This opioid crack down is a crock. People who responsibly use Norco are being cut off because of morons who abuse drugs. Years of construction or fire fighting can take a toll on your body and when you get older you need something that can take the edge off of pain. A Norco once or twice a week is not opioid addiction. I think once you hit 60 years old there should be no pain drug restrictions, especially if you can show you do not abuse them.
I remember the movie “Reefer Madness”. This war on opioids has put the same kind of mania into a largely misinformed populace about usefull drugs to control pain. The people who are not suffering from intractible pain from things like back conditions that seven surgeries could not fix along with fibromialgia and widespread arthritis should keep their opions to themselves. That is where my wife is at and watching her deteriorate more every day as her pain doctor is forced to reduce her pain meds to where a government bureaucrat who does not know her thinks it should be. I pray and watch over her constantly to try and make sure she does not commit suicide. I sincerely hope all the know-it-alls never have to be in my shoes or god forbid, her shoes.