A Deep Dive Into the Opioid Crisis, Part 1: Truest Crime

Yes, we in the medical profession got millions of Americans addicted to heroin and fentanyl. But that was all just a big misunderstanding. Why get into it?

And sure, nearly one in ten adults has had a family member die from a drug overdose. Ordinary people are furious about it, too. Their under-appreciated rage drove skepticism of official COVID-19 narratives, and that same rage might sway the outcome of the Presidential election — heck, might even land us in a war with Mexico! (Wouldn’t that be the ultimate “Wag the Dog”-level distraction from those sociopaths upstairs in our House of Medicine!)

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So, yes, agreed. All good points. 

We medical people who see the patients and do all of the work — we, the house staff — we’re downstairs people. We can’t do anything about what goes on above. Agreed, it’s shameful how easily the upstairs sociopaths conned us, and it’s annoying to see them now so fabulously rich. But doctors being intentionally manipulated into destroying the lives of millions — that could have happened to anyone. Why stay angry about it? Ancient history! It’s not like it’s still happening, right? (Right?)

Ed Morrissey

Matt Taibbi is introducing this series on his own Substack. Subsequent entries will be on Bivens' Substack. This essay goes into the history of opioids and the pharmaceutical industry, which Bivens makes fascinating as well as entertaining. Fun fact right off the top: Heroin was actually a trade name, and thought to be a non-addictive substitute for morphine. Read on for more. 

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