"LET THEM LIVE IN PAIN", SAYS THE FDA

Over 95% of patients requesting pain medication are in such real abject pain that they beg the doctor for help. In fear of the FDA, the doctor gives them a lecture on addiction, smiling in superiority as the patient cries. (Because a crying patient MUST be an addict.)

This is happening because the FDA and DEA pressure doctors to NOT give out pain medication. The FDA and DEA pressure medical schools to teach medical students that the patients asking for pain medication are ALWAYS addicts. The FDA gets away with this because the FDA controls which doctors are allowed to prescribe medication. A threat to withdraw a doctor's right to prescribe medication is VERY EFFECTIVE at getting the doctors to OBEY THE FDA.

Now the FDA wants to make it HARDER for people in real pain to get medication. The FDA is well aware that less the 5% of the people in the US are addicted to ANYTHING. But the FDA enjoys its power, and drug manufacturers prefer to have medication difficult to get as then they can overcharge desperate people.

"LET THEM LIVE IN PAIN."