What is a quote about Atticus talking to Jem about Mrs. Dubose?

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Shes not suffering anymore. She was sick for a long time. Son, didnt you know what
her fits were?

shook his head.

Mrs. Dubose was a
morphine addict, said . She took it as a pain-killer for years. The doctor put her on it. Shed
have spent the rest of her life on it and died without so much agony, but she was too
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In the above quote, Atticus reveals to Jem that
Mrs. Dubose struggled with morphine addiction for much of her later years.

In
the United States, about href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/misuse-prescription-drugs/what-scope-prescription-drug-misuse">80%
of seniors use at least one prescription medication daily. Additionally, in href="https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2019-02/19-nac-opioid-epidemic-presentation_0.pdf">2017,
more than 2.1 million people suffered from an opioid abuse disorder. The most common reason for
the abuse of painkillers was pain (62.6%).

Although the text doesn't say so,
it is very likely that chronic illness contributed to Mrs. Dubose's struggle with debilitating
pain. Atticus tells Jem that Mrs. Dubose was sick for a very long time. The doctor had
prescribed Mrs. Dubose pain medication to relieve her...