Wow! That scares me more than the Government involvement! I sure hope you are exaggerating! Not sure I even want to see a Doctor now...
Where on earth did you get this information? Surely not by experience...(Never heard of such a thing).
There are a massive number of Americans (20MM+) who chronically use opioids in some form. It would be unfairly judging to say they are “addicted”, but the non-medical use is perhaps half of the total.