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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3295256" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>You need to keep up.  They recently did a segment on 60 Minutes showing how pharmaceutical companies are literally flooding small towns with opioid pain killers.  A Republican who was nominated for a major post in the government, can't remember which, was involved and withdrew his name for consideration after the report came out.  Rural areas have been slammed with this stuff and while some may not have a problem with them many do.  Heroin is a problem but not the problem it is in Europe, which is much closer to the poppy fields of Afghanistan.  I thought the same thing you did until I saw the 60 Minutes report and the stats they cited.</p></blockquote><p></p>