opioids

Yes, the opioid crisis is bad. I've lost family members to overdoses. That said I think we are now terribly overreacting. Twice in the last few months I've had family members get surgery, back and heart, and get sent home with nothing but Tylenol. The hospital has a new policy to not allow any...

I guess it being put back on the front page of the news is a good enough reason to start a general discussion thread about it. For context right now America is a pretty big upward trend of deaths due to overdose deaths from opioids, usually legally (if arguably overly) prescribed for treatment...

I'm starting this thread on a huge topic because it keeps getting brought up in the painful process of passing a hopefully halfway decent health-care bill. Here is my main question, and it's medical, not political: If billions are dedicated solely to treatment for opioid dependency, what does...