&gt; But I don&#x27;t understand how people can be so pro marijuana on one hand, and so anti-opiates on the other. It&#x27;s pain. It&#x27;s not noble to suffer needlessly.<p>Weed is not addictive, or even if it is in some people, to nowhere near the same level as opiates.  It&#x27;s also not responsible for thousands of overdose cases per year.  It seems to me that THC pills would be better for pain management in these situations than opiate pills.<p>I also don&#x27;t think you have much personal experience people who have been addicted to opiates.  I have.  It&#x27;s not pretty.  It&#x27;s certainly worse than people who are merely potheads.  The potheads I knew, when their source dried up or they ran out of money, were irritated, but were otherwise whole, and just waited until they could get their hands on more weed again.  People addicted to opiates suffer severe withdrawal, and will do <i>anything</i> to get more pills.  They can&#x27;t simply stop using for  a week.