I spent most of today in the hospital because of a lingering blood clot issue due to a weightlifting injury, exacerbated by some long distance traveling last we

I spent most of today in the hospital because of a lingering blood clot issue due to a weightlifting injury, exacerbated by some long distance traveling last week that involved long periods of just sitting. I woke up with extreme pain and swelling, and knew I immediately needed to go to the ER and miss my flight :(. Long story short, the pain was intense enough that I acquiesced and agreed to some hydromorphone. I've never had opioids in my life, and after this experience will likely refuse them from now on. The "high" was immediate (since taken intravenously) and was fairly intense. I can see how people so easily get addicted to this stuff. If medical cannabis is a decent substitute (I know that's not the point of this paper) it seems like a thing we should explore.