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The opioid epidemic is uniquely American, plenty of places are experiencing economic inequality. Don't let health care providers and pharma off the hook.
by frozenport 8y ago
The opioid epidemic is uniquely American, plenty of places are experiencing economic inequality.
Don't let health care providers and pharma off the hook.
- klibertp 8y agoI vouched for this comment specifically to refute it: it's not uniquely American at all. With 5 seconds of searching I get this article: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2015/04/18/a-pill-for-work-and-play https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2015/04/18/... which states: "A painkiller becomes Egypt’s favourite recreational drug". It's from 2015 - just yesterday I read on my local news site that there are at least 3 million people addicted to opioids in Egypt. The topic comes up fairly regularly in the Middle East context. It's not just the Middle East, you can find a lot of other examples all over the world. So, no: not uniquely American at all.