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Posted 2/18/2012 5:48 PM (GMT -5)
Hi,
I'm back to post the link to Part 2 of the series in the Huffington Post exposing all the incorrect information that's been used to scare so many people, agencies, etc.

This article is a lot of info. to digest. I had to read it in a couple of sittings, but it's worth it IMHO. Helps for all of us to be educated so we can begin to challenge others about mistaken beliefs about CP and CPP's. It will particularly help Florida residents understand what's happened there, and how it's affected the rest of the country.

I'm not sure how to make the link "hot", but I hope one of the moderators will do that if I've failed. Otherwise you may have to cut and paste. Sorry! Here it is:

www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/us-painkillers-abuse_b_1263565.html

Anyway, will be interested in hearing anyone's thoughts after digesting this!

Thanks,
PaLady
Posted 2/20/2012 2:19 AM (GMT -5)
Thanks PALady for posting the link for part two. I am really glad I did not move to Florida! It is so typical of most the Politicians and Law makers, instead of addressing the problem in a way that will help and protect the legitment users of pain medications, ie chronic pain patients, they just make laws that make criminals out of everyone. And at the very best make it difficult to impossible for people in pain to get any treatment!

 

 I guess you really can't expect anything more from them, as most people do not understand what it is like to suffer from chronic pain, and we have talked about that before right here on this forum! Unless you have experienced living with chronic pain, it is just to hard to relate and understand what it is like to do so. That is why people come to forums like this, so they can communicate with people who do understand and can relate and empathize with what we (each and every one of us) have to put up with and live with everyday!  Until we can get in  office, politicians and law makers  that really do understand  our plight (as in ones that actually have or do suffer from chronic pain and can truely relate to what we have to endure)  I am afraid there is little hope that things will change for the better,  at least as far as getting prompt amd adequate pain treatment

 

White Beard

Posted 2/20/2012 5:33 PM (GMT -5)
Hi, WhiteBeard!
I'm glad you didn't move to Florida, too! This sure will help all the forum members who do live there like Pete and Lindaloo, to understand what caused the mess they have to deal with. I hope maybe things improve for Florida CPP's, but this has really affected all of us!

I guess I like to keep hoping that things can change for the better just like they can change for the worse. Maybe since misinformation and inaccurate data seem to have started this whole mess (that we CPP's have to deal with re: treatment), good data and info. can help correct it. Maybe I'm being too much of a polyanna! lol I need to stay hopeful about a few things, especially since the struggle with depression these days has had me in a slump. Can't wait for more sunshine for us northerners!

PaLady
Posted 2/20/2012 6:01 PM (GMT -5)
Hi PAlady, I have written many, many letters to the Govenor of the State I live in all the way to the State Delegates, Senators, County Council personel, we put them in office and we can take them out.  I got great responses from almost all of the persons I contacted, some actually wrote there own letters.

The only way to get change is to make change, bottom line.  I got a list of all of the people that need to be addressed concerning this problem, and will continue to write and fight.

Take care,

Kathy

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