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kleinbl00  ·  2537 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: YOU DRAW IT: The Opioid Epidemic

Wholeheartedly recommended

The John Oliver segment on opioids steals heavily from this (and a couple previous) Frontlines on opioids. The bottom line is this:

- opioids were only proscribed for palliative/hospice care prior to Purdue arguing everyone should take them like candy

- Doctors gave out opioids like candy

- People got hooked to them, doctors stopped prescribing to addicts who don't need opioids for pain management anymore

- addicts turn to street drugs because they're available

- Grannie goes zero-to-homeless-junkie in 18 months

I met one guy who used a methadone clinic. Getting in took a couple years. It's fair to say that if you're on methadone, you have beaten the system and are winning bigly.