Cory Doctorow on Nostr: There's a genuine problem with opioid abuse, and that problem *does* have its origins ...
There's a genuine problem with opioid abuse, and that problem *does* have its origins in overprescription. But - crucially - that overprescription wasn't the result of wimpy patients insisting on endless painkillers until they enslaved themselves to their pills.
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