[encoderer]

Oh, I disagree. There is most certainly a difference between therapeutic use for pain reduction, and the euphoric response normally associated with an opiate high. Most people using opiates on-label are not getting high from them. Even if they do the first couple times they take them, that passes.

[daodedickinson]

I definitely got stratospheric on my prescribed dose of one single Ambien pill (couldn't recognize myself in a mirror, saw kaleidoscopic visions, 2d videos became 3d portals into other dimensions). Absolutely some people could get high on one opiate pill. I understand your skepticism, but I'd like to assure you there is tremendous metabolic diversity.

[encoderer]

I didn't say anything about one pill not being enough to get you high. Also, that's not even the question I addressed. The GP said "That's what's necessary for pain relief." -- which is an overstatement.

[pessimizer]

It also passes for people who take enormous amounts with no regard to the label, and had no pain. So what's the difference?