[munificent]

Europe didn't get the opioid crisis. It is a "uniquely American problem" that we created by over-prescribing highly addictive opioids and then kicking them off the prescriptions once it became clear that they were addictive. That drove many people onto illegal drugs like heroin.

[FireBeyond]

As of 2019, we have 4% of the world's population, and 81% of its opioid consumption.

[jelliclesfarm]

Do you have a source for this? Thanks.

[FireBeyond]

I can try to find something canonical. I heard it from our County's Medical Program Director (the physician who oversees EMS).