I struggle with it being just pharma and doctors

both were feeding a demand. Yes, there were people that got hooked after injuries and such, but many if not most are just drug addicts who moved from coke or meth or something else to pills. The pain clinics that fed them were pill mills and the "doctors" that worked there were drug dealers. Equating real doctors with the issue is ignoring reality and trying to avoid blaming people for their own actions or making excuses to make them victims.

Should the mfgs have been aware that the numbers were too high to be real, yes probably, but ignoring the demand side that drove this and trying to make this about greedy doctors and corporations killing innocent people is a lie at best.

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Posted: 10/18/2021 at 7:38PM

So I was watching “Dopesick” on Hulu -- I85Hokie 10/18/2021 2:27PM

Will OxContin clean well in a Speed Queen? ** -- FrederickHokie 10/18/2021 7:46PM

One of the CAs has like 3 or 4 VT hats on a bookshelf ** -- typed by ben 10/18/2021 4:02PM

I watched the first two episodes and I was happy to see -- No Clue 10/18/2021 3:35PM

I struggle with it being just pharma and doctors -- Vienna_Hokie 10/18/2021 7:38PM

Pretty complex situation. The drug actually created a lot of addicts -- Hokie Fiji 10/19/2021 09:36AM

You should read Beth Macy's book Dopesick -- EDGEMAN 10/18/2021 2:46PM

Beth is an amazing investigative reporter -- Newt 10/18/2021 7:40PM

It is very sad, and that will make you very mad! ** -- EDGEMAN 10/18/2021 9:01PM

Nitro Mountain is a good read too... -- HokieHusband 10/18/2021 5:03PM

It is. They showed at my neighborhood movie theater last week, and -- reestuart 10/18/2021 3:54PM

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Rats. Thanks for the heads up, but I won't be able to make that. -- reestuart 10/18/2021 6:03PM

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D'oh! I didn't see this post. ** -- reestuart 10/18/2021 3:55PM

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Appears that Big Pharma specifically targeted SW Virginia -- Hokie Fiji 10/18/2021 2:35PM

Yep. Crime of the Century is a good doc on it. -- reestuart 10/18/2021 3:53PM

Really meant to include area around Bluefield, WV as well -- Hokie Fiji 10/18/2021 4:34PM

I struggle with it being just pharma and doctors

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