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I heard that if you give opiates to patients at a hospital they don't get addicted because it is in a controlled environment where the patient is not seeking ou

I heard that if you give opiates to patients at a hospital they don't get addicted because it is in a controlled environment where the patient is not seeking out those drugs for pleasure. If someone is getting heroin off the streets, the are looking to fill a void and it's perfect for that ( not perfect for your health or lifestyle obviously ). Obviously if people are looking to stocks as a gambler does, it can be like an addiction. Whereas if people are looking to trade stocks as a principled investor, this analogy does not apply.

carbocation 8y ago
> I heard that if you give opiates to patients at a hospital they don't get addicted because it is in a controlled environment where the patient is not seeking out those drugs for pleasure. I am not sure if this is sarcasm, and I don't think it is, but just want to mention that I can't always tell on the Internet. In-hospital opiate use can be important. But, there is good reason to believe that people using opiates appropriately for pain can still ultimately develop dependence and may develop addiction. Opiates have an important role right now, but the "fifth vital sign" is one of the things that presumably got us into big trouble with the current opiate crisis. We should tread lightly. I know this is slightly off-topic, but if since the whole topic is reasoning by analogy, it seems worth a brief mention.