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One more bit of information, that the media has chosen to leave out. They are calling codeine a potent narcotic? They always want to point the finger at the medication in perscription form, but what about all of the toxemia related deaths associated with aspirin, or tylenol, for that matter.
The truth is, that the medical community could have dealt with this unfortunate thing quite well, if the death was actually codeine-related. But, if the man had taken somthing else with the drug, say extra tylenol, or anti-inflamitories, which by the way, kill many people each year, then it was his own fault.
What happened was tragic, but it is primarily due to the government taking the power of the medicine out of our hands and the physicians, by making stupid laws to hamper us. The government should spend more time trying to fix the economy and leave us pain and anxiety people alone!!!