All Too Easy
Over the past couple of months, chances are that you've heard about the opioid crisis that's plagued the United States for almost over two decades. Whether it's fentanyl, codeine, or morphine, the mass distribution of many opioid drugs have thrown many Americans into debilitating addictions and torn apart lives in the process. Many argue that the crisis started in 1995 when OxyContin is marketed as a safer opioid by their manufacturer Purdue Pharma. as time goes on, the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) started to notice the rise in opioid abuse and launched an investigation that shocked many. The FDA uncovered that since the 90's, doctors had been prescribing doses that were not only too powerful, but doctors would refill the prescription if the patient complained of surgery pains not going away. The frequent doses and the potency of the drugs got people with no history of addiction addicted to powerful drugs like OxyContin and Fentanyl. The opioid epidemic
