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Jesus. What the hell was even the point of your comment?

• HarryHirsch 10y ago
  If your cousin lost his home over an opioid addiction sustained over opioids prescribed after major surgery, where they are actually indicated the prescribing physician and the class of drugs are far down on the list of things to blame. At least in my world, they are. There are psychological and social factors in addiction, and you can't just ignore these and solely hold physicians and pharmcos responsible for the opioid epidemic. The "addiction is a disease" model encourages this thinking - a drug addiction is acquired through contact with the abused drug and cured by detox, and it neglects to ask what factors predispose individuals to become victims of addiction. You can't forget that people live on Earth, which is a horrible place at times.