I think we definitely need to have a 360° view in these things. We need to look at the upsides and downsides, not just for the treatment population, but when you're looking at the supply of addictive drugs you have to look at the population writ large.
In the nineties, when physicians were pushed to prescribe opioids, it was to treat pain as the “fifth vital sign”. It was Dr. James Campbell, who was the president of the American Pain Society, so this was a very respectable individual who was pushing this. However, this led to a huge number of downsides, so we really need to study the upsides and the downsides because, as a physician, you want to know that what you're prescribing has benefits that outweigh the risks.