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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PPs who scoff that addiction is just someone's personal problem should have a special section of hell reserved for them.  Yeah, it's a problem -- but a whole lot bigger than the individual person caught up in it, especially when it comes to kids.  Seriously - this is an epidemic -- supported by a lot of big business interests, including the pharmaceutical industry.  [/quote]

My physician is on the board of a local hospital.  Hospital ratings are largely based on "how well pain is managed."  Their goal to get funding and patients is to have top rankings.  If a patient is given pain killers, there is little pain to report and a higher score.   She argues that some amount of pain is good as it measures how well a patient is recuperating.  If no pain, the painkillers are given "just in case."    My husband had surgery and was given a prescription for 100 oxycontin pills on his release.  The pharmacy would not dispense a few, they had to dispense the entire prescription to meet insurance requirements.  My husband took one oxycontin his first day home, and then used Advil as his surgeon recommended (but still gave him 100 oxycontin pills!!!).  I was so worried about having the tablets in the house, that we mashed them with a hammer and diluted them in several large buckets of water and poured them over several weeks in a part of our yard which does not drain to any waterways.

The abuse of drug prescriptions by physicians and pharmacists is a huge part of this problem.  [/quote]

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