AdvertisementMotorcycle Crash Shows Bioethicist The Dark Side Of Quitting Opioids Alone43:20Download AudioResumeJuly 08, 2019Terry GrossfacebookEmailTravis Rieder, author of In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle With Opioids, says none of the doctors who prescribed opioids for his waves of "fiery" or "electrical" pain taught him how to safely taper his use of the drugs when he wanted to quit. (Getty Images)