We have a genuine and devastating epidemic of opiate abuse in this country, and it is of critical importance that this problem be addressed. But we must do so in a way that doesn’t cut off an effective (and often the only) treatment for the chronically ill, many of whom are able to function in this world at all only because of the small respite that responsible opiate use provides.
Michael Bihovsky
addiction, chronic-illness, chronic-pain, chronic-pain-stigma, chronically-ill, epidemic, medical-neglect, opiates, opioid-abuse, opioid-use, pain-management, pain-relief, stigma