The federal government has had a war on opiates that began about two years ago with severe limitation of prescribing opioids and opiates. There was a huge bug put in the ears of the VA that any soldier/vet not needing to be on opiates must be taken off. The pain management class that I was in had an individual who had multiple spine surgeries that never fixed his pain and could hardly move without being in severe pain - he even had a spinal stimulator surgically implanted in his back.

Trump may be declaring that it is his idea, but it is not. The people in control of the feds put this word out years ago and Trump is becoming the face of it.

Have you ever looked into using Kratom as a replacement for your pharmaceuticals? Kratom contains two alkaloids that do most of the work, mitragynine and 7-hydroxy-mitragynine. 7-hydroxy-mitragynine has the potency of 10x that of morphine, but is only found in the plant material at a ratio of nearly 0.1%. It is an incredible medicine for pain. I have fibromyalgia and have had two shoulder surgeries and have three herniated disks in my lumbar region, Kratom keeps me walking some days.