Opiophobia -- Superstitious fear of narcotics may kill people

People can die from the mass hysteria I call Fear of Narcotics and some others call Opiophobia. In an earlier post, I noted that there are links between racism and the earliest bans on drugs in the USA. However, even after the strength of the racism slacks off, the harm from these bans remain. I have known some people who suffered from pain when they were dying. Would proper doses of pain killers eased their suffering? My guess would be that they would, but I'm no doctor. Still, I would rather that real doctors' options were not limited by law, especially if the cause for the limitation is superstition.

David Oakey