Bill Cassidy actually said...

Clearly having physicians involved in that database would be important because I, as a physician, have learned that many patients who are ad...

It violates first do no harm. It seems like there should be stricter prescriptions, proscriptions against doctors providing it.

If there is no evidence for long-term benefit, then clearly this is not an answer even though it is being used for 370,000 people.

There is no evidence that for non-cancer pain longer than 90 days, that risk appears to outweigh benefit.