“the media coverage of the ‘opiate epidemic’ as driven by pill pushing-doctors and by pain patients worries me a lot, and I think it is already being used to forward the idea that people in chronic pain should not have access to relief from their pain.” PillsStigmaChronic PainEpidemicOpiatesChronic Pain StigmaPain ReliefOpioid UsePain ManagementStigmatizedPain Killer PillsOpiatePain KillersDenying MedicationStigmatiziation Author:Anita Gupta