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for people downvoting this: did you have something to add to the discussion?

or do you just have to downvote anyone who shares a first hand experience that happen to not fit into your narrative?

The preponderance of people who developed an addiction to prescription opioids were following their doctor's instructions in good faith — which instructions were taken from Purdue's disclosures, and included things like "take every 12h" for a drug they knew was only effective for 8.

In that context, "it doesn't take a genius" and "personal responsibility" are rather victim-blaming.

I thought the judging was a bit much and highly ironic when coupled with early addict behavior ("let's keep those opioids around just in case").

I think by "just in case" he meant in the case of needing them therapeutically not recreationally.

If you have the self-control the idea is having some in case you fall and break your arm or something(Obviously only for serious injuries).

If your problem warrants opioid painkillers you'll get them as part of your hospital visit to fix the actual problem.

i'm curious whether you experience chronic pain yourself. opioids are a dangerous class of drugs, and the decision to use them is based on weighing the severity of a person's pain against the inherent risks of using the drugs. in a certain sense, i find it quite inhumane that this decision can only be made by someone who has no accurate way of knowing how much pain the patient feels.

One of my molars worked itself loose, which hurt like hell, and my mom had some OxyContin laying around from when she broke her wrist so...on that particular day I was very happy my mom was displaying "early addict behavior".

to clarify by just in case I meant for the kidney stones: some argue it is more painful than labor or getting kicked in the nuts (luckily I didn't experience neither)

I downvoted because you can't see this situation through anything but your own lens and decided to victim blame. It's great that you didn't get addicted, but it's awful that you're saying it takes two to tango.

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