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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 3970078" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>I would recommend you read the book then. Amongst other things were arguably shady business practices that did things like tell doctors that the opioids were less powerful and addictive than morphine, couldn't be abused for an immediate hit because of a time release coating (yet knew internally that the coating could be licked off or ground up and snorted) or that some communities were receiving amounts of the drugs that were improbably high (like 106 prescriptions per 100 people high).</p><p></p><p>Certainly there is an argument for regulation, amounts of regulations and deregulation but it isn't a one-sided issue. And there is certainly a discussion to be had about if the crime is a result of the crackdown or a result of the problems created by the opioid epidemic (and the causes).</p><p></p><p>My views on MJ have certainly softened over years of watching my wife try to find a cure or treatment for an unrelenting headache. But i take issue with people discussing what is going on with opioids as strictly being about government regulations when there is an entire backstory about how we got here (and the responsibilities of corporate america) that needs to be considered if we want to have a clear picture for a path forward</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donner, post: 3970078, member: 277"] I would recommend you read the book then. Amongst other things were arguably shady business practices that did things like tell doctors that the opioids were less powerful and addictive than morphine, couldn't be abused for an immediate hit because of a time release coating (yet knew internally that the coating could be licked off or ground up and snorted) or that some communities were receiving amounts of the drugs that were improbably high (like 106 prescriptions per 100 people high). Certainly there is an argument for regulation, amounts of regulations and deregulation but it isn't a one-sided issue. And there is certainly a discussion to be had about if the crime is a result of the crackdown or a result of the problems created by the opioid epidemic (and the causes). My views on MJ have certainly softened over years of watching my wife try to find a cure or treatment for an unrelenting headache. But i take issue with people discussing what is going on with opioids as strictly being about government regulations when there is an entire backstory about how we got here (and the responsibilities of corporate america) that needs to be considered if we want to have a clear picture for a path forward [/QUOTE]
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