[mnm1]

The solution for chronic pain is to prescribe opiates on an ongoing basis. The solution for addiction is to prescribe opiates on an ongoing basis. That might be methadone or suboxone or something more common like oxycodone or morphine. What happened to your wife should never have happened. It's tragic that incompetent organizations like the CDC and others still haven't realized this and are driven by unscientific drug war hysteria rather than scientific approaches to recovery. Not only do addicts suffer, but chronic pain sufferers also suffer. Often there is no difference between the two groups.