It is a sad state of affairs when people are forced to suffer NEEDLESSLY because of policy in our country based on deceit and lies. But this is the United States and anything goes when it comes to the war on drugs. If this person had been treated appropriately for his pain, he would not have had to resort to doctor shopping. When will our policy makers wake up to the misery that they inflict on millions of the suffering in the name of saving us from ourselves?

I just wish that there could be an open and honest dialog about this serious problem; but any discussion against this "war on drugs," and the innocent people caught in the middle, subjects the speaker to possible harrassment and persecution by the lawmakers and the cronies who work for them.