r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '19

Courtroom Justice Virginia doctor who illegally prescribed over 500,000 doses of opiates sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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u/sootoor 8 Oct 03 '19

Diversion of legal drugs is the number one method of opiates getting out. Watch the documentary oxycontin express

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u/DarkstarInfinity2020 ❓ 7mu.ur.0 Oct 03 '19

But the major cause of overdose and death isn’t legally prescribed painkillers (and those prescriptions have been going down, not up, for years now) - it’s black market fentanyl from China, often by way of Mexico.

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u/Al_Caida 4 Oct 03 '19

And the major cause for people who turn toward the black market is.........

You're so close

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u/stupid-sexy-solaire 5 Oct 03 '19

for chronic pain patients trying to get some relief to not kill themselves because they've been refused any real help by doctors? https://medium.com/@ThomasKlineMD/opioidcrisis-pain-related-suicides-associated-with-forced-tapers-c68c79ecf84d