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Shame always plays a role. Not just the shame of discovery, but the shame of having a problem in the first place.

“If the patient takes them for other reasons, or even resells them on the street– well, nothing I can do about that. It’s the patient’s own fault.”

That’s not so different from any number of celebrities who’ve died of accidental overdose in the years since the War ended.

Although polls show Americans are broadly in favor of medical marijuana, they’re not as enthusiastic about the prospect of sharing the road with seriously stoned drivers.

With the increased risk of overdose from fentanyl and other synthetics, the path to recovery may be even bumpier, in terms of repeat emergencies. The folks in the Business Office would rather avoid that.

America consumes the vast majority of the world’s opioids.

Medicare spending on compounded topical drugs has surged 3400% since 2006.

Once the demand for a drug is well-established, as it is for alcohol, people will find a way to get it, legal or otherwise.

It usually comes back to the assumption that another problem ‘underlies’ addiction, and therefore will respond to treatment with the “right” drug, if we can figure out what it is.

Sadly, the notion of addiction as a disease remains counter-intuitive for many Americans, who instead assume it’s the user’s own fault, the result of some horrendously unwise decision-making process.