RE: For that annoying cough

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dancingseamonkey

In Reply to: RE: For that annoying cough posted by bullethead on November 12, 2019 at 06:59:59:

There were just as many problems and more because when they criminalized the use of narcotics many middle and upper middle class people became criminals over night. Here is a quote from an article linked below.

"By 1895, morphine and opium powders, like OxyContin and other prescription opioids today, had led to an addiction epidemic that affected roughly 1 in 200 Americans. Before 1900, the typical opiate addict in America was an upper-class or middle-class white woman. Today, doctors are re-learning lessons their predecessors learned more than a lifetime ago."

I am not sure of the stats today but 1 in 200 is pretty high.

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