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Podcast: ACSH Science Dispatch
Episode: Chronic Pain Patients Are Addicts? Anti-opioid Zealots Say 'Yes'
Description: With prescription opioid overdoses plummeting and no more pharma companies to sue, America's drug warriors are running out of bogeymen to justify their crusade against pain killers. The solution? Redefine responsible opioid use as a disorder and turn millions of chronic pain patients into addicts—at least on paper.