I don't think it s a black or white on opioids. But more of a being honest in the marketing and recommended dosages. For instance, Morphine is an opioid that of

I don't think it s a black or white on opioids. But more of a being honest in the marketing and recommended dosages. For instance, Morphine is an opioid that often gets used in end-of-life care, this is a 90 year old on hospice actively dying from terminal cancer, so morphine to ease the suffering. No reason to not give them opioids. However, before the opioid crisis became a known crisis, my dad who is a disabled vet would get like 300 pills mailed to him a month, at the time to be indefinite, from the VA. This was when marketing was telling everyone percocet and vicoden were safe and non-addictive. These heavy hitters do have a purpose. But it should as narrow as necessary.