According to the Atlantic “opioid abuse is rampant in states like Ohio, where paramedics are increasingly spending time responding to overdoses and where coroners’ offices are running out of room to store bodies. In 2012, there were 793 million doses of opioids prescribed in the state, enough to supply every man, woman, and child, with 68 pills each”. But is pharma really to blame?
Opioids
KEY TAKEAWAY: Until the FDA is serious, along with states, prescription drug pain medications are going to continue to be abused because they are too easy to get hooked on”.
KEY TAKEAWAY: The idea that pharmaceutical companies are responsible for opioid addiction is a myopic approach written by people who have never had to deal with chronic pain.