Someone in the comment section said something I had not thought of.
A lot of pill mills have been busted/closed down. Yes a lot of “junkies” were going there but so were a lot of people in real chronic pain. It’s quite possible that some of the people who were in real pain are now turning to the cheaper street heroin because they can’t get what they had and/or can’t afford the meds they need. I can see this. It’s not their fault the junkies hurt the real pain sufferers (no pun intended)
Yes, of course, desperate chronic pain patients deprived of Rx opiates make up a large fraction of new street drug users.
“Yes a lot of junkies were going there but so were a lot of people in real chronic pain. Its quite possible that some of the people who were in real pain are now turning to the cheaper street heroin because they cant get what they had and/or cant afford the meds they need. I can see this. Its not their fault the junkies hurt the real pain sufferers (no pun intended)’
Yes, some people have chronic pain, but the distribution of chronic pain sufferers should be somewhat evenly distributed throughout the country. However, the distribution of opioid addiction is not even throughout the country.
Thus, addition to pain killers is cultural and specific to certain areas around the country. These people are letting themselves become addicted to opioids and becoming junkies.
My ex was.destroyed.by “pain management”.
now the junk is cut wi fentanyl and they are dropping like flys