[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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[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".

[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*

[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.

[freepatriot32]

I actually agreed with a post you made the other day.I'd like to hear your take on this to see if youve gone back to being insane yet :-D

[HiTech RedNeck]

That he couldn't prove he was taking all those pills sounds very odd. Wouldn't they show up on things like drug tests on hairs? Or did the state manage to maneuver that evidence out of the court?

[robertpaulsen]

I found it very interesting that the National Review article "inadvertently" left out the fact that they found materials for forging prescriptions in Richard Paey's room.

Also, both articles "inadvertently" left out the fact that he was convicted of obtaining the drugs by using a photocopy of the last prescription his doctor wrote for him.

Minor points, I'm sure.

[robertpaulsen]

From another article:

"Detectives tracked Paey as he filled prescriptions for 1,200 pills from January 1997 until his arrest that March."

Hmmmmm. That equates to about 12 pills/day right before he was arrested. But the article above states that he was using 25 pills/day, average, over two years.

Was he cutting down on his dosage? Ya think?

[TKDietz]

These are tough cases. People with legitimate health problems who have to take lots of pain medications for extended periods do develop tolerances and they do tend to need increasing amounts. They also tend to get addicted, and in many cases even good people who become addicted to drugs will do less than legal things to get the drugs they need, like forging prescriptions. I don't think we should put people like this in prison, certainly not for a first offense. Sometimes mandatory sentencing guidelines require prison in these cases though, and sometimes prosecutors are jerks who won't be reasonable in plea negotiations.

[Zack Nguyen]

I remain in favor of making certain drugs illegal, but it sounds as if this poor guy got railroaded in every sense of the word. Taking drugs for pain relief is far different than taking them to get high and act irresponsibly.

[Hank Rearden]

Damn Big Stupid Republican Government. Got that WOD industry to prop up, though.

So, Republicans, how's that "limited government" thingie you've been promising us for decades coming along, hmmmmmmm?

I bet Richard Paey is very appreciative that "limited government" parasites are in charge.

More Jury Nullification is needed every day, to counter Big Stupid Republican Government.

[bvw]

Bump.

[mugs99]

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.

What a compassionate nation we are!
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[Mulder]

Ain't freeDUMB great?

[Vicki]

I don't have nearly the migraines I used to have and I can't use the new drugs like Imitrex. On the rare occasion (maybe once a year) I would call my doctor after having a migraine for 3-7 days I would ask for a mere 5 vicodins and would usually be turned down.

I think letting people go through pain is criminal.