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In reply to the discussion: This Couple Died by Suicide After the DEA Shut Down Their Pain Doctor [View all]Warpy
(111,277 posts)as people who are denied the means to control it decide to end it permanently.
The DEA are a bunch of bored meathead cops who know nothing about medicine, and they need to butt the hell out of pain specialist offices. No, they're not dealing dope to vulnerable people, they're saving lives. While areas that are suddenly flooded with doses of opioids need to be looked at carefully, there needs to be some sort of medical review process to be able to tell the difference between a legitimate pain specialist and a Dr. Feelgood, a pharmacy and a pill mill.
This leaning on doctors who prescribe opioids has got to stop. It's killing people like the couple in the OP. Someday it will most likely kill me unless these assholes are reined in, preferably with a curb bit.
(Back in the late 60s, I knew of a Dr. Feelgood in Boston who used to write small scrips for drug addicts when a big drug bust would leave them crashing and sick. I went to him for other things because he was one of the kindest, most caring docs I ever met. The closest thing to a feel good scrip I ever got from him was some loaded cough syrup when I had ambulatory pneumonia)