My bad...it was the FDA and not the AMA.
I sympathize with him...addictions erode the will and fortitude of the sufferer. So, they end up doing things they would not normally do. Ergo, when he couldn't get his legal prescriptions renewed, he went looking for another source.
My dad did the same thing...except he bounced from one doctor to another to get what he wanted...if one drug stopped "working" he found a doctor that would give him what he wanted. Believe me, I know all about medical concoctions.
Your arguments still do not address the fundamental difference between the two types of addiction. To criticize one while suffering from the other is not hypocrisy, your protestations to the contrary notwithstanding.