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wastingvaluelesstime t1_j5x3hg2 wrote

that's no longer the main issue. It was 20 years ago, but now it is a china->mexico->us pipe killing 100k annually

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chadenright t1_j5xdfl3 wrote

It is still a problem. I had a major surgery in 2020 and coming out of it my options for painkillers were opiods or nothing. I chose nothing and am not an addict today because of it.

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wastingvaluelesstime t1_j5xe8we wrote

yeah it is offered too easily for stuff where tylenol and/or ibuprofen would be serviceable. But the illicit fentanyl is where the bulk of the body count is coming from this year

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