China has pain pill addicts too, but no one’s counting them

China has pain pill addicts too, but no one’s counting them

December 31, 2019 14:00 pm

SHANGHAI, DEC 31: Wu Yi was supposed to die. At age 26, his cancer was spreading. His doctor gave him five years to live and a prescription for OxyContin.Six years later, he was still alive. And still taking OxyContin. Wu said his doctor told him that OxyContin is not addictive, But when Wu tried to stop, he couldn’t.

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