> but because of having a condition so bad that doctors are willing to give you opiods I concur. I've been prescribed opioids post-surgery and also for painfu

> but because of having a condition so bad that doctors are willing to give you opiods I concur. I've been prescribed opioids post-surgery and also for painful outpatient procedures (when the topical anaesthetic just didn't cut it) and thus had a period of my life a couple years ago where I took quite a bit of prescribed opioids (that in 2017 likely would not have been permitted due to far stricter restrictions on prescribing). I never ended up addicted, nor did I use non-prescribed opioids (even though purchasing them could have been trivial, I had bitcoin and the original Silk Road was around then) nor did I obtain opioid prescriptions under hinky pretences. The reason for taking them went away, and so did my (medically-sanctioned) opioid use. This isn't to say that opioids are harmless (if they were, they'd be a placebo); but judicious use of pharmaceutical-grade opioids over long periods need not result in any adverse effects.