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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by ajmurmann on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:20AM (#14458173)
I'm not sure labeling as "crazy" is fair or helpful. These substances are addictive and many people got them prescribed by their doctor whom they trusted.

Lab experiments with rats might be pointing is towards what we have to do to mitigate this at least somewhat. Experiments showed that rats in a healthy social environment are much less prone to opioid addiction than ones living in isolation or having lived in isolation. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park. I finds it easy to imagine that the same is true to some degree for humans. I wouldn't be surprised if the effect was even stronger on humans. We are very social animals after all.

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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by CydeWeys on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:34AM (#14458783)
> I'm not sure labeling as "crazy" is fair or helpful. These substances are addictive and many people got them prescribed by their doctor whom they trusted.

I'm pretty sure the person you're replying to was using the word "crazy" in reference to terrorists, specifically the ones of a suicide variety, not your garden variety person who ends up addicted to prescription drugs.

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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by evanlivingston on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:13PM (#14461568)
Whoops. I was only using the word crazy as a quote from the person I was responding too. I think the word crazy only exists in a perjorative sense and is used to do discredit a set of individuals.
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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by CydeWeys on Thursday June 01, 2017 @11:10PM (#14467147)
Most people have a broader conception of the word "crazy".
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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by dsfyu404ed on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:59AM (#14458302)
"My life was great before I got addicted" said no drug addict ever.
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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by DanBC on Thursday June 01, 2017 @03:17AM (#14458531)
You don't know many addicts right?

Especially in the US the opioid addiction epidemic is caused mostly by doctor.

Last year less than 1% of the population tried heroin or opium poppy. A bit more than 5% of the population tried opioids.

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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by hiram112 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @06:14AM (#14459110)
WTF?

'Opioids' are the prototype solution to human pain.

Have you never had surgery, a massive fever, or a broken bone?

Morphine and its analogs are probably up there with HVAC, internal combustion engines, and carbohydrates with respect to human progress.

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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by MaysonL on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:17AM (#14458710)
Especially in the US the opioid addiction epidemic is caused mostly by doctor.

And doctor prescription is caused mainly by drug company.

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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by dagw on Thursday June 01, 2017 @05:16AM (#14458913)
I don't know any opiod addicts, but I know several alcoholics who would definitely say that.
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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by willhslade on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:58PM (#14462073)
Prince. That shit killed Prince.
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