More awful #OpioidPolicy intended to generate fear and stigma, thereby covering up an inability to govern on meaningful ideas or policies grounded in science.

Chad D. Kollas (he/him) Dr Kollas, what do you think about Dr Kline's question, & my response?
Do you have any lawyers on tap?

PeterLiepmannMDFAAFP #COVIDisAirborne 🇺🇸🇺🇦☮️ By that, I take it you mean his question, “How do we attract more doctors into taking care of people in pain?”

Reject the trope that #OpioidReductionism will solve the #DrugCrisis , then push the pendulum back to a place of #BalancedOpioidPolicy .

Embrace empathy & compassion.

Chad D. Kollas, MD (he/him/his) It's been clear that Rxs did not drive opioid abuse; that went up w deaths of despair. tinyurl.com/NYT2020DeathsO…
What fooled many was, back in 1990s, PWUD correctly saw Pharma-manuf Rx drugs were much safer than street drugs, so preferred them!
But recently Rxs down, deaths up.