For the most part, those with addiction issues or mental illness are still very much stigmatized, and labeled as weak. It's frustrating how wrong you are. It's not as bad as it used to be, but you literally said "nobody is labeled weak, for some medical issues".
Honestly you may have a decent point about the culture to eradicate pain, but I think that mostly applies to mental illness...you know you can't talk away physical pain, right? I can't tell when you're talking about physical pain versus when you're talking about mental pain.
Also it's not hard to poke holes in the idea that people don't accept suffering as part of life (again, not sure what kind of suffering you're speaking of). Jobs pay less, people work more, society favors the rich, college is more information-intense than ever, the poverty level hasn't been adjusted for inflation for many decades.
I realize recognize the context in which you used the phrase, but to be clear, there is nothing "good" about heroin dealers. Nor do I regard them as professional, but I'd say that's open to dispute. The point is that they take advantage of the disenfranchised and desperate by peddling an apparent solution that only ends up becoming an enormous problem, commonly the greatest struggle one faces in their lifetime.
manboychef,
Wouldn't simply being able to get into a fistfight without being expelled mean that suffering is more accepted?