Pubdate: Thu, 5 Aug 2010
Source: St. Petersburg Times (FL)
Copyright: 2010 Susan H. Kerk
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Author: Susan H. Kerk

IT'S THE ABUSE, NOT THE DRUG

Pain Medication

I wish to share my disgust with the situation regarding narcotic pain
medication. I am one of the many who rely on these medications to make
the quality of my life worth living.

Do people not think that those who abuse these drugs will simply find
something else to abuse if these are removed from the market? Please
get a clue. I think it is pitiful to allow what these individuals do
to threaten the relief these medications offer to many who suffer.

If it wasn't the Vicodin, it would have been something else. Pain
medications don't kill people unless people abuse them.

Susan H. Kerk, R.N., Redington Beach
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