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re: Serious business: The opioid epidemic - it's on the rise in the United States
Posted on 3/17/16 at 8:08 am to Bigbens42
Posted on 3/17/16 at 8:08 am to Bigbens42
That is due to the rise in heroin use secondary to the hard scheduling of pain meds that happened 2 years ago. We created addicts then ripped the carpet out from under them. frick the war on drugs
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Posted on 3/17/16 at 8:15 am to Gradual_Stroke
absolutely. doctors giving out 80 mg oxycontin for almost anything. then after people started dying things started changing - how the pills were made / absorbed / break down and not sure about prescribing. but that's what started alot of this.
have a friend who's struggled with opiate addiction for the better part of 20 yrs but it hit a whole other level when he could get oxy prescribed for little reason.
have a friend who's struggled with opiate addiction for the better part of 20 yrs but it hit a whole other level when he could get oxy prescribed for little reason.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 8:18 am to Gradual_Stroke
It was a lot longer than 2 years ago. The original Oxycontin formula was banned probably 5 or so years ago, and that was the main culprit which really kicked everything off.
If you want to see what the problem was, just watch this documentary. At that time, something like 75% of pain medication was prescribed in Florida as they had no prescription tracking system. They have such a system now.
Oxycontin Express
If you want to see what the problem was, just watch this documentary. At that time, something like 75% of pain medication was prescribed in Florida as they had no prescription tracking system. They have such a system now.
Oxycontin Express
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