I hate pharma companies too, and think they definitely were a part of the gateway to addiction, but you should read more about how the overdoses are occurring.

I hate pharma companies too, and think they definitely were a part of the gateway to addiction, but you should read more about how the overdoses are occurring. As another user pointed out below: > "Drug-overdose deaths skyrocketed between 2015 and 2017, particularly for adults between ages 25 and 54. The main culprit was fentanyl and other synthetic opioids that became pervasive in illicit drug supplies in the U.S. around that time." > "Deaths from synthetic opioids rose 45% in 2017, while the death rate from heroin, which had risen sharply after 2010, was flat." Also: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/10/fentanyl-drug-overdoses-xanax-painkillers https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/10/fentanyl-dru... Synthetic opioid overdoses: https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/infographics/fentanyl-other-synthetic-opioids-drug-overdose-deaths https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/i... People end up ingesting shit they don't even know about that's in their drugs (like chinese fentanyl) and then accidentally OD. It's still bad to overprescribe drugs, and this shows more legalization/regulation of drugs would be better to not have supplies randomly cut with whatever products some dealer has laying around.