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Why is The Opioid Crisis Now a National Emergency?
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[quote:zzcat:MV8zNjc1MTE5XzY1NjgwNDAyX0Y0Q0ZCQTI2] [quote:Anonymous Coward 75744412:MV8zNjc1MTE5XzY1Njc5MzU2Xzc0QzI0NEE0] For decades millions of people took prescription opioid pain relievers without becoming addicted. No problem. Then we have a zillion foreign born non-white primary care, generalist doctors who stopped prescribing pain medication because of "addiction." You still have people in pain but now they can't get pain meds. They try to buy it off of the street, but pills have become so expensive that no one can afford to buy them on the black market for long. You FLOOD the street market with cheap heroin laced with Fentanyl from China and sell it dirt cheap. Voila....everyone dies. That is the intended result and it's working very well. [/quote] You are exactly right and you completely covered the issue [/quote]
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I just find it fascinating that suddenly POS drug addicts are now causing everyone to freak out in this country. Are any of you old enough to remember when crack first hit the market? What about the heroin epidemic in the late 70's and early 80's? What is happening now that is so different?
What does declaring a public health emergency do? Does it open up the checkbook of the government?
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