[Lonesome in Massachussets]

My cousin made an alarmist facebook post about the FDA allowing prescribing Oxycontin for children under 10. He was agin it. I am outraged that physicians cannot prescribe the most effective medications for children suffering terminal cancer or other diseases because of fear of abuse by others. Disgusting.

[BipolarBob]

Who are you to be bringing common sense and logic to this discussion? We have some irrational emotions going on here. When granpa has only days or weeks to live, let's deny him painkiller because he might get hooked on them. Let his last days be in pain.
Or if someone is going through chemo for cancer and the only anti-nausea (and expensive) is ineffective and you see a loved one wasting away don't (and I mean DON'T) let them have marijuana to increase their appetite. Just let them die. We have a mindset here and we're not going to be persuaded because our minds are made up.