[zer8k]

This is decidedly not true on almost every account.

Europe has its own opioid crisis, and we absolutely can blame other countries who play host to the primary runners of heroin and synthesizers of fent. The pain industry is just the first baby step to hard drugs. We already handled our side after OxyContin - it’s impossible to get more than ibuprofen from a doctor without doing backflips through flaming hoops.

[walthamstow]

I live in the European country most like the USA, in a poor area of a major city. I'm not aware of any crisis. It was never that easy to get opioids here and our doctors work for the government, not themselves.

> We already handled our side

What did you do about the millions of Americans already hooked?

As I understand it, stopping the supply from pills mills lead to people hitting the street to buy product cut with fent. Some handling.

[anthk]

I am from Spain, from a blue collar town. Nope, that's utterly bullshit. There's no opioid crisis there.