Agreed, but they should also be allowed to use opiates.  Canniboids do not operate on the same receptors that opiates do, and the mechanism of pain relief is different.<p>They are not substitutes.  Just options that may work for patients depending on just what manifests the pain and how they need to manage or cope with it.<p>One significant consideration is how well a person can function in a cognitive sense on both options.  This varies extremely widely among people, and it&#x27;s not simple to understand what will work for who.<p>They (opiates) are effective, but do require education and management.  I am short on time, but one thing near completely ignored in this discussion is the pain trigger for medication and how that differs from other triggers and addiction.<p>Secondly, there are natural and effective addiction treatments out there that can work extremely well to get people off opiates.  We don&#x27;t talk about these because money and morals...<p>I have got myself off them, right along with a dozen others.  The tolerance, once understood, and combined with things that work to marginalize withdrawl, is a solvable problem for most people.<p>Frankly, I&#x27;ve been asked to publish by medical practitioners and so far have not for fear of a legal option being scheduled away for profit.<p>Just know this dialog is not inclusive. There are powerful interests aligned against making this all workable.<p>The oxy manufacturers want to sell.  The moral authority don&#x27;t want people to get high, and cannot differentiate that from legit pain management.<p>Both do not want to face remedies and education needed to keep people out of trouble, and society contributes with an irrational dialog about these things.<p>In the 90&#x27;s, I ended up there, did research, solved it for myself and to date, many others.<p>The dialog is broken.  We can manage this to a net benefit for the vast majority of problem cases today.  That we don&#x27;t have THAT discussion is the problem, not the drug.<p>BTW, it has a 4 hour effective life, not 12.  This is widely known.  The whole 12 hour relief line of discussion is avoidance.  True.  4 hour relief being bad is also avoidance, given there are meaningful, workable options out there today.