DIY Health Care Becoming a Thing In Some R-Run States

[Carolyn Marie]

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/diy-transgender-care-evades-barriers-in-missouri-other-states/3217994/

 

Believe me, folks, the warnings from medical professionals in this article are no joke.  DIY hormones can KILL you!  So please don't do it, or help anyone else do it.

 

We need to know what is going on in parts of America, and this aspect of the new restrictive laws is important for folks to know and understand.  I'm not publishing this article to give people ideas, and I would not have if it mentioned any company names or other how-to's.  If you have friends or relatives who are attempting to purchase overseas parmacy-based hormones, please help them find other ways to stay safe.  This is rapidly becoming a huge crisis in our community.

 

The R-run state officials apparently want us to either de-transition, move out of state, or simply die.  I can come to no other conclusion.

 

Carolyn Marie

[Ivy]

But what are the alternatives?

[Goose]

Yikes,reading the title I thought it meant like stealing other peoples’ hormones.

[Carolyn Marie]

4 hours ago, Ivy said:

But what are the alternatives?

 

There are several legitimate mail-order pharmacies in the U.S.  Probably the largest is Express Scripts.  I use it myself and their service is very good.  There are others as well.  As long as the Postal Service is immune from the effects of these state laws customers should still be able to access the meds.  But I'm not an expert on this stuff; some folks may have insurance that doesn't cover it, or some doctors may not utilize it.

 

Another option for those not too far from a state line is to cross over into a non-R state to get your prescription filled, preferably several months-worth.  These option won't work for everyone, I know.  I wish there were better solutions.  Our best hope is the court system.

 

Carolyn Marie

[awkward-yet-sweet]

DIY healthcare has been a thing for some folks for a long time...and not just trans folks.  High cost, unavailability, discrimination, etc...  And in some places, it has caused quite a bit of pharmaceutical piracy and a thriving black market.  But that's what happens to anything the government chooses to regulate or prohibit for "safety" instead of letting people be responsible for themselves.  There are ways to get the real thing.  But some of those ways may not be the safest or most legal. 

 

For now, folks should figure out how to access what they need in other states.  Perhaps some of those opportunities could turn into a pipeline to bring what's needed into unfriendly territory.

 

 

[Ivy]

It's a pity that it's coming to this.  Looks like getting hormones will be like getting weed.

[VickySGV]

Before my state adopted the Federal "Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization" (RICO) Forfeiture laws of cash and property seized during certain search warrant and spontaneous arrest events, my job as a State Tax Compliance Agent included assessing and involuntarily collecting state income taxes on street dealers of Black Market Drugs.  The job included the "business financial analysis" of how the drugs got to the street dealer from manufacturers.  The drugs we had to take into account were not just the illegal addiction drugs. Some were hormone and birth control pills or even experimental versions of Viagra and the pregnancy termination drugs that were legitimately manufactured in Mexico or points south but were smuggled into the State in a variety of ways, but all of which found buyers willing to pay millions of dollars for.  I know it was that much because of cash I actually inventoried and the seller's own records which were seized by search warrants.  So big illegal business will once again come to the rescue for us like it did back then I am certain of.  I mean, it was BIG with a lot of money (along with tragedy) but "STUFF" will become available without the safety.  There are no bad decisions without unexpected consequences to the government from people making our current prohibitions of Trans care.  The new laws are going to cost money, not save "children's lives". 

[Ivy]

This is all so absurd.  Doctors have been able to (and did) prescribe these hormones for years, and now suddenly, it's an emergency.  I am so disgusted.

They're starting this stuff in NC now.  They're having a vote today over banning affirming care for minors.  The other stuff will no doubt follow.  It's the Death of a Thousand Cuts.

I'm actually living a pretty good life as Ivy.  Sure, I watch my back and all that, but these people want to take even that away.  And for what?  It's not like I'm molesting kids or anything.

I just don't understand the mindless animosity.