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yeah but not all the people taking them are in that sort of pain. most are just ordinary drug addicted people
by oculusthrift 9y ago
yeah but not all the people taking them are in that sort of pain. most are just ordinary drug addicted people
- acover 9y agoSource? From what I have read the major cause of the opioid crisis is doctors prescribing opioids for pain [0]. Even 2 week prescriptions have 25% chance of creating an addict [1]. Remember originally these were marketed to doctors as non-addictive. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_crisis [1] - https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/with-a-10-day-supply-of-opioids-1-in-5-become-long-term-users/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/with-a-10-day-supply...
- MaysonL 9y agoAnd the major cause of doctors prescribing opioids for pain is: Purdue Pharma propaganda and bribes. [0][1] [0]http://theweek.com/articles/541564/how-american-opiate-epidemic-started-by-pharmaceutical-company http://theweek.com/articles/541564/how-american-opiate-epide... [1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/ title: "The Promotion and Marketing of OxyContin: Commercial Triumph, Public Health Tragedy"