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by flukus 3071 days ago
> In the case of opioid-based painkillers, overprescribing leads to unnecessary addiction

So does underprescribing in a world where extremely effective yet more addictive illicit painkillers are easy to come by. I've had to resort to this for a few days after a wisdom tooth removal and would much rather have had access to better regulated options.