” this will be used as another excuse by the government to make people in pain suffer even more”
That’s exactly right.
I was treated for an injury in the French medical system. Pain management was job #1 for them. When I came back to the U.S., the surgeons were mostly indifferent to my pain and said “just work through it”.
Maybe we should ask the government lawyers to sign an affadavit giving up any drug based pain management when they get injured or grow old. Wonder how long that would last before they come screaming (literally) back to reality.
PS: for the idiots who make snarky remarks about French docs, I can tell you that the orthopedic work done on me generated nothing but praise from the best U.S. docs about the work that was done on me.
We don’t make snarky remarks about French docs; we make snarky remarks about French soldiers.
“..two deadly and highly addictive prescription drugs...”
Bull shit. Xanax is a wonderful drug and methadone is used to treat addicts. Too much aspirin will kill you. They already have sudafed semi-controlled and next will be tylenol, advil etc. Who are these ghouls?
Which French medical system? In countries like France and Italy, there are the systems for the Hoi Polloi and the systems for those who have access to cash for payment - my daughter was born in a hospital in Brindisi, Italy....it was not for the general population..