Scary article. I hope the states won't get any more involved in the pain issue. The people who make the laws and decisions regarding pain management and treatment are usually not physicians. They have no idea what the standard of care is for pain patients, nor do they know what it is like to suffer from a pain that does not go away. The state medical boards and the politicians are way to worried that a few real drug addicts will get away with obtaining narcotics from these pain docs. I have been to a few pain docs, and I think it would be next to impossible to fake one of them out. And really, who cares if an addict or two gets a few vicodens?? How many legitimate pain patients have to go without effective meds because a few rotten apples spoiled everything? This is rediculous and the whole topic makes me mad!! The government needs to stay away from my doctors office and stick to their own business.