No, that is crazy. Opioids and opiates certainly have their place in e.g. post-recovery for various types of surgeries. That's just proper and humane pain manag

No, that is crazy. Opioids and opiates certainly have their place in e.g. post-recovery for various types of surgeries. That's just proper and humane pain management. But I recognize the attitude. I live in a Nordic country, and I think they're still pretty conservative with pain management on the public side especially. Although that used to be way worse. I don't think what you described could happen here normally. Availability of stronger opioids like oxycodone and fentanyl are more strictly controlled, and they try to keep them confined to hospital use and only for severe pain, cancer patients etc., at home. But stuff like codeine is prescribed much more and could be the stuff you get to take home after even a smaller surgery.