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There is a difference in being addicted and abusing pain pills. My husband has been taking 4 pain pills every day for the past 5 years. There is no way he's not addicted to them. He takes what he is prescribed and nothing more.
I have not said nor want to suggest that there aren't people who need opioids. My point was that if exposure to opioids leads to abuse, then there should be a way to lessen exposure to opioids. In my experience, physicians think nothing of writing a prescription for high powered pain killers. Nothing. That should change. One criticism I saw - I forget the details - was that pain was too often ignored in an institution setting. Now, that isn't the case in an outpatient/home setting.
As to genetics and personality profile, common sense tells me that the issue is what isn't known rather than what is known. Decriminalize all drugs (tax the crap out of them on a retail sale) and divert say 50% of the law enforcement and prison money freed up to basic research on prevention and on treatment, and we'll make some progress very quickly. Society will benefit from less crime of all sorts, especially theft, burglary, mugging (physical assault), etc. Addicts will benefit due to less poisoning and cheaper prices. Yeah, I'm one of "those." Countries have begun doing this. The war on drugs is a joke.
im sorry you feel that way. In my experience it’s its 80/20 conservative/liberal here but what do I know. Wish you luck