[daepp]

And there are those who need a pain killer and can't get it anymore. On October 27th I half fell/hung myself by my left arm from about 18 feet when the ladder I was on slipped out from under me. In the process I dislocated my arm and tore my rotator cuff quite severely. The soonest I will have surgery is March 6th, and besides the pain that comes just from day-to-day movement, the worst part (surprisingly) is how much it hurts when I sleep when I move wrong - it has seriously interrupted me getting deep sleep, and I've grown weary from it. To date, the doc has only been willing to give me 10 5mg Norcos. That's it. He says take advil.

So yeah, while my heart breaks for the addicts, I can see why people get upset by what they've done to those who have a real need for pain killers.

And it seems to me the real epidemic is millions who feel the need to drink or drug or otherwise medicate themselves in order to escape from something in society today. I'm not sure what that is, but whatever form it takes, it's growing big time. Ask your local county hospital how many more people are killing themselves with alcohol today. This doesn't happen in a vacuum, and very few addicts haven't first begun with alcohol abuse.