Opioid Backlash: As Addiction Soars, Patients in Pain Can’t Get Their Meds

 Opioid Backlash: As Addiction Soars, Patients in Pain Can’t Get Their Meds

Patients with legitimate medical needs are losing access to opioids while addiction and overdose rates continue to climb

Danny Barcelona lives in constant fear that doctors will stop the medications he considers lifesaving. The 66-year-old has suffered for more than two decades with a debilitating nervous-system disord…