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The article is saying that those unemployed have a higher rate of prescription though, not just illicit use >Krueger’s study linked county prescription rates t
by clu3l355 9y ago
The article is saying that those unemployed have a higher rate of prescription though, not just illicit use
>Krueger’s study linked county prescription rates to labor force data from the past 15 years
- gozur88 9y agoThat kind of makes sense, though. You probably can't keep up with healthy people if you're in pain bad enough to require opioids.
- kibwen 9y agoRather than commenting on the article, my goal is to help the grandparent empathize with how people keep falling into such a seemingly obvious trap. If we can't understand why people keep resorting to these behaviors--if we find their motivations entirely alien--then that precludes the ability to take the steps necessary to help these people, or prevent the same from befalling others (and possibly ourselves).