I thought the same thing about that quote. What's fueling the opioid epidemic is a combination of cheap, easy-to-prescribe drugs, doctors who are unwilling to

I thought the same thing about that quote. What's fueling the opioid epidemic is a combination of cheap, easy-to-prescribe drugs, doctors who are unwilling to treat chronic pain cases with more diverse methods, and depression. Of course, there's the precipitating factors too: auto-accidents, sedentary lifestyles which make the body more vulnerable to chronic pain, and economic stagnation.