Re:Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug
by vidarh on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @05:02PM
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... and a good chunk of these people end up on heroin instead when they get taken off these plans, because it's far cheaper to buy heroin on the black market than oxycodone when their doctor throws their toys out the pram. To the point where this is one of the main avenues pushing people to use heroin in developed countries today.
It's a fucked up way of dealing with people we suspect have a health problem to take an action we know makes the problem substantially worse for a large proportion of them.
The irony is that medical grade heroin in predictable doses is one of the safer alternatives, and far cheaper again. But of course these people do not get medical grade heroin - they get street heroin cut with anything from cheaper drugs to brick dust.
It's a fucked up way of dealing with people we suspect have a health problem to take an action we know makes the problem substantially worse for a large proportion of them.
The irony is that medical grade heroin in predictable doses is one of the safer alternatives, and far cheaper again. But of course these people do not get medical grade heroin - they get street heroin cut with anything from cheaper drugs to brick dust.