[OldPossum]

For the life of me, I cannot understand why you cannot understand the difference.

Since you put "medical" in quotation marks, that indicates that you have not had chronic pain and don't accept pain as a reason for using drugs that can stop (or alleviate) it. The Indians had something to say about this, something about walking in another's moccasins.

[fml]

Yes, I have. Using medication to alleviate pain (even long term) and being addicted to medications are two different things. I don't understand that difference. No where would I suggest someone needing medication is a problem, but addiction is always a problem, IMHO.