That's the general perspective but it's incorrect. Something like 1 million people are getting long term opioid prescriptions via the NHS (in the UK): https://w

That's the general perspective but it's incorrect. Something like 1 million people are getting long term opioid prescriptions via the NHS (in the UK): https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/reducing-long-term-opioid-use/#:~:text=Despite%20these%20health%20risks%2C%20long,for%20more%20than%20three%20months https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/reducing-long-term-opio... It's definitely not true to say they are the drugs of last resort in the UK. They may not be the drug of 'first resort' like they were in the US, but there is still an awful lot of people getting Oxycodone etc via the NHS, especially in certain areas (tend to be rural and deprived... very similar to the US): https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/166DF/production/_100417819_chart-opioid_regions_060318-dp39v-nc.png.webp https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/166DF/production.... The top regions on that graph is actually higher than the US rate (https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/rxrate-maps/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/rxrate-maps/index.html)