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> You're ignoring the fact that the current situation has been created by prescription pill misuse (in proscribing and taking) and the death toll has exceed that of automobiles largely because of Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.

My friend did not transfer her addiction from pills, she was a good old-fashioned heroin addict. The present body count stems from the synthetics. Many fewer people died when the street pharmacy's products were purer.

> I'm all for treatment over criminalization but you sound more like you're advocating for legalization of heroin.

I don't think legalization is necessary, just an acknowledgement that present policy is actually a make-work program for organized crime.

As for your comments about Provera, I say that doctors should not play Russian Roulette with women's health.




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