Dr. Marc Siegel, in an op-ed in today's Wall St Journal, and on Fox news where he is the medical expert, states that 4 our 5 heroin addicts got started on their addiction with opioids prescribed by their doctor. Things like Percoset, Oxycontin, Vicodin, prescribed for pain, often back pain. The Oxycontin situation is so bad that many pharmacies refuse to stock it, citing the risk of robberies by addicts.
There has been a lot of talk about the opioid crisis, the over dose deaths from heroin and fentanyl and the need for "programs" (what ever that might mean) to "do something" about it.
Maybe we need the medical profession to tight up their prescribing habits. I haven't heard any talk about that.
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