How Weed Became the New OxyContin – Tablet Magazine
I got into addiction medicine because of the opioid crisis, said Dr. Roneet Lev, an addiction medicine doctor in San Diego who hosts a podcast about drug abuse. Years ago, she advocated against the overprescription of opioid painkillers like OxyContin. Now, she believes she s seeing the same thing all over again: the specious claims of medical benefits, the denial of adverse effects. From Big Tobacco to Big Pharma to Big Marijuana it s the same people, and the same pattern.
Well that’s not good.