My god, I love the way you think.

See, we're trying to get something together to help bring mental illness, addiction, and a combination of the two in the prison/judicial system into the public eye.

Because I think that people with both addiction or mental illness deserve fair treatment in all accounts. Because as you said "which leads to multiple problems down the road" - if these people were treated as humans instead of human garbage, maybe people with addictions would be more inclined to seek treatment. But instead, the 'establishment' continues to 1. pretend that the problem doesn't exist, and 2. They think it's easier to just lock someone up for an extended period of time and that solves the problem.

Now, back to the original topic - I have been told by several of my friends, none with any good credentials though, that they have been denied over and over again for pain treatment. One of my friends that comes to mind is someone who was injured on the job and had to have two disks in his back fused back together. He has been living with pain for the better part of a decade, and just here recently in the last 6 months, they've cut his pain killers down to only 30 a month. By taking the recommended dosage of 2 to 3 a day, that's only 10+ days of medication. Which unfortunately makes him seek it elsewhere because I've seen him cry before as a result of pain. This is an upstanding citizen I'm talking about - a family man.

And it all comes back to these doctors that treat you like CRIMINALS when you're in their offices.

It's time for that to change. I don't usually do this, but if you'd like to check out our sub, it's /r/ExCons.

/rant