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How does Europe deal with this? I'm not aware of wide-spread forced institutionalisation. Are the problems dealt with before spiralling to full-blown homelessne

• munificent 7y ago
  Europe didn't get the opioid crisis. It is a "uniquely American problem" that we created by over-prescribing highly addictive opioids and then kicking them off the prescriptions once it became clear that they were addictive. That drove many people onto illegal drugs like heroin.
  • FireBeyond 7y ago
    As of 2019, we have 4% of the world's population, and 81% of its opioid consumption.
    • jelliclesfarm 7y ago
      Do you have a source for this? Thanks.
      • FireBeyond 7y ago
        I can try to find something canonical. I heard it from our County's Medical Program Director (the physician who oversees EMS).