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11. It has - Russia, in particular

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 05:54 PM

Dec 2017

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Why hasnt the opioid epidemic hit other countries? [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2017 OP

They have hospitals, where addicts can get help. shenmue Dec 2017 #1

An awful lot of the homeless are opioid addicts Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2017 #5

Is it only the US medical system? malaise Dec 2017 #3

There is this Bear Creek Dec 2017 #20

Excellent point malaise Dec 2017 #23

I don't know about the population distribution elsewhere loyalsister Dec 2017 #4

Just over an hour. Took longer than I thought it would. Aristus Dec 2017 #14

Trouble is once they are "cut off" then what? hunter Dec 2017 #17

This is a nightmare and what is wrong with society. NCTraveler Dec 2017 #28

Oh boy, where do I start? cannabis_flower Dec 2017 #21

The first guy was an idiot. Aristus Dec 2017 #24

I think all of them except for Dr. Hume cannabis_flower Dec 2017 #32

If tumeric and ginger helped... robbob Dec 2017 #25

I might look into that. cannabis_flower Dec 2017 #33

It reached Canada Sanity Claws Dec 2017 #7

More people are going to die from opioids in Canada than car accidents. applegrove Dec 2017 #8

We are suffering from an Opioid epidemic because TheDebbieDee Dec 2017 #9

It has - Russia, in particular oberliner Dec 2017 #11

Because big pharm made big bucks tavernier Dec 2017 #13

It sure has in Calgary and Vancouver Canada Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2017 #15

In a conversation yesterday with a friend who is a nurse, PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #19

Xanax and Clonopin were the hardest things I've ever kicked NightWatcher Dec 2017 #26

I can see why it is. roamer65 Dec 2017 #29

Most of those countries have opiates OTC Nevernose Dec 2017 #22