Many scientists think it is a major contributor (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33245509/). The hypothesis is that many people get hooked on prescription opioids and then turn to illicit sources when they can no longer procure them legally.
Major contributor? How about considering that they sell the formula to the drug cartel and get a royalty - usually donations to political campaigns for those who "fight drug corruption" and help to keep the borders open and unmanned so they have unfettered entrance beyond the border entry stations. Those are the people who cancelled the wall.
Oxycontin didn't cause the addiction "crisis". It's illicit drugs. The stuff coming over the border.
Many scientists think it is a major contributor (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33245509/). The hypothesis is that many people get hooked on prescription opioids and then turn to illicit sources when they can no longer procure them legally.
Major contributor? How about considering that they sell the formula to the drug cartel and get a royalty - usually donations to political campaigns for those who "fight drug corruption" and help to keep the borders open and unmanned so they have unfettered entrance beyond the border entry stations. Those are the people who cancelled the wall.