer opioid prescriptions specifically in states with legalized medical marijuana compared to states without.

Assuming that a growing reluctance to prescribe opioids was/is relatively uniform across the nation, you can still attribute the reduction in opiate prescriptions to legal MMJ according to this one study.

While this one study makes a convincing case about marijuana legality affecting the rate of opioid prescriptions, there could be other factors involved that are not being controlled for. For example, it is possible that those states with legal MMJ also have differing social policies overall that could affect the rate of opioid abuse. I completely agree with your point about correlation vs causation; we absolutely need much more research on all aspects of marijuana to draw those lines with full confidence.

It's insane that we are only now starting to ramp up scientific study of a substance vast numbers of Americans have been using for generations.

There are swing and line dancing groups around here that are good for people just looking to have a platonic social circle that enjoy getting out and dancing. And at least one bar has a great book club (Hold Fast Brewery). You mentioned back in your country, I don't know where you're from originally but there are several international groups around here. GrupoLatinoAmericano does a lot of social events if you're from a Latin American country (or if you're not and you just want to learn more about them). Also meetup is a good website for looking for friends. I joined a meetup hiking group when I moved back into town after school. Met some cool people that way.

also, welcome to Springfield! :)

Lucy's is good but the portions are smaller than most and it's a bit pricey.

How dare you?! Then the chicken pieces don't get fully coated and infused, and it's just dipping chicken nuggets in watery sauce.

Yep... Just voicing my opinion. But thanks for playin.

If you’re 25-35 good luck lol

Also I heard that volunteering somewhere would keep you on better company.

Gotcha, lol. My bad.

It’s a joke. I’m over-dramatically denying the existence of the locations I don’t like.

It definitely gets harder to find people that have any time as you get older, people have kids early and a lot of them here. Not sure your age group but there are a couple semi active groups on meetup. The only active social one I know of is mostly people 40s and up but good people. It meets again at vantage next Thursday. There are a couple active hiking groups on there as well, if you are into the outdoors. Although this time of year there are less hikes. I'll drop a couple links to outdoor groups on Facebook too

https://www.facebook.com/groups/353118088247/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

https://www.facebook.com/groups/otshab/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

Check out Springfield Hiking Meetup https://meetu.ps/c/4YCcV/VN5kk/d on Meetup

Check out Ozarks Nature Walks https://meetu.ps/c/4fbrJ/VN5kk/d on Meetup

Check out 417 Happy Hour/Meet and Mingle https://meetu.ps/c/4BQs8/VN5kk/d on Meetup

You really have it twisted lol all I said was I'd be pissed if stock runs low, not totally run out, which can happen. You're putting words in my mouth I never said. I'm not spreading misinformation giving an opinion at all. You should stop getting worked up over reddit no one cares like that. My other comment? Literally was me asking questions and speculating. You're ineffectual. Stop trying to make everything a fight, it's sad.