[nikos1121]

I deal in the real world. In the real world, there are many many many people taking opioids for chronic pain. They perform their jobs, they go home, crash on the couch or they go to Little League etc. Eventually, the house of cards comes down. The last to go is the job. They’ll show up for the job, even if their wife and kids have left etc.

I see these people before and then after treatment. It’s like night and day.

These are terrible drugs... terrible drugs.

[NobleFree]

It wouldn't be practical (nor, perhaps, legal) for employers or their insurers to have a "drug free only for safety relevant positions" policy. That doesn't mean there aren't people capable of working safely while having a medical condition that requires that much pain medicine.

The last to go is the job. They’ll show up for the job, even if their wife and kids have left etc.

So either you're implying that wife and kids leaving makes them incapable of working safely ... or you've abandoned your blanket claim about people not being capable of working safely while having a medical condition that requires that much pain medicine.