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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
I think the problem is that opioid manufacturers (otherwise known as big pharma) have doctors so thoroughly in their pocket I'd call it criminal. Way too much incentive and kickback for doctors to keep pushing the stuff even when entirely inappropriate. And because of a lack of funding for healthcare people are being discharged from the hospital too soon. I've had a couple hernias over the years and they prescribed me an insane amount of percocet, which aside from the first day I didn't use because I was afraid of getting hooked.
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This has thankfully changed quite a bit. It's become much harder to get opioids recent. There was definitely a time about five years ago where they would give them out like candy. I remember my partner getting a half liter bottle of codeine infused cough syrup for a cough.
Unfortunately, the pull back in pharmaceutical grade opioids has been met with a massive surge in synthetic ones from China (ex fentanyl). In the past dealers had to rely on supply chains from central Asia. Now they can just order the stuff online, and packets full of fentanyl will show up at their door. This really is a global crisis.