[WarOnPrivacy]

> Opioid epidemic disagrees that only the rich can get shady Rx written.

Chinese fentanyl typically doesn't need a script.

The pill mill part of the opioid epidemic was decades ago. Today, access to pain meds is better described as a war on pain relief. People in chronic pain with no history of abuse are denied everywhere, every day.

I know a number of people who turn to the black market because it is their only option.

[finnh]

I don't disagree about any of this, but it's also true that pill mills were a very real part of the early trajectory of the opioid crisis.

[WarOnPrivacy]

They were a powerful factor, now are a historical one.

Twenty years ago I knew opioid addicts utilizing pill mills. I no longer do.

Today I know people in chronic pain buying illegal opioids because that is the best of their awful choices.