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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3295362" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>A good article but it fails to address why the pain killers were available to begin with or that in much of America "pain management" clinics have been set up to continue to supply the pills easily and cheaply.  Americans in rural areas have always had to deal with the pain of hard work.  Why all of a sudden are tens of thousands dying, but not before?  I don't know how to establish a link with my tablet, but Google opioid epidemic 60 Minutes and see what they uncovered.  It was a brazen attempt to sell millions of pills and bring in profits.  It wasn't an innocent mistake by well meaning companies, it was literally their business plan to get people addicted and continue to supply the drugs.  Mea culpa if that lead to people dying from heroin primarily, but looks like the pain killers themselves caused many overdoses.</p></blockquote><p></p>