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Opioid prescriptions are declining: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/health/opioid-prescriptions-drop-for-first-time-in-two-decades.html?_r=0 https://www.nyti
by ribosometronome 10y ago
Opioid prescriptions are declining: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/health/opioid-prescriptions-drop-for-first-time-in-two-decades.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/health/opioid-prescriptio.... And will hopefully continue to decline.
Identifying the source of the problem is easy, though. Solving the problem for the masses who already find themselves in the midst of an addiction they might not even know they're in yet is much harder and what places like these injection sites are aimed to address.
- tptacek 10y agoThey're down barely double-digit percentages from all-time highs. It's a hopeful trend, but not one that rebuts the role of pharmaceutical opioids in the epidemic.
- dsmithatx 10y agoI believe most of the deaths are a result of the prescription decline. As the DEA and Florida shut down Oxycontin users were forced to turn to the cheaper more available heroin. Evil cartel members mix Fentanyl in Heroin to make profit and they are killing users (their customers) left and right.
- Shivetya 10y agoPeople are harming pets in attempts to get medicines they can use to satisfy their own addictions. http://theantimedia.org/dogs-prescription-drug-veterinarians/ http://theantimedia.org/dogs-prescription-drug-veterinarians...
- eon1 10y ago> People are A person did. Not necessarily indicative of a trend..