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A comment on Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, including tech sector. Parent comment
> Who uses opiates who isn't addicted to them? You think being rich gives you a pass on addiction, and chronic pain?
There's a difference between dependency and addiction. The former is physical, the latter (mostly) psychological. The former is much easier to treat.
That being said, it's almost impossible to not be both be dependent on and addicted to opiates if you take them for chronic pain over longer time.
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> Who uses opiates who isn't addicted to them? You think being rich gives you a pass on addiction, and chronic pain?
There's a difference between dependency and addiction. The former is physical, the latter (mostly) psychological. The former is much easier to treat.
That being said, it's almost impossible to not be both be dependent on and addicted to opiates if you take them for chronic pain over longer time.