Wisdom teeth was actually one of the safer use cases. You would only get a short run so it was hard to build dependance.
The opioid crisis was really defined by people with chronic long-term pain being given it for years at a time.
The opioid crisis was really defined by people with chronic long-term pain being given it for years at a time.
I don't think it's necessary to get into the details of how much pain is enough pain, how acute is acute enough, etc... because this is not a problem essentially anywhere else in the world -- and not because they thought really hard about it.