"Don't blame addicts for America's opioid crisis. Here are the real culprits."

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Here's a key quote from this Guardian article, which appeared on August 13, 2017:

 

In court filings, drug companies are smearing the estimated two million people hooked on their products as criminals to blame for their own addiction. Some of those in its grip break the law by buying drugs on the black market or switch to heroin. But too often that addiction began by following the advice of a doctor who, in turn, was following the drug manufacturers instructions.

 

 

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/13/dont-blame-addicts-for-americas-opioid-crisis-real-culprits 

 

 

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After doing the requisite opening dump on the usual targets even though the problem spans many administrations, the article manages to wedge in some truths further down, such as this one:

 

<<"But as the president’s own commission noted, this is not an epidemic caused by those caught in its grasp. “We have an enormous problem that is often not beginning on street corners; it is starting in doctor’s offices and hospitals in every state in our nation,” it said.">>

 

Exactly.

 

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The quote I pulled out says the same thing.

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As free and informed people we should not opt for this explanaintion.

 

[[La...]]

What do you mean, lobo? That the problem wasn't the result of over-prescription?

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I would only want an opioid if i got my legs crushed by a truck, or something more painful, and even so, only for 1 day.