You might be right, but it's not an either or situation. Some sales reps that told doctors Oxy was NOT or LESS addictive and knew that was untrue so they did l

You might be right, but it's not an either or situation. Some sales reps that told doctors Oxy was NOT or LESS addictive and knew that was untrue so they did lie. Ironically the exact same thing happened a century earlier with Bayer and Heroin, history does indeed repeat itself. The thieves that burgled drugs from pharma are also responsible obviously. As far as the fast down votes, chances are everyone knows someone who has been hurt from the opiod crisis. It is a very painful subject for people. Playing the devils advocate is going to get a swift response that just the way it is. My personal experience with the opiod crisis is typical, I had a friend who got hurt, started taking oxy, got hooked, his doctor cut him off, he spent a ton of money buying pills off the street, when the cost got too high he switched to heroin, when he decided to get help he went to a doctor for methadone, they did a blood test, because of the fentinyl he tested positive for abusing methadone and was refused. Three months later he was gone. I feel the entire system failed him, ofcourse he was not without blame, everyone played a part in his death, including me for giving him money.