I'm not buying what you guys are selling.
I've seen the pain my dad went through when his hip had degenerated to the point that it looked a piece of half decayed driftwood. He was addicted to prescription pain-killers and other drugs that played havoc with his body, his nerves, and his moods.
My wife is in the early stages of degenerative disk disease...which is going to get progressively worse, and she is already having to take pain medicine and physical therapy.
Anyone who refuses to admit the difference between some thrill-seeking, goof-ball heroin addict and someone with an addiction acquired becaue of a debilitating physical ailment is a bigger hypocrite than Rush ever was. Sure, both may buy drugs illegally, but the ways in which they acquire their addiction are poles apart.
So from here on out save your protestations of sympathy for the masses of unfortunates suffering under the ministrations of an "uncaring" government. You obviously don't mean it.