https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/09/30/how-the-fda-hooked-us-on-opioids.aspxThe U.S. is in the midst of an opioid epidemic and investigators suggest that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration itself aided and abetted such a thing to happen from the start. Looking at clinical data from 1997 to 2018, researchers found that, ofenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/09/30/how-the-fda-hooked-us-on-opioids.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#10294289/30/2020 11:01:03 AM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1029428tireguy<p>Look into this rare report by CBS 60 Minutes on how the opioid manufacturers and the FDA conspired to change the label on opioids from short term use to long term, thereby accelerating opioid use. <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opioid-epidemic-did-the-fda-ignite-the-crisis-60-minutes/">www.cbsnews.com/.../opioid-epidemic-did-the-fda-ignite-the-crisis-60-minutes</a> &nbsp; I say rare because since the Direct to Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising began in 1997, mainstream media is controlled by Big Pharma.</p>