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You might want to have a look at the first couple of graphs here: https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates https://www.dr

You might want to have a look at the first couple of graphs here: https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/o... I'm not saying we should ban opioids. I have found them useful on occasion too. But to suggest there's no problem with people abusing them is not a helpful stance either.

ssmoot 11y ago
I don't mean to suggest people abusing them isn't something to address. I just don't think the answer is to make it difficult or inconvenient for people who don't have that issue. I suppose in the same way I think having to pick up Sudafed from the pharmacy these days is silly. I'm not a libertarian by any stretch but for me this is a sort of sacrificing freedom for security issue. Assumption of guilt and pre-crime is bad and I don't see any reason why people should be forced to suffer needlessly after a medical procedure, even if it's only temporary, and even if someone else found the pain tolerable. But I think I've beat this horse to death. ;-)