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by jplayer01 2786 days ago
> For those of us that have had to use opioids for cancer treatment to the point of being addicted, then kicked the habit after treatment, all of the asinine demonization of opioids is absolutely infuriating. I used ate percs like candy during treatment and rehab, then used fentanyl patches to wean off. It was hard, like really hard, but life is hard.

I guess you're going to ignore the actual issue of doctors handing this crap out like candy to people who don't need it and companies selling these drugs directly to doctors with promises that they weren't anywhere as addictive as previous opioids? There actually is an opioid epidemic, and they're not talking about terminally ill patients who actually need the shit.