The key is better education and destigmatisation around addiction and its causes, and encouraging open dialogue. Otherwise we'd end up in a weird, accidentally

The key is better education and destigmatisation around addiction and its causes, and encouraging open dialogue. Otherwise we'd end up in a weird, accidentally classist society where poor (and other "at-risk") people aren't allowed opioids but wealthy people are. People don't want to, or choose to become addicted, and it's not like people take a drug once and they're instantly hooked. People being prescribed potentially addictive medication (and those around them, friends and family) need to be educated on the warning signs of dependence, and encouraged to talk about it. There shouldn't be a stigma in admitting addiction, it's not a moral or personal failing, but it's treated as such by so many people.