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The answer is to give people access to better treatment for pain.
That isn't giving them opioids.
They end up addicted to opioids, with a bunch of side-effects caused by opioids, and they're still in pain. Their functioning is decreased.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/south/2019/06/25/seans-story/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04wv052
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The answer is to give people access to better treatment for pain.
That isn't giving them opioids.
They end up addicted to opioids, with a bunch of side-effects caused by opioids, and they're still in pain. Their functioning is decreased.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/south/2019/06/25/seans-story/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04wv052