The uptick in overdose deaths followed the nationwide crackdown on pain meds - which itself was justified by pointing to a pill mill problem that had largely be

The uptick in overdose deaths followed the nationwide crackdown on pain meds - which itself was justified by pointing to a pill mill problem that had largely been solved for a decade. Missing from this story are the vastly larger numbers of people who remain in debilitating, chronic pain (and the accompanying suicides) - which I guess isn't as sexy as overdoses. ref: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=number+of+chronic+pain+patients+denied+opioids&atb=v140-1&df=y&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=number+of+chronic+pain+patients+de...