I think it's stupid.... people like things and if they like things they will be supplied some how...it's nobody's fault that people like to get high.. but yes there is always going to be people wanting to assign blame to somewhere...but as a result people needing meds for pain are getting the short end of the stick and being screwed...it sucks
I really feel the numbers are skewed for how many of the people who use or have used herion, only after first being addicted to pills because they were on pain meds... the data for the stats they come up with is very unreliable or plain made up... think addicts that are addicted to herion some how think it's more acceptable if they were first addicted to pain medication, and this is the story they tell..This fact means the numbers out there are inflated to people having been addicted to pills before ever trying herion.
That's my personal opinion and think it would be hard to prove that this may be the case... but i know I was one of those in that category at one time... when applying to the methadone clinic I told them I had become addicted to pain pills and as a result started using herion...I was stupid I know, but I guess I somehow thought that it was more acceptable that I had been a pain pills addict first... I don't know where I came up with this story but think that I am not alone in this... I think that alot of addicts hear that opiate problems are started alot of time by legal pill percriptions and then think that is a more acceptable answer somehow...
My point is that the stats are not showing reality and are bisiased... not that surprising I know.... but i think that opiate meds have little to do with how many herion addicts are out there, I think more people are pushed to herion after not getting adequate relief for pain because of laws limiting pain meds, than there is people using herion because they first became addicted to pain meds... just my opinion, but I do know that all the addicts I have know in life did not go to herion because they had pain pills at one time in their life....
I saw a stat one time that suggested that 80% of users started off as a pill addiction (don't remember if they said it was legal percription or not).... but that sounds ridiculously high to me and dont think its anywhere near that...maybe 80% had at least tried pills... I had taken vicodin a few times before ever trying herion....reality for me was I went straight to a herion addiction when never being addicted to pills or even using them more than a few times..