“The illicit trade is inconsistent in pharmacology making it much more lethal.”
Yes, but more people are killed by drugs obtained from their doctor and pharmacist than are killed by drugs obtained from a drug dealer.
The bottom line is that a junkie is a junkie and it makes no difference who his supplier happens to be.
Disagree. There are plenty of people who were not ‘junkies’ who have died from opioid prescriptions that were in legitimate pain, but took too many. Rush was in it pretty deep when he finally got busted and it all began with a back injury.
And as the price of heroin drops it will overtake the prescription opioid death rate. Plus, now that they have added the fentanyl to the heroin, it has become very dangerous.
I think the rise of suicide by middle aged white women in the last 5+ years has a huge amount to do with the increase in opiod/benzo pill addiction. I take it women overwhelmingly use pills when they want to check out.
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