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Sally Satel is a psychiatrist who practices in a methadone clinic. She is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

We need to understand more precisely who is at risk for abusing these drugs and how they get access to them. (iStock/Mitchell Wessels)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Sally Satel
Excess opioid pills can fall into the wrong hands, but we should not respond by denying relief to millions with long-term or intense pain.