Opioids: A Manufactured ‘Epidemic’

Fuck. That.
Sep 1, 2018 · 8 min read

*This article was originally written in 2015. It has since been updated with new, groundbreaking information and facts.

Previously titled, “On Opioids: America’s Drug Addictions and the Wacky Laws that Perpetuate Them,” and “The Truth About the Opioid Crisis.” See also: PROPaganda: Part 1 and Part 2; An Open Letter to Dr. Kolodny; A Rock and a Hard Place; and Strangulation on Medicine

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