Thread by @ravensspirit68

2-Dr.Sally Satel has been dragged through the mud by many including 'Stat', for daring to state the truth.
“Contrary to media portrayals, the typical OxyContin addict does not start out as a pain patient who fell unwittingly into a drug habit.”
statnews.com/2019/11/19/how…

3-Deceptive marketing??? No more deceptive than alcohol manufacturers showing happy, healthy, young people drinking socially vs the college age alcoholic binge drinking and choking to death on their own vomit.

4-We as a society are more than willing to pick up our pitchforks to demand the heads of opioid makers delivered up on a silver platter.
Yet alcohol, that kills far, far, more than Rx opiates are exempt.
GOV Reps will tell us 'prohibition doesn't work' unless they say it does. 🙄

5-We all know the tug on the heart strings stories, 'The doctor got my little Johnny hooked.'
Well, Mom and Dad, little Johnny had been binge drinking with friends for years, smoking weed, taking other drugs too. The opiate he got from the MD for his knee was just another high.

6-The truth, however hard a pill to swallow, is that drugs don't cause addiction. Just like alcohol doesn't cause alcoholism.

7-For those who want to cite 'facts' about a rise in OD deaths after Oxycontin was introduced.
It's not that simple.
It's a sad coincidence that there was a mandate to treat pain, as pain was undertreated across the board. Right before societal upheaval. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1417178…

8-All we have to do is look at the results of the 'opioid crisis' response.
ODs continue to skyrocket despite Rx restrictions.
A more dangerous drug supply has been created through prohibition like tactics.
Pain patients are now dying due to suicide & pain related complications.

9-This collective insanity needs to STOP.
NO ONE is being 'saved' with the current policies and practices.
In fact, just the opposite.
CDC needs to rescind PROPs 'opioid guidelines' immediately and the PDMP made a physicians eyes only system.
#SavingUsToDeath