[gherkinnn]

For some opiates are might very well be the right tool. Just as you said.

There are some questions to which I’m in no position to give an answer:

- is a little temporary pain really problem?

- are there less invasive measures?

- what preventative measures do we have?

- are opiates just an easy way to cover up symptoms that could/should be treated properly?

[dependenttypes]

A "little" temporary pain is not a problem. A lot of temporary pain is a problem though, and it is even worse when doctors do not believe the patient and think that the patient is just looking for drugs, or when the doctors do not understand how big the pain is (after all, only the person who suffers can judge it).

This is why I believe it should be up to the patient to select whether to take opiates.