Before you blame drug companies for opioid abuse consider this:the drug companies caannot dispense said drugs. It as to come from doctors writing scripts.
BlAming drug companies for opioid abuse is like blaminv Kawasaki for mc crashes.
I HAVE TO ASK, RESPECTFULLY, that you don't need to come out of the Arena, to join this discussion...
I posed it tongue in cheek, and as I do NOT want this to end up in the Arena, because it does in fact apply to many people with afflictions, I think its a viable topic.
Now, that said, you read what you wanted to read, from my posting... somehow you got confused... that's simple, and I can see how you did that...but then, I'm simple... and don't twist words.
I never placed
blame on the Pharma companies for Opioid ABUSE.. but in retrospect, I do find it is a contributor... in many ways..
They DO lobby, and fight legalization of "weed" very vehemently, while they are in the lab, trying to synthesize "chemical compounds" viable as "medicine" that they can rake in more profits from... and be subsidized by funding, and reap the benefits from medical plans paying for "their drugs", instead of a simple herbal product...
Chronic pain sufferers can grow a couple plants from a clone, in their closet, FOR FREE... and that's the line Pharma wants to stop.
Doctors do in fact, freely prescribe Opioids for pain, as they cycle people in and out of their offices, then when the Govt says "stop, it's getting out of hand", they just cut them off.. and then, the populace (the ones that were abusing it anyways, but legally, thru a Doctor or 15 Doctors simultaneously), goes onto the street and buys Heroin...
great plan.
I've always thru my life, had great belief and positive results
from many natural plant products, in their "un modified forms", as plants medicinal properties have amazing benefits when used as such, and not broken down "into chemical compounds", nature has a way of counteracting itself, and buffering its plants effects, surprisingly well when the natural plant is used correctly.
so "BlAming drug companies for opioid abuse is like blaminv Kawasaki for mc crashes."
and if pressed, I'd say its a ridiculous argument, which I know you could do better at, seeing the Arena history...
you should blame it all on the Fuel suppliers, the refiners of gasoline, which by proxy allow people to operate a combustion engine...
oooooH, and add in the fact that without gasoline, the massive propensity for someone to "drive drunk" and kill people driving would be alleviated... ya could cover 2 birds with one toss...
I never propose legalization of drugs across the board as such, but damn, this bureaucratic pot thing is redunculous...
enjoy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act#Schedule_II_drugs