Not everyone is super human. Debilitating pain clouds the mind and affects judgement. More than one good and decent person has become addicted from choosing either going insane or finding relief.
“More than one good and decent person has become addicted from choosing either going insane or finding relief.”
That is true.
However, one day they have to choose again, addiction or normal life.
The vast majority of long term users do not need opiates to suppress pain after a week or two. After that they are just feeding the monkey.
I had a severe case of Shingles last year. It was the worst pain I experienced in my lifetime.
Beyond knee surgery, beyond Gall Bladder inflammation.
If I had access to opiates I most certainly would have taken them. No question. And I would have likely become addicted as it was a trial of several weeks of hell.
But I would not have continued them. I have been down that road before with benzodiazepines. And alcohol.
Because of my own weaknesses, I chose ibuprofen and coffee.
There is no worse feeling than addiction.
IMHO that is not addiction.
That is just pain relief.
Addiction is when you take it when you do not need relief for physical pain.
People who are physically suffering should be given the drugs they need to take the pain down to bearable levels.