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What a messed up world. How much of this can be solved by flooding the market with 10-cent Vicodin? Why didn't the kid with the tooth removed have a prescription for something safe? Also when did Percocet of all things become a party pill? Narcotics aren't fun as such, at least as I understand the phenomenon of "fun".

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The backlash to the Oxy abuse in the US has caused doctors to swing to the other direction where they don't want to prescribe stronger pain killers or narcotics to anyone for fear of being labeled as a drug dealer. The consequences are that many people turn to other markets where fake pills laced with fentanyl are lurking. I have several friends with real chronic pain issues and they are treated like drug seekers by their physicians and have to "justify" every single pill request like they are children. I can totally see why even adults would seek alternative options.

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