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How to maintain dignity when legitimate medical needs are criminalized

My chronic pain is managed with medication that makes me functional but the pharmacy treats me like a drug addict every month and I dread the humiliation more than the pain.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Drug policy intersects with healthcare to transform patients into suspects, adding social suffering to physical pain.

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