Drug firms poured 780M painkillers into WV amid rise of overdoses

Re:Drug firms poured 780M painkillers into WV amid rise of o... by GordonS on Monday December 19, 2016 @10:18AM (#13211894)

> Patients could have legit pain, and then go to multiple doctors, without the others finding out. Then they could sell those to other people, or use them all themselves

I can't imagine many people that have real pain bad enough to need opioids are going to be selling them to other people.

For people that really need them to manage pain, they can literally be a live saver.

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Re:Drug firms poured 780M painkillers into WV amid rise of o... by mhuffman on Monday December 19, 2016 @02:41PM (#13214371)

Opioids are worth lots on the street. Even people with "real pain" still need money right? Especially in a state like WV.

So if you can get enough pills to cover your own pain management (meaning you likely can't work anyway), and you know you can get and sell more pills by going to other doctors, why not?

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