Prudent_Reindeer9627 t1_j2ed8fd wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:16 PM

Reply to comment by RaNdomMSPPro in TIL John Steinbeck IV wrote an article in January 1968 about marijuana usage among the troops. This set off a media firestorm, & the Army began clamping down on marijuana usage, arresting ~1000 G.I.s a week for possession. Many G.I.s switched to heroin, which was odorless and thus harder to detect. by The_Critical_Cynic

Very unlikely that most of the current addicts all started with Oxy, specially given how government rules made doctors afraid of prescribing it even to those who really need it. It may have started that way ~15-20 years ago, but not anymore.