This was disingenuous. It was undoubtedly true that people getting high on OxyContin would switch to other drugs if it weren’t available. After all, many of them came to it from other narcotics. But they were weaker and therefore less risky than OxyContin. Its strength was tipping people over the edge. It was only when OxyContin came on the scene that the death toll surged to the heights then being seen.
