The evidence doesn't bear this out. Some people did but the majority who misuse according to national surveys did not even receive them from a doctor but from friends, family, the street. The majority misused from diversion.
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DIVERSION-occurring more thru MassiveThefts-Not Dr/Patients Rx 1 theft alone was 7000 pills How many in ea.Theft? Yet-counted as Rx drug deaths
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An entire truck delivering prescription drugs was stolen and never located on the east coast back around 2012 or so if I'm not mistaken...I guarantee some Opioids were diverted and abused then! The driver left the truck running as he went into a store or something like that.
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@cvspharmacy !?! SHAME SHAME on you!! NO wonder why you were so QUICK
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@cvspharmacy is giving so many patients trying to fill Opioid prescriptions trouble, and is basically playing Doctor.https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/cvs-pay-35-million-resolve-allegations-pharmacists-filled-fake-prescriptions …
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80% of opiate addiction is from opiates outside medical sources. 90% of addiction is triggered in teenage years, w 80% from non medical sources. There are ten million people on opiates for defined medical diseases - none of whom will addict. Logic driven by Fear of Addiction.
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Harvard did a study on the effectiveness of more holistic pain treatment methods. Will look for it. Do you have a source on the 80%? Still even at 20%, that’s a significant part of the problem, should not be ignored.https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prescription-drug-abuse/in-depth/how-opioid-addiction-occurs/art-20360372 …
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The highest figure I've seen is 4.5%. Sadly, terrible statistics abound. Sure, 80% of heroin users might claim they "got hooked" on something other than heroin. Most stats/memes being spread are not even wrong.
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Here is that other study I was looking for. Unused pain pills left around in cabinets provide a temptation for abuse. So the schedule III to schedule II change is likely to be counter productive:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2696622 …
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If they were so addictive, why would there be enough pill left in medicine cabinets to fuel an epidemic? None of this is logical. I guess 200 billion in settlement money will drive anyone to say anything.
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Exactly. Over 4 TONS returned in take back program last April alone. How is this possible if everyone is OD'ing on them? There is no employment of logic anymore, not when profits like this are at stake. Profits are the death of common sense and empathy. Dog eat dog...
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Actually one would predict mortality rates to go up when lower potency drugs are restricted. Then there are substitutes made with higher potency products which are more lethal.https://fee.org/articles/how-prohibition-makes-drugs-more-potent-and-deadly/ …
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@SecAzar. Stop with the over prescribing narrative. The situation is so dire, some cancer and hospice patients aren't having their pain treated.#ChronicPain patients are forced to disability & some#SuicideDue2Pain. You aren't fooling those of us who know.#PainMonth18 -
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I'm so sorry. This is SO WRONG! I'm growing very weary of the blatant lies AND the disregard of any of our questions & comments.
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You already reduced the supply of legal opioids & people who need them for pain are suffering & still overdose rates keep rising! This isn’t helping your “crisis.” In fact if EVERY LEGAL opioid was gone, addicts would still find something to get high on! You’re making huge errors
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Right? Addicts have already moved on bc they didn’t stick Around for this BS! The ppl left fighting are the legitimate pain patients that do not feel guilty for needing their meds for their quality of life. Addicts moved on to FENT and HEROIN hence the dramatic rise in those OD’s
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Exactly right! Why’s this is so difficult for people to understand?They falsely believe that if pain meds weren’t there at the start they would never have taken Heroin or fentinol..Wrong! They would’ve just started with alcohol. Sad but true! It’s about addiction not the “thing”
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