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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
My last post on this because it's getting waaaaaaay off tangent, but using Boogaard as an example is sensationalism. How many NHL players need offseason surgery and are likely prescribed opioids post surgery? And how many of them are getting a substance abuse problem from those opioids alone? Almost none. Just like the general public. Opioids are routinely prescribed post hip/knee replacements, a myriad of spinal surgeries, and so on. If it was highly addictive to the average person, it wouldn't be prescribed. It's a problem for addicts as almost all drugs are a problem for addicts.
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So how do addicts become addicts? Surely not all cases are inherited.
It's not quite as simple as you make it. There is a reason why the US has it in schedule 2 as opposed to 3/4. I can tell you from my personal experience of prescribing opioid meds regularly for the last 12 years, oxys scare me more than any other pill I write because I have had a couple of "normal people, non-addicts" run into some trouble with it.