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OxyContin/oxycodone (30mg tablet) 2002 8.8 million pills 2011 781.5 million pills The US didn't experience a massive increase of numbers of people in pain.
by DanBC 6y ago
OxyContin/oxycodone (30mg tablet)
2002 8.8 million pills
2011 781.5 million pills
The US didn't experience a massive increase of numbers of people in pain.
- devilduck 6y agoAre you sure? Maybe correlate those numbers with the number of victims of mass shootings who didn't die
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- freedomben 6y agoYou may have a point here but it's hard to know without more context. For example: why only OxyContin/oxycodone listed here? oxycontin was still a fairly new drug in 2002. Also there are numerous other opioids available, many of those "new pills" might have been replacing other opioids. Also you seem to completely rule out the possibility that there was untreated or under treated pain out there (which I strongly suspect is the case). Again I'm not saying you're wrong, just that it's not possible to know from the context in your post alone.