Reply #9: I have seen lortab "dependence" firsthand

[angrycarpenter]

and the withdrawal effects are horrific. Call it what you like, but to me when a woman is ready to kill herself because the doctor will not give them any more, Then it sure looks like addiction to me.

Pills are a tremendous problem here and I have seen people do things for pills that make heroin addicts look almost reasonable. Doctors prescribe too many of them to people who think that even the slightest pain is unacceptable and they end up taking them for the rest of their lives.

I have seen doctor shopping, pill trading, and many other nefarious activities concerning prescription drugs. Treating illegal drugs differently than prescription drugs is a mistake. They are both dangerous and destructive.