Gee whiz, you mean pain management doctors, surgeons, oncologists, and anesthesiologists are prescribing pain killers? Wow what a shocker!

This is stupid, and irrelevant.

If you're unfortunate enough to need surgery, have a painful injury, suffer from chronic pain or a severe pain condition, you should just 'deal' with it, right? The politicians, internet commenters, and media know better than your specialized doctor anyway, right?