I was reading in the New York Times yesterday about what better dream could there be than the pharmaceutical industry's producing a drug for which there could be guaranteed endless patients who "needed" it, married with a medical industry (yes industry) with an endless stream of paying patients who would need their services on a twice monthly basis.
It was referring to the "new" drug about to come on the market next year -- "pure" hydrocodone, ZOHYDRO, "untainted" by that nasty acetaminophen which would have naturally curtailed the maximum safe daily dosage.
This, of course, means a whole new batch of patients who will "need" addiction recovery services!
FT