I want to believe, and maybe do to a large extent, however, I have read many accounts of people getting addicted to opiates after hospital treatment, which this

I want to believe, and maybe do to a large extent, however, I have read many accounts of people getting addicted to opiates after hospital treatment, which this article denies. I saw it happen with my friend's ex-girlfriend's brother. Perhaps, in this model, their lives were already without sufficient human connection. And I think there's a lot of merit to the concept of "better alternatives result in fewer addicts." I just want to register some counter-evidence to the all-cheery picture presented here.