Originally Posted by
indyfabz
It strikes me as odd that in 1990 there seemed to be such concern about doling them out in a situation like mine. (It's not like I simply sprained my ankle.) Was a lessening of that type of concern what led to the opioid crisis?
It’s more that oxy was falsely marketed as a not abusable long term pain management medication and many physicians were actively pushed to prescribe it and large distribution companies and pharmacies didn’t want to get off the gravy train once they learned the truth