re: let's discuss this opioid issue in the USA

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opioid issue

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When you lump in legal prescription opiod users with the junkies who live under a bridge and you don't differentiate between the 2 in the fed/state data, you can create whatever narrative you want. Fentanyl is categorized as an opiate and so is hydrocodone. One MUCH more dangerous than the other. They also don't take into account the "mixing" of other drugs with opiates. If an opiate is there, it's an opiate related death. There's your epidemic. And it's horseshite for the most part and it's hurt people taking it like they are supposed to and probably pushed them to the street towards heroin. It's also helped some people who needed to get off of them because they didn't legitimately need them. I've looked at the statistics even in the Baton Rouge area and there is no epidemic of deaths in this area. Sure people die but they also die from electrocution, being fat, etc.

And mark my words, Benzodiazepines are next on the "hit list". They are the next "epidemic" that the government will focus on.