Wasn't the problem with opioids in the US that doctors already did prescribe them too freely? The fact that there's now a backlash after it caused a massive pro

Wasn't the problem with opioids in the US that doctors already did prescribe them too freely? The fact that there's now a backlash after it caused a massive problem cannot be the reason that doctors have historically been sceptical about pain (and not just in the US but elsewhere where prescription opioid abuse has not been a problem!)