Pubdate: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 Source: St. Petersburg Times (FL) Copyright: 2004 St. Petersburg Times Contact: http://connect.sptimes.com/contactus/letterstoeditor.html Website: http://www.sptimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/419 Author: Rosemary Douglas RICHARD PAEY SHOULD BE SPARED MORE PAIN Editor: Some time ago, I served on a jury in a case similar to Richard Paey's. The young man involved had a prescription from the doctor for a limited amount of a drug which was also like the Paey case. He had severe pain - ongoing - and had to go to the doctor's office to have the prescription refilled. Because of circumstances (transportation, etc.) he had difficulty managing getting to the doctor's office where he had to wait his turn to see the doctor. He had a prescription, but when he went to the drugstore, the amount had been increased. The druggist called the police and when he went to pick up his prescription, the police picked him up and arrested him. Our jury felt the whole thing could have been resolved at the drugstore. He was not selling the drug but was only concerned with his pain. We found him not guilty of trafficking the drug. I would sincerely hope that Mr. Paey not be subjected to further pain. -- Rosemary Douglas, New Port Richey