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In 2020, the EU reported 5800 drug overdose deaths in a population of 440 million. The same year, the United States, with a population of 330 million, reported 68 000 drug overdose deaths. (www.nytimes.com)
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[-] Hank@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

You'd have to be very very sick to get a prescription for opioids at all in Europe.

[-] ZzyzxRoad@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Which is also fucked up. It's either one extreme or the other. Overprescribing to cause addiction, or forcing people to suffer when they don't have to because doctors assume everyone's an addict until they prove otherwise, and nothing convinces them. These drugs have a purpose. Just use them for their purpose. It's not that fucking hard.

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