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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. Perhaps the title of the OP is misleading.

Reply to kristopher (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 03:58 PM

Jun 2017

As well as the first line, which says: A 1980 Letter on the Risk of Opioid Addiction .
Then there's a recent letter which cites the 1980 letter.
My reading comprehension is just fine.

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

Hmm, I heard Thom Hartmann saying that pain soaks up the opioids and cited his own progree Jun 2017 #1

Mr Nay and I have both had major surgeries in the last 5 years and that was Nay Jun 2017 #3

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

You're not going to get a title with the word "debunking" into a scientific or medical journal caraher Jun 2017 #8

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