This is about sufferers of chronic pain whose only option for living life with a semblance of normalcy includes controlled opioid treatment, but are instead tre

This is about sufferers of chronic pain whose only option for living life with a semblance of normalcy includes controlled opioid treatment, but are instead treated like drug seeking addicts by physicians, family, and apparently commenters on HN. I seriously doubt even a single one of your dozen friends fell into this bucket. Extreme recreational opioid abuse is not reason to bar people from receiving proper medical care.