Public Health

Most people don’t expect to have a criminal enterprise operating in public, under the guise of a community resource.

There’s long been evidence of a reciprocal relationship between cocaine and heroin use.

Like the film where Amy Shumer chugs boxed wine, and inadvertently drives up sales to admiring fans.

To support revenues, companies look for ways to augment or alter older products and justify price increases.

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.

The firm’s managers conclude that sales would be a whole lot better if the disorder were better publicized and more people were diagnosed with it.

It’s hard to believe any American physician is unaware of the epidemic, but it appears that many have taken the position that it’s not their problem.

It doesn’t help that many states are cutting back funds for low-cost treatment, mostly due to budget problems.

Unfortunately, relatively few ODs occurred in the doctor’s office or the pharmacy waiting area.