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75% of opioid/opiate addicts started with pills. Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24871348 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24871348
by trimbo 7y ago
75% of opioid/opiate addicts started with pills.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24871348 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24871348
- loeg 7y agoTrue, but I added a little more nuance here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20981382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20981382
- youeseh 7y agoThose conversion rates are not low.
- loeg 7y agoThey're not zero, but single digit percent times single digit percent is generally considered a small percent. The math works out to 0.32-0.72% total, taking either the low end of both ranges or the high end of both. I think anyone should agree that in an absolute mathematical sense, 0.3-0.7% is a "low percent." In this specific context? Sure, it's subjective and reasonable people can disagree.
- refurb 7y agoNote, most were not actually prescribed those pills.
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- mnm1 7y agoAnd if they had continued access to those pills they wouldn't be hitting the black market, getting fentanyl, and dying. Eventually, with support and help, they could start to wean off directly or with methadone or suboxone. But no, we can't have that. Instead our government and society prefers to let people die and then pretends like dismantling one company and taking their money is going to help. It's not going to help a single addict.