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Re:A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health tex... by ceejayoz on Thursday December 05, 2024 @06:11AM (#42327020)
I’m not inclined to think cutting the doctors out of the equation and allowing everyone to self-prescribe would have made the opiate epidemic better.
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Re:A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health tex... by insane_dreamer on Thursday December 05, 2024 @10:29AM (#42329105)
I agree. I'm not saying the doctors were the primary problem. I am saying the doctors were complicit (knowingly or not).
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