Joshua Sharfstein on Twitter: "Excellent nytimes editorial today with a 100+ year perspective on the #opioid crisis. My favorite quote from historian David Courtwright, referring to US history: “What we think about #addiction very much depends on who is addicted.” ►https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/opinion/an-opioid-crisis-foretold.html"
▻https://mobile.twitter.com/drJoshS/status/988080347760934912
Opinion | An Opioid Crisis Foretold - The New York Times
►https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/opinion/an-opioid-crisis-foretold.html
In the mid-1800s, the British went into battle twice — bombing forts and killing thousands of civilians and soldiers alike — to keep the Chinese market open to drug imports in what would become known as the #Opium Wars.