Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! How I wish this article would be published in every single newspaper in the U.S., read on all the nightly news programs, even have Bill O'Reilly put it in his "Talking Points." (Maybe I'll just email it to him, myself!) This wonderful piece of jouralism tells the real truth about what is happening to people in pain in the United States today. The justice department and the DEA are practicing medicine without a license and we are all suffering because of it.

When my dear grandmother was dying in the hospital, they would only give her a Darvon - one lousy, d**m Darvon - for pain!! I confronted the nurse about it and she actually told me to my face, "She might get addicted if we gave her something stronger." (So what!!! Who cares?!? She's dying for pity's sake!!!) Can you believe it???? Well, sadly yes, I'm afraid you probably can!!! Before I left her bedside the last time I saw her, I slipped her all the pain pills I had left that had been prescribed for my migraines. (Fiorinal #3) Sheesh!!! I'm still mad about it - 7 years later!!!

Tooleman, thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. I'll write my own thank you note to Philip Terzian, who I am assuming is the author.