Many of the early cases of addiction  were middle-aged people who became addicted to painkillers  they had been prescribed, or received from friends  and family members with prescriptions.
Mnogi od ranih slučajeva ovisnosti bile su osobe srednje dobi koje su postale ovisne o analgeticima koji su im bili propisani, ili su ih dobili od prijatelja ili članova obitelji s receptima.