Thanks, George. I get the impression you might be the only one who bothered to read this article. The comment you include from the readers' comments pretty much says it all:
Mr. Bloom, thank you for being a such a clear and cogent voice on this topic. With this piece, you cut through the PR nightmare created by those creating the so-called "epidemic" narrative. This article is exemplary and will very likely become one of the seminal works on this topic. It should be sent to every policy-maker in America to help them understand the immense suffering this fake "epidemic" has caused to hundreds of thousands of intractable pain patients, most of whom have suffered the loss of their physicians and their life-saving medications.
Having the ability to relieve pain and suffering with simple medications, but choosing not to do so, is akin to torture. Why would American lawmakers and physicians subject patients with intractable pain syndromes to lives of suffering and suicide, and leave them untreated, when simple solutions exist? Hopefully, your work here will make this clear.
Thank you again. Fantastic work.
Again, this is very much a manufactured crisis, replete with all of the usual tactics. Accusations against an evil corporate entity (America just loves that), hard-hitting TV specials telling us the "real truth" of the matter, endless coverage in every news cycle, and so forth.
I would implore the rest of you to read this article. Do some more research. Question what the breathless pundits are trying to feed you. Not much of it is true.