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7. Yes, I know, but the title and the first line of the OP

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 10:40 PM

Jun 2017

is "A 1980 Letter on the Risk of Opioid Addiction " which then goes straight into the text of the 2017 letter. It's not until after a very long first paragraph that the 1980 letter is referenced.

A better title might have been something more like "Debunking the 1980 Letter on the Risk of Opioid Addiction". That would have been a better description of what's in the OP. Especially as the actual 1980 letter is merely referenced, and not actually reproduced.

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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