Hello ellens, @lioness, @faithwalker007, yes, the non-legit substance abusers and their tragic overdoses have caused a great deal of opiophobia in the medical community and also tragically, because of this there is some substandard care going on. If only people understood that patients with legitimate pain do not get high from opiates nor does it really take away our pain rather helps us not to jump or pull the trigger. I have been the victim of stigma on more than one occasion and it has made me feel so awful and has changed my entire life because of it. The judgments and opinions are everywhere. It will take a lot of Education to help people understand but I don't see that happening in the media anytime soon rather only, the opposite is what I see all the time. Never do I see opiates indoors for legitimate pain in the media or talk shows Etc.

Warmest regards to all of you and prayers for relief! Sunny flower 🙏🌹😊

I think the problem is not the addicts/abusers, the problem is the faulty reasoning which makes certain busybody people think it's their job to force everyone else in the world conform to their personal opinions about life. They try to control what is not appropriate for them to control. People should just butt out of other people's lives and let them make their own decisions about things that affect them alone, and let them deal with their own consequences, i.e. "Live and let live". It might sound simplistic but I do think the world could be a much better place generally if people could just understand this. Hank