No, you used an example to attempt to reinforce your point. I turned that example around and explained how your reasoning was all wrong. For both that situation in Appalachia and the broader point about minorities. The Black community find themselves in a particular set of historical circumstances just like Appalachians do.
Now, as for the rest about Appalachia. Bullshit guys don't work on pills. I live it every day. Of course they take them to deal with the pain. OF WORKING IN THE MINES. They would've taken them regardless of the pushers(Big Pharma should absolutely be prosecuted for what they did, just talking reality). They do lots of other things too, that still aren't legal. America has always exploited our area, that's nothing new. Hence the drugs. In the twenties they even called in the Army to break the strikes and beat us back to work. You have some illusion that life was good before the present messed that up. It wasn't.
