Chronic Pain Sufferers are being screwed by the..

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22. That's surely part of it

I think that's a legitimate point, but let's not forget the tendency to moralize. I've had people tell me that they'd rather be in agony than be an "addict". (So easy to pass judgment, right?). I got to the point of desperation before I agreed to being put on opiates. What I didn't know is there would come a time when they'd be taken away thanks to a morality crusade.

There is also a whole lot of money to be lost if we give up the Drug War. Those shiny new SUV's your police department drives around in, as well as the military gear they're kitted out in, as well as the shiny new computers in their vehicles: all thanks to the "war on drugs". No one's giving up on that gravy train without a fight: those huge federal grants are pretty addicting, too. Patients with chronic pain are the low hanging fruit.


I think it's an incredible irony that my State is going full on crazy with the "opium epidemic" while it maintains state liquor stores on all of our major roadways. Talk about skewed priorities.

Honestly, what's most upsetting is the attitude displayed by liberals:

"...(I)t does suck for legitimate chronic pain sufferers, but pill mills have been a major issue in FL for quite a few years."

Oh, the big BUT... How willing are people to stand by while thousands of their fellow human beings are left to suffer living death?

Let's not forget how well Prohibition worked in the past.

People who adopt the attitude of "oh, well, it sucks being you" tend to forget this opiate epidemic isn't our problem. We didn't start it. And the STUDIES show that people don't get addicted while being treated by a health care provider for a legitimate condition. So, politicians bow to the reactionaries by hitting the most politically vulnerable people rather than dealing with the problem effectively. (The average chronic pain patient is unable to work, and is therefore poor). There are few sins as grave in this country as poverty.

http://www.lynnwebstermd.com/dea-inflicts-harm-on-chronic-pain-patients/

http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2012/11/09/chronic-pain-patients-caught-in-the-middle-of-growing-opioid-abuse-problem/