I heard a friend of mine quoted on the radio as a keynote speaker at a conference on the heroin/opiate/narcotic...

I heard a friend of mine quoted on the radio as a keynote speaker at a conference on the heroin/opiate/narcotic crisis and it encapsulates all the wrong perspectives/attitudes/judgments on this. The sound bite was, "Better a little pain than a lifetime of addiction." There is so much wrong with that I don't even right now. Flames, on the side of my face.

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  1. And here I was just reading about the differences between physical dependence and psychological addiction for chronic pain patients.

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  2. Well, yes, but I was hoping to formulate a more cogent and thorough argument. Nonetheless, kudos for brevity and pith.

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