Basically I believe that the addicts themselves are largely...if not entirely...responsible.I don't blame Budweiser when I see a drunk on the street...although your typical personal injury lawyer certainly would.
This "crisis" thing is all about money and lawyers!
Bingo. The limited research done to assign the origin of the opioid addiction shows that perhaps 8-10% originates with a prescription, the rest is drug seeking behavior by folks already addicted to other substances who stumble across opioids. The public health response to this is presenting a message of “this can happen to anyone”, which is not true.
See my post above. Almost all the opiod overdoses I have seen have been people who used them recreationally, in relatively young and otherwise reasonably healthy people.