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No we can't because their medication also helped a lot of people in addition to the abusers that make it difficult for everyone else to get treatment.

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tlrobinson 6y ago
Roughly half a million Americans have died from opioid overdoses since 1998 [1]. I don’t know how many can be directly attributed to OxyContin, but other drugs are pulled from the market over a tiny fraction of that number of deaths or less serious side effects. 1. https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/prescription-drug-overdose/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/prescription-drug-overdo...
- blackflame7000 6y ago
  Yea that's called Darwinism because they are dumbass drug addicts with no self control. OVERDOSE means you took more than you were supposed to. They all knew what they were doing. Nobody shoved it down their throats. It's only their loved ones who make excuses to try and rationalize it. Stop encouraging that behavior. Encourage personal responsibility.
  - dang 6y ago
    Could you please stop posting in the flamewar style to HN? We're trying for something different here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - blackflame7000 6y ago
      Dang, I know you like to run a tight ship, but being critical is not the same thing as trying to instigate a flamewar. I’m stating harsh realities and we need to be grown-ups and deal with them if we ever want to solve them. You’re clearly a person of enough mental fortitude to moderate subjective material but sometimes I think passionate discussion is necessary. Everyone on this forum is an adult (From an intelligence pov) who should be able to handle critical questions with admittedly poor tone and not become emotionally blinded. See that’s what im trying to do; I’m trying to see if they will fight reason with better reason or subjective emotion. If you limit conversation on the grounds of hurting someones feelings, then you’re stifling the ability to express an idea to people more who might be more receptive.

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tlrobinson 6y ago

Roughly half a million Americans have died from opioid overdoses since 1998 [1]. I don’t know how many can be directly attributed to OxyContin, but other drugs are pulled from the market over a tiny fraction of that number of deaths or less serious side effects. 1. https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/prescription-drug-overdose/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/prescription-drug-overdo...

blackflame7000 6y ago
Yea that's called Darwinism because they are dumbass drug addicts with no self control. OVERDOSE means you took more than you were supposed to. They all knew what they were doing. Nobody shoved it down their throats. It's only their loved ones who make excuses to try and rationalize it. Stop encouraging that behavior. Encourage personal responsibility.
- dang 6y ago
  Could you please stop posting in the flamewar style to HN? We're trying for something different here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - blackflame7000 6y ago
    Dang, I know you like to run a tight ship, but being critical is not the same thing as trying to instigate a flamewar. I’m stating harsh realities and we need to be grown-ups and deal with them if we ever want to solve them. You’re clearly a person of enough mental fortitude to moderate subjective material but sometimes I think passionate discussion is necessary. Everyone on this forum is an adult (From an intelligence pov) who should be able to handle critical questions with admittedly poor tone and not become emotionally blinded. See that’s what im trying to do; I’m trying to see if they will fight reason with better reason or subjective emotion. If you limit conversation on the grounds of hurting someones feelings, then you’re stifling the ability to express an idea to people more who might be more receptive.