The demonization of opiates is hurting people.

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63. I say so what if its addictive.

It should be a persons choice to accept addiction or not if it actually works for them. Don't most of us do this with coffee already? We choose to have this addiction in order to jolt us into action in the morning.

I have a mild oxycodone prescription too. I suffer from a degenerated back disk as well as arthritic knees. But I only take a small amount and not every day. I thankfully do not need to take them to the point I am addicted to them.

But I have a friend with severe colitis among other things and he has passed Oxycontin and is now on some kind of synthetic morphine. He actually is addicted and admits it. But so what? Sure it also has some physical reprecusions as well. But its his body and if he needs it to live a fairly normal life, even if the medication ends up shortening his life, that's his choice. Or it should be.

I've never understood the hysteria around the word "addictive"....even in pain management cases.