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2. Ummm, how is this a letter from 1980 when the first paragraph cites

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 04:42 AM

Jun 2017

statistics from 1999 through 2015? Is time travel involved?

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A 1980 Letter on the Risk of Opioid Addiction N Engl J Med 2017 [View all] kristopher Jun 2017 OP

Ummm, how is this a letter from 1980 when the first paragraph cites PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #2

Reading comprehension F kristopher Jun 2017 #4

Perhaps the title of the OP is misleading. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #5

The 1980 letter is the entire subject of the NEJM letter in the OP. Eugene Jun 2017 #6

Yes, I know, but the title and the first line of the OP PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #7

Here's the actual 1980 letter caraher Jun 2017 #9