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I'm hearing on the one side that these legal prescriptions are causing the problems but on the other had others say that these drugs being illegal is causing th
by pkaye 9y ago
I'm hearing on the one side that these legal prescriptions are causing the problems but on the other had others say that these drugs being illegal is causing the problem and if we made them legal that people will use them in a safe manner. If people get addicted them when prescribed legally then how can making them legal have any hope?
- nostrademons 9y agoMaking them legal at least keeps the problem out in the open, where it can be regulated. Notice that the response to the opioid epidemic, as described in this thread, is that clinics have stopped giving out oxycontin. When we had a crack epidemic in the 80s or a heroin epidemic in the 60s and 70s, the response was to send troops into the regions that produced those drugs. This was both expensive and ineffective, and in many ways just made the problem worse: with the whole distribution chain being completely illegal, street prices went up, more money was made by a few outlaw kingpins, and that gave them more resources to buy arms and escalate violence.
- pkaye 9y agoThese are highly addictive substances. If doctors can't stop the abuse now on prescribed medicines who in the regulatory agencies can do better?