Originally Posted by cloudyskies

I actually disagree with most of the posters on this issue; I saw the ad and don't think it was supposed to be funny. Anyone who is halfway aware of what's going on in this country knows full well that oxycodone and other prescription painkillers are a gateway drug to heroin addiction. I think that SNL was trying to make this point in an over the top way to point out how pervasive a problem this actually is. The ending was NOT all peaches and cream if you watched until it was over. I'd put prescription painkiller addiction and the follow-on heroin addiction as one of this country's main problems. Even Donald Trump referenced this issue in his acceptance speech in New Hampshire. I haven't heard anyone else mention it. Not Bernie Sanders, Hillary or Cruz.