As long as doctors are prescribing these things like candy, you aren’t going to see the epidemic end. The entire medical system intentionally created these addicts for personal gain. They lied about their addictiveness, gave kick backs to doctors... The people who did this are NOT BETTER than the street dealers giving the first taste for free to children.
There are many people who’s heads should be on PIKES for this... There is absolutely no difference between the people that did this and the gangs that sell drugs on the streets, other than they got they lied to the government and the population about what their drugs were.
Doctors aren’t prescribing them like candy. I know people who are in misery because of the draconian anti-opioid restrictions. Doctors are terrified to prescribe them.
It’s sad how so-called “conservatives” cheer while Big Government is playing doctor. Doctors should be able to care for their patients without fear of the DEA fascists kicking down their doors. Let the doctors decide what is best for each patient, not the government.
It’s sad that peaceful, law-abiding citizens are being forced to go to the streets to get relief or even commit suicide because of their diminished quality of life.
Don’t get me wrong. I agree that, in many cases, opioids aren’t the answer. But, people who truly need them are suffering.
It won’t be long before post-surgery patients will be offered nothing stronger than an aspirin. That would make Jeff Sessions the happiest man on earth.