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Continuing as we are perpetuates everything that is wrong with BOTH the WOD and the Welfare State.

As I said before, I do not support the idea of continuing as we are.

Alcohol prohibition was such a great idea that it was repealed but reinstated in new forms.

I am not particularly fond of treating alcohol differently than other narcotics.

There were fewer drug related problems before the WOD than we have now.

Bullcrap.

With the current system one must risk arrest to seek help with addiction. Some choice.

Bullcrap sommore.

Or one can become ‘legally’ addicted, still be a highly funtioning citizen, but become a criminal in order to feed a habit initiated by medical treatments.

Bullcrap even more, yet.

Addicts are known for tolerating doses that would sometimes kill first time users. It doesn’t surprise me at all that Rush’s doses were well beyond what any normal pain patient could tolerate. Any reason hr should be a criminal for it?

So are mine. My condition is managed so that I don't do damage to my body. That is why a doctor's care is required. I am bounced between narcotics to reduce my dependency to any particular one, and to let my body "rest up" between doses of each kind. And I am *not* a criminal for it. I can even have medical marijuana, all legal like. All I have to do is ask.

BELIEVE me. Rush's problem was his addiction, not his pain. There is no reason to double up doctors other than addiction, and I know it. I have never been denied pain relief, at any level, once the doctor is satisfied the pain is there.

And I am not being critical of Rush, either. There but for the grace of God go I.