the solution begins with NOT prescribing opioids at all...
once you get used to them, which takes very little time, then your want and "need" for them increases exponentially...
however, many people resist taking them, or take them infrequently after surgery, etc....this is the kind of attitude we need to reinforce...
we must stop expecting pills for everything...
our attitudes are responsible for not only the opioid crisis.
its also caused the development of new strains of infections that have become resistant to antibiotics, due to over prescribing...
Oh, please. Spoken like somebody who has never had an exposed nerve on a weekend.