People seem to be uninteresting in relieving pain without the use of narcotics. Usually when someone seeks medical treatment for pain they are prescribed narcotics to relieve the pain. This is a huge problem which greatly contributes to the opioid crisis in America. It has been proven that pain can be relieved through physical therapy, exercise, yoga and mindfulness. Using narcotics to treat pain only makes things worse and doesn’t solve the problem at all.

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