Evidence from ancient Greece indicates that opium was consumed in several ways, including inhalation of vapors, suppositories, medical poultices, and as a combination with hemlock for suicide.
So no problem with pain medication, actually. @Etterra@lemmy.world
That is until you break a bone and learn that there are no pain killers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_ray
Not the most effective, but hey, better then opioid addiction
But they literally did have, well, not opioids, but opium.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium
So no problem with pain medication, actually. @Etterra@lemmy.world