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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by acover on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @11:56PM (#14457893)
3,000 deaths from September 11th 2001.

33,000 from opioid overdoses in 2015 [1].

That's like 11 9/11's every year. I'm not afraid of terrorists. I am worried if I take opioids after a root canal I'll become a drug addict [2].

[1] - https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/

[2] - https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/with-a-10-day-supply...

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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by collyw on Thursday June 01, 2017 @10:47AM (#14460693)
Opioids (like driving) have some benefit to wider society. Terrorist attacks don't.
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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by acover on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:05PM (#14462156)
I agree they are not identical situations.

Driving is not a good analogy either. A 2 week prescription gives you a 25% chance of becoming an addict. That is Russian roulette odds.

Driving everyday all year has about a 1 in 10,000 chance of death.

Driving is a necessity in most places. Opioids are not.

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