Prisoner Of Pain

CBS News ^ | Jan. 26, 2006 | Deirdre Naphin

[JTN]

For more on Paey, see this op-ed in National Review. Also see this transcript of a speech his wife gave last summer.

[JTN]

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[Mikey_1962]

A casualty of the "War On Drugs"

[beltfed308]

Andringa says there was no evidence that Paey was selling his drugs, "but it is a reasonable inference from the facts that he was selling them, because no person can consume all these pills."

Was the trafficking charge due to selling? Seems debatable.

[TruthNtegrity]

The DEA is making treatment of people with pain impossible unless you are terminal and in Hospice, and then it's okay. But short of that, not okay.

[freepatriot32]

Andringa says there was no evidence that Paey was selling his drugs, "but it is a reasonable inference from the facts that he was selling them, because no person can consume all these pills."

Paey gets all the medication he needs now, in larger doses than he was taking before, from the state through a pump connected directly to his spine. He is appealing his conviction.

That right there should be an automatic win for his appeal.In order to get the conviction the prosecutor had to lie to the jury saying he had to be selling the pills because no one could take all those and live and now that he is in prison hes getting more then he was taking on the street and he aint dead yet.He needs to be released from prison and the asshalf prosecutor needs to go to prison for perjury and practicing medicine without a license. These drug warriors are getting more inhumane and disgusting every day

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[JTN]

Was the trafficking charge due to selling? Seems debatable.

According to the article in National Review:

State prosecutors concede there's no evidence Paey ever sold or gave his medication away. Nevertheless, under draconian drug-war statutes, these prosecutors could pursue distribution charges against him based solely on the amount of medication he possessed (the unauthorized possession of as few as 60 tablets of some pain medications can qualify a person as a "drug trafficker").

[beltfed308]

Thanks for the info. I have had arguments with friends that everyone has something illegal in their homes and unaware they might be breaking some law.

[Magyc]

I wonder if this wheelchair bound menace to society is going to occupy a cell for 25 years that could be used for a rapist or murderer.

[JTN]

Florida Governor Jeb Bush
The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001
Fax:(904)488-9578
Tel:(904)488-4441 11/02
email: fl_governor@eog.state.fl.us
web: http://www.eog.state.fr.us

In case anyone wants to lobby for a pardon.

[Lexington Green]

Sooner or later, all our families will face this outrage. The WOD is insane.

[BlazingArizona]

It's Andringa, the prosecutor, who should be in that cell instead of the pain patient. And may his cellmate be a huge angry redneck bent on "Deliverance".

[tpaine]

freepatriot32 wrote:

That right there should be an automatic win for his appeal.
In order to get the conviction the prosecutor had to lie to the jury saying he had to be selling the pills because no one could take all those and live and now that he is in prison hes getting more then he was taking on the street and he aint dead yet.

Your conclusion makes sense to me.

He needs to be released from prison and the asshalf prosecutor needs to go to prison for perjury and practicing medicine without a license.
These drug warriors are getting more inhumane and disgusting every day

And your solution makes even more sense.

[Rifleman]

The people who enact and support the laws and policies that make useful palliative drugs difficult or impossible for sufferers to get, should die screaming.

[ccmay]

These drug warriors are getting more inhumane and disgusting every day

You're not kidding. The War on Drugs is a greater threat to the American way of life than the drugs themselves. Unfortunately, it's a trough in which a whole lot of powerful people and institutions have their greedy snouts.

If you support the War On Drugs, I hope you find yourself in agonizing, lingering pain in a hospital bed someday, with doctors who refuse to medicate you because of the climate of fear that your own foolish devotion to statist ideology has produced. Suffer, you fascist b*****ds!

-ccm

[M203M4]

OMG. I typed it all out and erased it. I'll summarize:

*bad words* *more bad words* *foul language* *moral warrior nazi scum crusader bs bleep bleep bleep bleep*

[Conservative Goddess]

God have mercy. Sounds as if this man is guilty until proven innocent.......

Isn't that an unconstitutional placement of the burden of proof? Don't the prosecutors have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he indeed sold the drugs? How can a statute create a presumption of guilt? I think there's a constitutional challenge in the making here.....if not a REVOLT!

[Conservative Goddess]

I second that....

Before my Dad passed on, he lost a leg to diabetes. His leg literally died while it was still attached to him. My Dad was a strong man, but he was taking incredible amounts of oxycontin to control the pain until the amputation became inevitable. I'm thankful that he had a doctor that would adequately medicate him, and a local pharmacist who knew him and the family....therefore never questioned the amount of drugs, or the need for them. This poor man wasn't so lucky.

This is a travesty. Let's pile on Jeb Bush and get this man a pardon....and his "record" fully expunged.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

This WOD is becomming more and more insane! That is right.
I am speechless and utterly blown away by this. I don't even have the energy to do my usual Anti WOD rant.

I am so relieved that we have rational, compassionate Freeprs on this issue. Maybe we need a WOD ping list!?

[winston2]

The closest thing that I've had to compare with chronic pain was a tooth that (very soon) had to have a root canal done on it.

On the weekend before the root canal - I started hurting so-oooo bad I called my dentist at his home and had him prescribe something for me. He gave me a prescription for #10 lortabs. I had to munch down 3 or 4 in a few hours to get back sane. I hate to admit it but suicide did flash through my mind (briefly). I was thinking - what do people do that don't have access to effective pain relief?

I have a perpetual neck pain that really gets bad when the barometric pressure is dropping. Smoking marijuana has proved to be the most dependable pain relief of all. I won't go into the mechanics of it now, but I've had prescriptions for numerous medicines such as muscle relaxers and Viox. (Thank God that I didn't find any value in Viox.)

I wish Mr. Paey the best of success in being exonerated - and - I wish him even better success in dealing with his pain.

I plan to send a letter to the Florida governor on Mr. Paey's behalf.