Alcohol causes a lot of devastation, perhaps more than marijuana. But the idea in society is alcohol is a health food. It's a lie. And then Pain is the fifth Vital sign. It's you need opiates if you're in pain. Well, that sort of didn't turn out well. No it didn't for us. Or benzos or mommy's little helper. And that didn't turn out well. So these are all trends just in the 43 years since you've been practicing psychiatry. (07:30–07:40)
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Asserts that the concept of pain as the fifth vital sign and the use of opiates for pain did not turn out well.
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