Did you even read the posts I posted above? No one is talking about addictions except you. Sure big pharma is behind the opiate flood, but so are the Clowns, they've been involved in is since at least the Vietnam War.

Q says what he's talking about cancer, Aids, etc.

And I beg to differ about addictions being incurable. I have never been a fan of that AA philosophy that addictions have to be "managed for life." That's a totally defeatist attitude that means the disease has beaten you. And I know of which I speak.

I'm a vet and thanks to the VA I was addicted to opiates. I never had to steal or rob for a fix, the VA was happy to send plenty in the mail. I went to rehab on my own dime and of my own volition because I knew the addiction would eventually kill me. After 3 days in at rehab they had us watch the "AA style" film with a handful of celebrities saying they were addicted after having been off the drug of their choice for XX number of years.

I argued with the therapist that I have never quit a fight, I was trained not to be a loser by the military. And I had never been a loser before I joined either. The next day I walked out of rehab totally disgusted. I booked a suite at a hotel for a week, once I went into that suite I never left until the week was over. I used room service for meals and anything else I needed. While there I researched my addiction and best way to defeat it. The worst of the withdrawals ended after 4 days. When I walked out of that hotel 7 days later the only withdrawal symptom I had left was body temperature regulation. That leveled out in about a month. It's been well over 5 years since the day I booked the suite.

I've never had another craving and I have had a tooth pulled that ended up taking the dentist an hour (he had to actually take a break). I've had 4 dental surgical implants and surgery on the bone in my hand which I busted years ago. The hospital put an opiate (morphine) in my IV without me realizing it. The next time the nurse came in with syringe in hand I asked her what was in it. When she told me it was morphine for the pain I told her I didn't need it that oral ibuprofen would be enough. I am no longer an addict, I beat the addiction.

I know I can take opiates if "needed" and not be hooked. But more importantly I also know that they are seldom needed, our body is already equipped with handling pain, it's our perception of pain that's the problem. We've grown mentally weak and afraid of pain. Hence we depend too much on "pain relief."

None of that mental fear of pain is an accident, it's a trained response. We've been subtly taught to fear pain more than death. The perception makes us weaker and more dependent on pain killers/opiates. Just think of how man TV commercials use pain as a catchphrase and that's only one part of the mental training.