The White Opioid Crisis

There was a precursor to this is a complex story because before oxycontin there were other opioids that had begun That trend among those who had access to private doctors but certainly you know oxycontin accelerated that. Manufacturers of SSRI antidepressants took advantage of their window to get into primary care practices for moderate pain like lower back pain. So they used a similar Strategy and so that greatly accelerated what was seen and talked about as a quote-unquote suburban problem.