What You Said About …

Opioid addiction Our June 15 cover story prompted responses from readers who say they take only their prescribed doses of meds for chronic pain. “Am I physically dependent upon these drugs? Of course I am,” wrote Robin Vosburg of Bakersfield, Calif. “Does that mean that I am a drug addict? No, it does not.” Meanwhile, said physician John Sanders, doctors are “incentivized to provide larger than the expected amount” of pain relief because their pay is often linked to patient-satisfaction surveys. For Sanny Wartko of Hilton Head Island, S.C., whose daughter opts not to take opiates for her pain, the key issue is finding alternatives. “We must commit to chronic-pain research to find a better treatment,” she wrote.

VIRTUAL LOVE

Aziz Ansari’s feature on the world of digital dating, “Love in the Age of Like” (adapted from his book, Modern Romance), landed on Re/code’s Must-Reads list. But Sarabjit Singh of Old Tappan, N.J., asked, “What’s next? An algorithm to help married couples figure out how incompatible they have become?” Michigan State University student Ashley Schnaar pointed out that online dating encourages superficial hookups and suggested a photoless dating site for “more meaningful connections.” Meanwhile, Janet Jacobsen of Scottsdale, Ariz., who helped run a “singles” newspaper for 30 years, agrees with Ansari that in some ways, sites like Tinder are old news.”What has changed,” she wrote, “is that, where once people were embarrassed to say they met through the personals, couples today happily proclaim that they met online.”

NOW ON TIME.COM

“You can’t tell an animal to do what you want it to do,” says Vincent J. Musi, a photographer who’s built a reputation for doing just that. His portraits, including this one of a domesticated chimpanzee, have made him one of the U.S.’s premier animal photographers. See more of his work on lightbox.time.com.

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

In “Unmasking New Threats,” (June 15) we incorrectly identified the suspect killed by police in Boston on June 2. He was Usaamah Rahim.

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