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Opioid epidemic disagrees that only the rich can get shady Rx written.
by finnh 2y ago
Opioid epidemic disagrees that only the rich can get shady Rx written.
- mitthrowaway2 2y agoThe opioid epidemic where the pharma companies were the ones paying to bribe the doctors? I don't think pet-food companies will be paying doctors to approve support animals, so probably most of this will have to come from the patients themselves.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago> Opioid epidemic disagrees that only the rich can get shady Rx written. Chinese fentanyl typically doesn't need a script. The pill mill part of the opioid epidemic was decades ago. Today, access to pain meds is better described as a war on pain relief. People in chronic pain with no history of abuse are denied everywhere, every day. I know a number of people who turn to the black market because it is their only option.
- finnh 2y agoI don't disagree about any of this, but it's also true that pill mills were a very real part of the early trajectory of the opioid crisis.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y agoThey were a powerful factor, now are a historical one. Twenty years ago I knew opioid addicts utilizing pill mills. I no longer do. Today I know people in chronic pain buying illegal opioids because that is the best of their awful choices.
- ycombinatrix 2y agoLmao what? Opioid epidemic PROVES that the rich can get shady Rx written.