I feel the need to step up in accordance with your response to the opioid conflict and addicts. I am an addict and I also fight to get the medical treatment I need. Not all addicts are responsible for people in need not being able to get what they need. I face the same dalima you do needing pain meds and not being taken seriously because of my addiction and the belief that I am just after that hi. I don't like pain meds I don't drink or smoke weed. I did not ask to be an addict I assure you and I battle it everyday just as I battle my dissection, and every other thing that has been pooped on my head in the past 50 years. Yes there are those out there that are guilty of what you say but not all of us are guilty. Trust me I've paid a dear price for my addiction in more ways then you could ever imagine. Most addicts are just like me. We are not proud of being addicts but we deserve to be proud of who we are. We get sick just like everyone else. We need meds just like everyone else but you think it's hard for you to get pain meds you should be me, the struggle is ten times harder. I understand your frustrations and emphasize with you but please don't think all addicts have caused this situation.