Does anyone struggle with the fact that 1) people who are very sick or injured need pain control and 2) the only tool in a doctor's bag is an opoid and 3) we are somehow going after the people that produce the opoids that patients need, to live a less-painful life?<p>Far more people die annually of alcohol related illnesses, than do opoid overdoses. This is the "crisis" is not a crisis at all. In fact, if you review the CDC's numbers, the rate of increase in opoid related deaths and the total number, relative to other more significant causes of death, are unremarkable. [link] <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm</a><p>By the numbers, we should be tripling and quadrupling the amount of money for mental health treatment to reduce suicide and alcohol dependency.<p>Please, before you vote down or troll me, review the numbers yourself. The numbers speak for themselves [link]<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus16.pdf#019" rel="nofollow">https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus16.pdf#019</a>